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Wars of empire in cartoons / Mark Bryant. In an age before computers, television, radio and the cinema the impact of cartoons and caricature was considerable, especially when the only sources of information were posters, newspapers and books. To a news-hungry public, anxious about world affairs, it was the cartoon, with its immediacy and universal accessibility - even to the barely literate - that could speak the message mere words could never convey. "Wars of Empire in Cartoons" is divided into chapters covering the main conflicts of the second half of the 19th century year-by-year. Each chapter is prefaced with a concise introduction that provides a historical framework for the cartoons of that year. Altogether some 300 drawings from both sides of each conflict have been skilfully blended to produce a unique visual history of the wars of the British Empire. 2008. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 741.5

The Bombardment of the Hartlepools : then & now, 1914-2014 /Eileen Manners. "This year is the centenary of the First World war and will be commemorated in the Hartlepools. The main focus will be the centenary of the Bombardment wich took place on Wednesday 16th December 1914 shortly after 8.00am. The aim of this book is to try to convey the impact this horrific attack had on the people and the properties of the Hartlepools."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 940.454(427.4)

Pedestal : the Malta convoy of August 1942 /by Peter C. Smith. "In the summer of 1942 one of the main issues in the balance was the fate of Malta. The island was still a bastion of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and a constant threat to the supply route for the enemy land forces in North Africa. It bravely resisted every onslaught of the Axis powers, but food supplies were desperately short and fuel oil running low. In August of that year Operation Pedestal was launched - a last attempt to relieve Malta. Fourteen merchant ships were allocated to it and the Royal Navy provided the most powerful force ever to escort a convoy including four aircraft carriers. Operating from Sardinia and Sicily, the Germans and Italians let fly with their shore-based aircraft on an unprecedented scale. The losses on the British side were appalling, but the objective was achieved and the blockade of Malta was finally lifted." 1987. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1942"

The world's greatest battleships : an illustrated history /David Ross. "The world's greatest battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have sailed and fought over the last five centuries. Beginning with English king Henry VIII's flagship, Henry Grace áa Dieu, the book covers all the main periods of battleship development, including the great sail ships, such as Sovereign of the Seas, Santisima Trinidad, and Victory. The advent of steam-driven warships provide the core of the book, beginning with the introduction of Gloire in 1859 and continuing through all the major pre-Dreadnoughts, such as Inflexible, Mikasa, Indiana, and Tsessarevitch. The author continues with detailed coverage of the great battleships of the two world wars, including Derfflinger, Nagato, Hood, Scharnhorst, Vittorio Veneto, Yamato, and Iowa. The book closes with the last new battleship to be commissioned, Vanguard, in 1946. Included are some of the world's greatest and most powerful capital ships. Many had eventful careers and participated in famous actions - such as the Prince of Wales's and Hood's pursuit of the German raider Bismarck; others, such as the Tirpitz, are remembered as a lurking threat; yet some, such as the USS Maine, are only remembered for being sunk in mysterious circumstances."--Dust jacket. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(100)"15/19"

Tilbury landing stage through time / Geoff Lunn "Located on the north bank of the River Thames opposite Gravesend, with which there has been a ferry link for centuries, Tilbury Landing Stage is a fine vantage point for viewing shipping passing to and from upriver berths. Ever since it opened in 1930 it has been the Port of London?s main passenger terminal. For many years it was the farewell point for thousands of migrants leaving Britain for Australia. Later, as liner travel changed to cruising, it was regularly used by Soviet-owned passenger ships. To meet the new demands of cruising the passenger facility was upgraded and is now known as the London Cruise Terminal, handling a number of cruise ships each year. Geoff Lunn takes a photographic journey through the history of Tilbury Landing Stage, describing the passenger ships and various other ships that have berthed there and those that have passed close by."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.3(426.7)

Scapa : Britain's famous wartime naval base /James Miller. "Through two world wars, Scapa Flow was the main anchorage of the world's greatest battlefleet - the British Home Fleet. This magnificent setting saw some of the great dramatic events of the 20th century take place, including Kitchener's last farewell before setting sail on the 'Hampshire' to his death, the sailing of the fleet to Jutland, and the surrender and scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet. Less remarked but equally extraordinary is the raising of the battlefleet between the wars in one of the greatest salvage operation in history. World War II opened with the sinking of the 'Royal Oak', still commemorated in the oil stain that floats over her wreck, and the construction of the great Churchill barriers which now link the islands. Perhaps most poignant of all is the little Italian chapel, constructed by prisoners of war on Lamb Holm. This text tells the story of Scapa through photographs. Culled from local collections, the Imperial War Museum, newspapers and many other sources this is a portrayal of the life and times of one of the world's great naval bases."--Provided by the publisher. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.132082

