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Royal Navy submarines : 1901 to the present day /Maurice Cocker ; with drawings by John Lambert ; foreword by Lancelot Bell Davies ; new foreword by James Perowne.
Cocker, Maurice.
2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
359.21:623.823.3"19/20"
Destroyer leader : the story of HMS Faulknor 1935-46 /Peter C. Smith.
"This book tells HMS Faulknor's story from her design and launching to the scrap yard where her proud years of service eventually ended. Faulknor had the honor of sinking the first U-boat of the war, and her life from then on was one of ever-active service including the Norway campaign; as part of Force H based in Gibraltar; and seeing service against the Vichy French, the Italians and the German Luftwaffe in the Mediterranean. Her active war service ended at D-day."--Provided by the publisher.
2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.82FAULKNOR
Into the minefields : British destroyer minelaying : 1916-1960 /Peter C. Smith.
"During the early years of World War I the existing minelaying vessels in service with the Royal Navy were found to be far too slow to penetrate into the strategically important waters around Holland, Denmark, Germany and Sweden under the cover of darkness and survive. As a result, a flotilla of fast destroyers was created that could be readily converted from their normal role into minelayers."--Provided by the publisher.
2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.829.3(42)"1916/1960"
The complete Victoria Cross : a full chronological record of all holders of Britain's highest award for gallantry /Kevin Brazier.
"This fully revised paperback edition of the complete chronological record of VC holders is an essential work of reference for every student of military history. All the British and Commonwealth servicemen who have been awarded the highest honour for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice are commemorated here. The first VCs awarded for the Crimean War and in the nineteenth-century colonial wars are described, as are the VCs awarded in the world wars of the twentieth century and the most recent VCs awarded during present-day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The extraordinary exploits recounted in this fascinating book make unforgettable reading."--Provided by the publisher.
2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.134.22(42)VC
Midget submarine commander: the life of Rear Admiral Godfrey Place ... 19 July 1921-27 December 1994 /Paul Watkins.
Of all the acts of gallantry in World War II few were as audacious as the attack by midget submarines on the pride of the German fleet, the battleship Tirpitz. Lieutenant Place was in command of submarine X7 in September 1943 and travelled over 1000 miles, negotiating minefields and antisubmarine nets to accurately place four tons of high explosive under the hull of the Tirpitz. Using many first-hand accounts, the book details his life.
2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
92PLACE
Disasters of the deep : a comprehensive survey of submarine accidents and disasters /Edwyn Gray.
"This is the fully revised and updated edition of the first comphrensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the present day. By examining many of the sinkings in considerable detail, analysing what went wrong and describing the attempts made to rescue the crew and the vessel, Edwyn Gray traces the development of the submarine from the earliest experimental submersibles of the late 18th century, to the nuclear powered monsters of today. The appendices include the most comprehensive and accurate list of submarine disasters ever printed, in the compilation of which the author has had the cooperation of the US, French, Italian, Danish and Japanese Navies, as well as the RN Submarine Museum and the German U-Boat Archive."--Provided by the publisher.
2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
363.123
The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service, 1918-1986 / Jonanthan Sutherland and Diane Canwell.
"Between 1918 and 1986 the marine branch of the Royal Air Force provided rescue facilities, support and other services to this armed service. In its pre-1941 guise as the Air Sea Rescue service, the RAF had an inventory of over 200 motorboats, supported by float aircraft engaged in rescue, towing, refueling and servicing RAF aircraft. Amongst the many characters of this early period was none other than Lawrence of Arabia. The Marine Craft Section itself came into existence in February 1941 as a direct result of the compelling need to retrieve downed pilots from the sea. Initially the craft were lightly armed, but as the chivalry between the British and the German rescue services deteriorated, the launches became heavily armed craft, not only capable of defence but also attack. They were supported by a wide variety of aircraft, including Lysanders and Walruses. The ASR was involved in Dieppe and D-Day and operated in the Mediterranean and the Far East. During the war years alone over 13,000 aircraft crew were saved by the ASR service, in addition to the many hundreds of other servicemen whose vessels had been hit by mines or had fallen prey to submarines. Jon Sutherland has written extensively on military history and warfare. Much of his previous work has concerned the American involvement in the European in World War I and the European theatre of World War II. Diane Canwell has written works on Crete and the Viking era and is much involved in the research for this book. Using an extensive network of former members of the service, the authors propose to intersperse the descriptive chapters with short first-person accounts of particular episodes throughout the service's history."--Provided by the publisher.
2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.354(42)"1918/1986"
Matthew Boulton`s Neapolitan medal
Hardy, Thomas A
1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
92Boulton
The great Edwardian naval feud : Beresford's vendetta against Fisher /Richard Freeman.
Freeman, Richard
2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.353(42):392.77
The animal Victoria Cross : the Dickin Medal /P.J. Hawthorne.
Sixty-three animals have won the Dickin Medal, the highest award for animal bravery. Four types of animal have been honoured, dogs, horses, pigeons and one cat. In addition to British animals, there are American, Canadian, Australian and Egyptian winners of this unique award. This delightful book will be treasured by animal lovers everywhere.
