The Patrick O’Brian novels, for sure. A really well done animated series would absolutely dominate.
Edward Ellsberg. Literally no one has heard of him. He was a super smart Navy engineer who went into salvage operations and worked for a year to salvage the submarine S-51 when she was rammed and sunk off Block Island, which was big news in the day and the Navy was trying to save some face.
He then went on to salvage a bunch of scuttled ships in the Red Sea and get a harbor back in operation after the Italians blew it all up in their retreat from North Africa.
His books are out of print except On The Bottom, about the S-51, and although it is all in his own words, its a cross between Macgyver and, well I don’t know, the US Navy. Oh this was in the 20s so it was all with the old school helmet and canvas suit diving gear, 150 feet down. All kinds of crazy things happened.
He wrote some youth fiction that isn’t bad, albeit 100 years old now.
The Patrick O’Brian novels, for sure. A really well done animated series would absolutely dominate.
Edward Ellsberg. Literally no one has heard of him. He was a super smart Navy engineer who went into salvage operations and worked for a year to salvage the submarine S-51 when she was rammed and sunk off Block Island, which was big news in the day and the Navy was trying to save some face.
He then went on to salvage a bunch of scuttled ships in the Red Sea and get a harbor back in operation after the Italians blew it all up in their retreat from North Africa.
His books are out of print except On The Bottom, about the S-51, and although it is all in his own words, its a cross between Macgyver and, well I don’t know, the US Navy. Oh this was in the 20s so it was all with the old school helmet and canvas suit diving gear, 150 feet down. All kinds of crazy things happened.
He wrote some youth fiction that isn’t bad, albeit 100 years old now.