Calmac ships in the 1970s : the Clyde and west coast. "In 1973 David Christie moved house from Essex to Scotland, but it wasn't till 1974 that he discovered the joys of sailing on Calmac's ships. An initial sail on King George V at Oban in her last season was a great introduction but mostly, over the next three years, I focussed on Queen Mary on the Clyde, now safely back in Glasgow at the Science Centre. Most of the Clyde piers are covered, with emphasis on Rothesay. Ferries also feature with old and new on the Rothesay and Dunoon runs and the smaller boats at Largs. The west coast features with Oban as the main terminal, then Mallaig, before a session on the pre-bridge Skye ferries. A single visit to Ullapool finishes this journey back to the seventies."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 386.609411

The beachman's coast Suffolk : coastal communities and their boats /Robert Simper. "This book is Robert?s fortieth and is a record of the men and the boats that worked off the open beaches of Suffolk. Aldeburgh, Southwold and Lowestoft were the main beach landings but there were sixteen places where boats were once worked off a beach. Most of the boats were used for fishing but in the nineteenth century, there were also yawls operated by the Beach Companies that were the fastest work-boats in the British Isles. The golden period for beachmen was in the mid-Victorian period and there was a mini boom in inshore fishing in the 1960-70s. In 1900 there had been many hundreds of boats working from Suffolk beaches and by 2015 there were just five. By this time wooden boats had given way to high-speed fibreglass boats."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.618.2

British warship names / Captain T. D. Manning & Commander C. F. Walker "Their [Captain Manning and Commander Walker] book opens with a history of ship-naming from the earliest times for which records are available down to the present day, in the course of which they trace the changing fashions in names. This is followed by a comprehensive dictionary of ship names, which forms the main content of the book and includes the name of ever warship of importance which has served in the navy. From this the reader learns not only the derivations of the names themselves, but also the dates and brief details, including war services, of the ships which have borne them."--Book flap 1959 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.82(038)

Springboard to victory : Great Yarmouth and the Royal Navy's dominance in the North Sea and the Baltic during the French Wars 1793-1815 /David Higgins. "Great Yarmouth is best known for being a seaside resort and for its former status as the country's leading herring fishing port, but what has largely been forgotten is that during the French Revolutionary War (1793-1802) and the two Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) it was the main support base for naval and military operations in the North Sea and the Baltic. It was not until I researched a book called The Beachmen that I became aware of this dramatic period in the history of the town and the nation and I was surprised to find that nothing substantial had been written on the subject. Of course, a great many books had been produced on the navy's involvement in these wars, but most concentrated on the high drama of the six major fleet actions and the exploits of Horatio Nelson rather than the equally important, but more mundane, means by which the navy's warships were kept at sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

San Carlos to Stanley : 40 commando in the Falklands War /Peter Jackson-Lee. "San Carlos to Stanley is the first history of 40 Commando in the Falklands and dispels the belief that their only role was to look after the beachhead during this conflict. Commadore Clapp requested the men of 40 Commando remain at San Carlos as he knew he could trust them to defend his vital anchorage against Argentine counterattack from West Falkland, without which there could be no advance. Initially tasked to fly to the Falklands as tension heightened prior to the Argentine invasion, A Company, 40 Commando eventually left the UK onboard HMS Hermes ahead of the main task force. After the Sir Tristram and Sir Galahad tragedy, A and C Companies, 40 Commando replaced the Welsh Guards' losses and moved forward with that battalion to be the reserve force for the Scots Guards' attack on Mount Tumbledown and the 1/7 Gurkhas attack on Mount William. Men of 40 Commando were involved in the only daylight helicopter assault of the Falklands conflict, against an Argentine position on Sapper Hill, and if the Argentines had not surrendered and all British movements stopped, C Company followed by A Company would have been first to reach Stanley."--Provided by the Publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 997.11

The Caird Library report : an account of history of the Caird Library and other remaining pre 1948 interiors within the west central wing (ground floor) of the National Maritime Museum 1990 • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 027.54(26:421.6)

