Salvage - A Personal Odyssey : Sheridan House : 9781574092561 : 1574092561 : 30 Nov 2007 : The story covers the ten years Captain Ian Tew spent with Selco Salvage in Singapore and ranges from the UK coast to the South China Sea, from the Persian Gulf to the Southern Ocean. It involved performing salvage operations in storm force winds as well as in tropical calms. Captain Tew became Chief Officer on the newly acquired salvage tug SALVALIANT, and then went on to command the first of Selco's super tugs, the SALVANGUARD, salvaging the GLOBAL MARINER off the Eritrean coast in wartime. As a roving salvage master, he was involved with salvaging AL AHOOD. She had been hit by Iraqi fired Exocet missiles, set on fire and abandoned, and was said to be unsalvageable. This was the first commercial salvage to take place in a war zone.Captain Tew packed more adventure into ten years than many see in a lifetime. He worked when decisions had to be made and thinking on your feet was the key to success.