2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.134.22:636.045
Battleships : the first Big Guns :rare photographs from wartime archives /Kaplan, Philip.
"This new addition to the Images of War series takes as its focus the early Big Gun battleships that saw development and deployment during the First World War. Iconic ships such as HMS Warspite and Malaya feature amidst this pictorial history that is sure to appeal to fans of the series, and naval enthusiasts in particular. Vessels featured include the battleship Royal Sovereign, the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, the cruiser HMS Gloucester, the Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Barham and the Italian battleships Littorio, Cesare, Duillo, Vittorio Veneto, Conte di Cavour and Doria, amongst many others. British and international battleships feature side by side in a publication that offers a truly representative selection of the kind of vessels in action at this time."--Provided by the publisher.
2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.821.2(100)
Second World War carrier campaigns / David Wragg.
"Without the aircraft carrier, the Japanese would not have brought the United States into the Second World War through their attack on Pearl Harbour; without the carrier, the United States could not have rolled back the Japanese forces spread across the wide reaches of the Pacific and carried the war to Japan itself. Thus is can be argued that aircraft carriers were the decisive naval weapons system of the Second World War. Yet they had an uncertain start, with HMS Courageous sunk two weeks after the outbreak of war, followed by her sister, Glorious the following spring. This book is an authoritative, concise and hugely readable account of carrier operations throughout WW2. The text is given immediacy by the use of eyewitness accounts."--Provided by the publisher.
2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.822.7"1939/1945"
Yanagi : the secret underwater trade between Germany & Japan, 1942-1945 /by Mark Felton.
"This fascinating book examines the exchange of information and goods by underwater means between Germany and Japan during the second half of WW2. Known as 'Yanagi' this trade was a high priority to both Axis partners. As the Allies' grip on control of the oceans and air tightened, it became necessary to rely on submarines. This posed an increasingly heavy but necessary burden on tight resources.Thanks to the Author's research, here is the first full account of these operations with descriptions of individual missions be they by German or Japanese submarines and crews. Even by modern standards these were of impressive duration and demanded the highest standards of seamanship and discipline."--Provided by the publisher.
2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.545.9(43:52)
Arctic convoy PQ-8 : the story of Captain Robert Brundle and the SS Harmatris /by Michael Wadsworth.
The story of the convoy PQ-8 in 1941/2 and the costly return journey of the SS Harmatris in late 1942 is used to illustrate the wider context of the Russian convoys and the war in general. Derived from the diaries and memorabilia of Robert William Brundle, the book gives a personal view by the Master of a British vessel of the progress of a troubled convoy, of which he was appointed Commodore, and of his eight months in Murmansk and Archangel, observing the lives and straightened circumstances of the inhabitants in the interludes between the bombings, and his struggle to repair the ship, discover and distribute food among the crew, and simply to stay alive and return home safely.
2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.542.1(42)
Admiral of the blue : the life and times of Admiral John Child Purvis /Iain Gordon.
This "is the [...] biography of Admiral John Child Purvis a [...] contemporary of Nelson. Purvis's ability as a fighting commander was proved in a bloody duel between his sloop-of-war and a French corvette during the War of Independence. [...] He was the first British officer to confront Napoleon Bonaparte [...] during the Siege of Toulon. Commanding the Princess Royal and then the London, he was involved in much action in the Mediterranean and served under Sir John Jervis (later Lord St Vincent) during his establishment of the 'Mediterranean Discipline'. The culmination of his [...] career at sea was when he undertook the [...] task of saving the Spanish fleet in Cadiz from capture by the French and preparing the city for siege."--Provided by the publisher.
2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
92PURVIS, JOHN CHILD
The 50 greatest shipwrecks / Richard M. Jones.
"When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones has put together 50 stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous and in some cases tragic ships in the whole of history. When did two liners collide and lead to one of the greatest rescues in history? How did a Scotsman become an American hero against his own country? Which warship sank with gold bullion on board during the Second World War? This book tells the story of these fascinating cases plus many more, explores the largest shipwrecks, the treasure wrecks and the ones that are talked about still as the most famous. Starting at the tiny island of Alderney in 1592, we take a journey through history, through the First and Second World Wars, into the age of the passenger ferry and finally to the modern day migrant issues in the Mediterranean Sea. Never before have these fifty wrecks come together in a book that really brings home to the reader just how many lost vessels there are, how deadly many can be and what this teaches us today about our own history."--Provided by the publisher.
2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
The war with Hitler's Navy / Adrian Stewart.