Birds of the sea : 150 years of the General Steam Navigation Company /by Nick Robins. A history of the General Steam Navigation (GSN) company, incorporated in 1824, formed by a small consortium of shipowners, including Thomas Brockelbank, with an original fleet of five Thames steamers. The book includes tables covering fleet disposition in 1826, the main routes served in 1914, losses to enemy action in the First World War, second-hand purchases between 1921-24, and excursion fleets of the New Medway Steam Packet company in 1936. The GSN was aquired by P&O in 1920 and in the 1960s became part of the North Sea Ferries and Normandy Ferries consortiums. Included is a comprehensive fleet list, including separate lists for excursion steamers, the New Medway Steam Packet Company, Moss Hutchison Line, Great Yarmouth Shipping Company, and the Grand Union (Shipping) Company. Illustrated extensively with black-and-white photographs and some colour reproductions. 2007. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.792General Steam Navigation Company

Ship dioramas : bringing your models to life /by David Griffith. "This book is about the art of displaying waterline models. By their very nature, ship models that do not show the full hull and are not mounted on an artificial stand cry out for a realistic setting. At its most basic this can be just a representation of the sea itself, but to give the model a context - even to tell some sort of story - is far more challenging. This is the province of the diorama, which at its most effective is a depiction of a scene or an event in which the ship model takes centre stage. As with a painting, the composition is a vital element and this book devotes much of its space to what works and what does not, and illustrates with photographic examples why the best maritime dioramas have visual power and how to achieve that impact. Individual chapters explore themes like having small craft in attendance on the main subject, multiple-model scenarios, dockyards and naval bases, and the difficulties of replicating naval combat realistically. It also looks at both extremes of modelmaking ambition: the small single-ship exposition and the largest, most ambitions projects of the kind meant for museum display. The book concludes with some of the most advanced concepts - how to create drama and the illusion of movement, and how to manipulate perspective. Illustrated throughout with colour photos, the more abstract discussion is backed with practical 'how to' sections, so anyone who builds waterline ship model will benefit from reading this book."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 086.5:629.123

Lettres patentes du Roi, en forme de declaration, qui suppriment les communautes d'orfevres, & autres ouvriers employant des matieres d'or & d'argent, ci-devant etablies dans les villes du ressort du Parlement du Rouen : et reunissent les professions d'orfevres, lapidaires, joailliers & horologers, pour ne former a l'avenir qu'une seule communaute dans les villes du ressort, dont l'etat est ci-attache. Donnes a Versailles le 27 Juin 1779. Registrees en la Cour des Monnies le 4 Aout suivant 1779 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11

Arrest de la Cour de Parlement, qui condamme Eloy Maitrejean, fagoteur, a avoir les bras, jambes cuisses & reins rompus vif, sur un echafaud qui pour cet effet sera dresse dans al place publique de la ville de Dreux, pour assassinat par lui commis, avec arme a feu, dans la foret de Dreux, en la personne de Philippe Dorge, garde-vente, & vol. Extrait des Registres du Parlement. Du quinze Avril mil sept cent quatre-vingt-cinq. 1785 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11

Maritime societies of the Viking and medieval world / edited by James H. Barrett and Sarah Jane Gibbon. "This book is a study of communities that drew their identity and livelihood from their relationships with water during a pivotal time in the creation of the social, economic and political landscapes of northern Europe. It focuses on the Baltic, North and Irish Seas in the Viking Age (AD 790-1050) and early Middle Ages (AD 1050-1200), with a few later examples (such as the Scottish Lordship of the Isles) included to help illuminate less well-documented earlier centuries. Individual chapters introduce maritime worlds ranging from the Isle of Man to Gotland - while also touching on the relationships between estate centres, towns, landing places and the sea in the more terrestrially oriented societies that surrounded northern Europe's main spheres of maritime interaction. It is predominately an archaeological project, but draws no arbitrary lines between the fields of historical archaeology, history and literature. The volume explores the complex relationships between long-range interconnections and distinctive regional identities that are characteristic of maritime societies, seeking to understand communities that were brought into being by their relationships with the sea and who set waves in motion that altered distant shores." 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 930.26(4)"790/1265"

