Black Sea

• “As they broke surface and the dome opened up inside the cramped space, they were met by the welcoming face of Ben Kershaw, a former Royal Marine who had been at the centre of the action in the Black Sea six months before and had recently taken over as chief security officer on Seaquest II.”

  Crusader Gold

• “Ever since her predecessor had been lost in the Black Sea six months ago, Jack had been determined to find a replacement, and had decided to rename a vessel already on the stocks for IMU in the yards in Finland.”

  Crusader Gold

• “With Russia constructing a new fleet on the Black Sea and Greece building a dreadnought in Germany and negotiating to buy two predreadnoughts from the United States, Turkey urgently needed a modern navy.”

  Castles of Steel

• “North through the Black Sea the Macedonian fleet would sail, then the army would march east across the steppes to the banks of the Oxus and Jaxartes with the help of their allies among the Scythian kings.”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

• “Jack had insisted on staying with Sea Venture over Atlantis until the search had finally been called off For many days afterwards he felt that his ambitions had become entombed in the Black Sea with the wreck of Seaquest, that he had no right to risk the lives of others in his search for adventure.”

  Crusader Gold

• “Two days later, Admiral Souchon took his battle cruiser and other ships into the Black Sea to bombard Russian ports, and Turkey entered the war.”

  Castles of Steel

• “A magnificent squadron of British first-rates was despatched to the Black Sea with the avowed object of destroying the Russian Fleet, which had characteristically annihilated the Turkish Fleet in the harbour of Sinope.”

  Sketches From My Life

• “According to Plutarch, Diodorus, and others—most of whom had serious doubts about the story—Thalestris ruled a country to the north of Hyrcania between the Black Sea and the Caspian.”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

• “Then, on October 29, without awaiting a declaration of war, Admiral Souchon took Goeben and Breslau, both flying the Turkish flag, across the Black Sea and bombarded southern Russian ports.”

  Castles of Steel

• “There is no tide in the Dardanelles, but water flowing from the Black Sea rivers and from the melting snows of the Caucasus Mountains creates a permanent current of 2 to 4 knots.”

  Castles of Steel

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