"As this well researched work reveals, Hitlers handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.The seriousness of the U-boat threat was never in doubt and in the dark days of 1940 1942, the Donitzs daring strategy coupled with the courage and determined actions of the captains and crews became perilously close to starving Britain into submission.But, despite having built and nurtured a surface fleet with capital ships of formidable power, Hitler was uncharacteristically cautious of employing them aggressively. Examination of the reasons for this make for fascinating reading, possibly stemming from the early loss of the Graf Spee and the fact that, whenever possible, the Royal Navy threw all its weight regardless of cost at the Nazi threat; the loss of the Hood in the pursuit of the Bismarck being one example. Even Goebbels could not spin the loss of a battleship.The War against Hitlers Navy describes in fascinating detail the many fronts on which the adversaries faced each other and analyzes the reasons for the ultimate outcome."--Provided by the publisher.
2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.545943
The history of navigation / Dag Pike
"Today travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus. The author, a highly experienced sailor, sets out to record the development of navigational techniques from the earliest time, five millenniums ago. As explorers started to venture offshore into the unknown they had to rely on the sun and stars for direction. From this pioneers turned to mathematics, astrolobes, sextants and increasing accurate clocks to measure latitude and later longitude. More recently major breakthroughs with electronic navigation, GPS and other satellite systems have revolutionised travel. Focusing primarily but not exclusively on marine navigation, the author weaves a fascinating course through the successes and failures of mankind's quest to explore his world. The result is a thoroughly entertaining and informative work which has no rival."--Provided by the publisher.
2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
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Sea wolves : savage submarine commanders of WW2/Tony Matthews.
"From the heart-rending account of the sinking of the German liner Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 - the worst maritime disaster in world history - through to a variety of other brutal actions carried out by numerous submarine commanders, including the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur in 1943, this book comes from the deep shadows of a tragic past to reveal the terrible truth of a secretive war that was responsible for the deaths of unimaginable numbers of innocent people. Discover how merchant seamen were savagely machine-gunned in the water, callously slaughtered with hand-grenades or simply left to the circling sharks. Elsewhere, hundreds of doctors, nurses, ship's crew, ambulance drivers and hospital orderlies were viciously killed without compassion, despite being protected by the Geneva Convention."--Provided by the publisher.
2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.545943
Admiral Byng : his rise and execution /Chris Ware.
Admiral John Byng was born into an illustrious naval family in 1704. He qualified as a lieutenant at the age of 19 and was made post captain at 23. By the outbreak of the Seven Years War in 1756 he had become admiral of the blue. At the Battle of Minorca in 1756 it was alleged that he had failed to do his utmost to relieve the siege of the British garrison on Minorca. He was court-martialled and found guilty, although he was acquitted of personal cowardice. Despite pleas for clemency he was executed in 1757 on board the HMS Monarch in Portsmouth harbour. Voltaire referred to the incident in his novel Candide, creating the phrase "... pour encourager les autres". This book reappraises Byng's life and career in an attempt to discover whether he was a victim of injustice and the political situation at the time. There are black and white photographs of portraits of the various participants in Byng's story, extensive notes, a bibliography and a brief index.
2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Medieval maritime warfare / Charles D. Stanton.
"Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out. In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought. Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied - it is little known and even less understood. Charles Stanton uses an innovative and involving approach to describe this fascinating but neglected facet of European medieval history. He depicts the development of maritime warfare from the end of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance, detailing the wars waged in the Mediterranean by the Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Crusaders, the Italian maritime republics, Angevins and Aragonese as well as those fought in northern waters by the Vikings, English, French and the Hanseatic League. This pioneering study will be compelling reading for everyone interested in medieval warfare and maritime history." -- Provided by the publisher.
2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.49"717/1475"
Lost story of the William and Mary : The cowardice of Captain Stinson /Gill Hoffs
"The loss of the emigrant ship William & Mary made news around the world not once but twice in 1853. First when her American captain reported the vessel lost before his eyes in the shark-infested waters of the Bahamas and the death of over 200 left on board, then again when the truth emerged - a tale of abandonment, desperation, and the incredible heroism of a wrecker and his crew. Discover the people involved in this mysterious shipwreck, including: Captain Timothy Stinson, the callous young mariner who attempted mass murder Susannah Dimond, the English 19-year-old hoping for a new life in St. Louis with her family, husband and unborn child Izaak Roorda, one of a group of 87 Dutch emigrants seeking to settle in Wisconsin, who found the lifeboat more perilous than the sinking ship Over 160 years later, Gill Hoffs reveals the terrifying true events that drove one man to murder passengers with a hatchet and others to abandon their family and friends - and a wrecker to risk his life for total strangers."--Provided by the publisher.
2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
656.61.085.3WILLIAM & MARY
Frigates, sloops & brigs / [James Henderson]
Henderson, James.
2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.49"1793/1815"(42:44)
Coastal convoys 1939-1945 : the indestructible highway /by Nick Hewitt.
"Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 - 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britain's dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the convoy system in coastal waters at the outset of the war. It beings to life the hazards of the German mining offensive of 1939, the desperate battles fought in coastal waters during 1940 and 1941, and the long struggle against German air and naval forces which lasted to the end of the Second World War. Reference is also made to the important role played by coasters during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and the Normandy landings in 1944."--Provided by the publisher
2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.542.9"1939/1945"
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