Liverpool's shipping groups / Ian Collard. "The history of the great shipping groups of the nineteenth century is about family dynasties, business acumen, investment, risk taking and entrepreneurial skills. It is about everything that epitomises the Victorian age. Men of vision identified market trends and gaps in the provision of shipping services throughout the world. They were responsible for initiating routes that were that were to develop and blossom providing them with excellent returns on their original investment. The main British shipping lines in this book, including among others Brocklebank, Cunard, Blue Funnel, Booth, Elder Dempster, Ellerman & Hall Lines, Lamport & Holt and Cayzer, Irvine had their origins in Liverpool, once the premier port in the United Kingdom. Head offices were located in Merseyside as were many ancillary departments. Over the past four decades the shape of British Shipping has changed and some of the established shipping lines that had been in business since Victorian times did not survive and many of the names in this book are now a memory of a different age. Others have been taken over by larger groups and their names have gradually vanished from the shipping records as their ships have been replaced or renamed. It was difficult to imagine in the 1960s that the shipping scene would change so dramatically in such a relatively period; Liverpool's Shipping Groups is a celebration of a period that will not be forgotten by anyone with an interest in ships and the sea."--Back cover. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(427.2)

The sailors behind the medals : Waging war at sea 1939 - 1945 /Chris Bilham "The story of the Royal Navy in the Second World War is an epic, consisting both of dramatic battles such as the River Plate and Matapan, and drawn-out campaigns such as the escort of convoys to Malta and northern Russia. The author examines the careers of twenty-three sailors who took part in these actions which resulted in the award of their medals. He illustrates a cross-section of the war-time Navy long-service regulars, volunteers, recalled veterans of the Great War, Hostilities Only ratings. They served in nearly every kind of warship and in all the main theatres of the war and their individual acts of gallantry under extreme conditions make for inspiring reading. The author also examines the medals that were awarded for gallantry."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.134.2(42)

International merchant shipping in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : the comparative dimension /edited by Lewis R. Fischer and Even Lange. c2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.2"19/20"

Manchester Liners : an extraordinary story /by Nick Robins. A history of Manchester Liners, which was created in 1898, with help from Sir Christopher Furness, to demonstrate the viability of the Manchester Ship Canal for liner traffic. From the outset its main area of activity was a seasonal service between Manchester and Montreal and St John, New Brunswick. Eventually the company sent its ships directly into the Great Lakes to load grain for Manchester. By 1980 the company had become a part of the Furness Withy Shipping Division. The book emphasises the role of Manchester Liners and the Manchester Ship Canal Company in creating wealth in north-west England during the 20th century. There are numerous black and white and colour photos, fleet lists and an index of ships' names. 2011. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.792MANCHESTER LINERS

Mawson's forgotten men : the 1911-1913 Antarctic diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson /edited by Heather Rossiter. "Charles Turnbull Harrisson (1867-1914) was the only Tasmanian member of Douglas Mawson's legendary Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. Appointed biologist and artist to the expedition, Harrisson was a gifted writer. His diary of December 1911 to March 1913 records the challenges that faced the 8-man Western Base party landed on a glacier 2000km west of the Main Base, and their heroic achievements in Queen Mary Land. Transcribed and edited by Heather Rossiter, Harrisson's engaging narrative is complemented by his oil and watercolour paintings, pencil sketches made in the field and many photographs. In bringing Harrisson's diary from obscure library storage to published volume, Rossiter honours the daring spirit of these lesser known but equally audacious Antarctic explorers." 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 919.8904

Art markets in Europe, 1400-1800 "Economic and social historians are returning to the study of material culture at an opportune moment. The reinvention of art history during the 1980s has provided a serious challenge to earlier formalist and connoisseurial approaches to the discipline, in ways which will benefit historians in the current drive to study past societies in terms of what they consumed, produced, perceived and imagined. This group of essays focuses on three main issues: the demand for art, including the range of art objects purchased by various social groups; the conditions of artistic creativity and communication between different producing centres and artistic milieux; and the emergence of art markets which served to link the first two phenomena. The work draws on new research by art historians and economic and social historians from Europe and the United States, and covers the period from the late Middle Ages to the early nineteenth century."--Provided by the publisher. 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 339.1:7(4)

Daily life in colonial Africa / Toyin Falola. "Discover how European colonization across the many regions in Africa dramatically altered the continent and the daily lived experiences of its peoples. Daily Life in Colonial Africa explores nine facets of daily life in the European-colonized African continent, such as domestic, economic, political, and religious life. Examples of everyday people-farmers forced to switch to cash crops, people of faith melding native traditions and European Christian doctrine on beliefs about the afterlife, storytellers using allegory to discreetly challenge colonial rule-show how colonialization impacted every aspect of life for Africa's indigenous people, as well as how they adapted to new ways of life while maintaining their cultural roots. Alongside the main text, helpful additional resources such as a timeline of the colonization of Africa and a glossary of terms provide useful context for understanding what life in this period of history was truly like for the many different people and groups affected by Africa's colonization."-- 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 960.3

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