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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 war of the motor gun boats : one man's personal war at sea with the coastal forces, 1943-1945 /Tony Chapman. Autobiography of Tony Chapman, who served in Royal Navy motor gun boats in the latter years of the Second World War. The book provides a vivid account of duties and daily life during training as telegraphist, then in motor gun boats in the English Channel and North Sea, Mediterranean and Aegean, particularly during the liberation of Kos in May 1945. Includes black and white illustrations. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92CHAPMAN

Tracing your shipbuilding ancestors : a guide for family historians /by Anthony Burton. Burton, Anthony, 2010. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 929.3

British warships, 1860-1906 : a photographic history /N. J. Dingle. Dingle, Nicholas J. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1860/1906"

Arctic warriors : a personal account of Convoy PQ18 /by Alfred Grossmith Mason. "This is a rare and graphic personal account that captures the atmosphere of this infamously costly convoy and others like it. If any doubts remain of the terrible conditions and dangers that merchant seamen aced in the hostile waters of the North Atlantic and Barents Sea, this superb record will surely put them to rest."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1(47)

Bligh, master mariner / Rob Mundle. A biography of William Bligh (1754-1817) focusing on his naval career and particularly the 3618-mile open boat voyage to Timor undertaken following the mutiny on the Bounty. A list of ships on which Bligh served is provided. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BLIGH

A century of British naval aviation, 1909-2009 / David Wragg. "This book is the history of the first century of British Naval aviation, with personal accounts adding colour to the achievements both in technology, such as angled flight decks, mirror deck landing systems, helicopter assault and vertical take-off, and in operations, including the sinking of the Konigsberg and the daring attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, convoy protection, operations with the United States Navy in the Pacific, then, post-war, Suez, and later the recovery of the Falklands from Argentine invasion."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.38(42)"1909/2009"

Treaty cruisers : the world's first international warship building competition /Leo Marriott. "The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 and subsequent treaties in the 1930's effectively established the size and composition of the various navies in World War II .... This book traces the political processes which led to the treaties, describe the heavy cruisers designed and built to the same rules by each nation and then considers how the various classes fared in World War II and assesses which were the most successful."--Dust jacket. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82

Destroyer down : an account of HM destroyer losses, 1939-1945 /A.S. Evans. Evans, A. S.-(Arthur S.), 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.1(42)"1939/1945"

Battleships at war : HMS Royal Sovereign and her sister ships /Peter C. Smith. "This is the wartime history of the battleship Royal Sovereign, along with the story of her four sister ships Revenge, Resolution, Royal Oak and Ramillies. Although old and slow, and bitterly criticized by Churchill and others as being 'coffin ships', these ships in fact played a valiant and doughty role in World War II."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82ROYAL SOVEREIGN

Operation Neptune : the inside story of naval operations for the Normandy landings, 1944 /by B.B. Schofield. "Operation Neptune may not have been a naval battle in the traditional sense, but it ranks as one of the greatest naval exploits in history. In this book Vice Admiral Schofield describes the great events of June 1944 which, as Captain of HMS Dryad, he witnessed at first hand."--Provided by the publisher. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1944"

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"

Stringbag : the Fairey Swordfish at war /David Wragg. "This is a narrative account of the operations of the Fairey Swordfish throughout World War Two. The most famous of these was the attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, crippling three battleships and damaging several other ships as well as the seaplane base and an oil storage depot. The Swordfish played a prominent part in the Battle of Matapan and in the sinking of the Bismarck. Less happily, Swordfish were used in the unsuccessful and ill-prepared raid on the Germans at Petsamo and in the abortive attack on the battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the Channel Dash in 1942."--Provided by the publisher. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.544.9(42)

Alone on a wide, wide sea : the story of 835 naval air squadron in the Second World War "This is the history of 835 Naval Air Squadron told by one of its surviving commanding officers. [...] Many people now feel that the work of the Merchant Navy in the Second World War has seldom been given the recognition it deserves; for without the merchant vessels which continually battled their way through the stormy waters of the Atlantic, Britain would soon have been starved of essential supplies. 835 Squadron, flying mainly from the aircraft-carrier Nairana, spent much of the war defending our Atlantic and Russian convoys from the attacks of German U-boats and aircraft. Barringer has gathered together a wealth of first-hand accounts by the crew of the Nairana and other members of the squadron and these give his story a compelling sense of immediacy."--Provided by the publisher. 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.544.9(261.1)

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.

British military medals : a guide for the collector and family historian /Peter Duckers. "This second edition of Peter Duckers [sic] best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 2 copies available.

The pirate captain Ned Low : his life and mysterious fate /Nicky Nielsen. Nielsen, Nicky, 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 364.16/4092

The Moon : a beginner's guide to lunar features and photography /James Harrop. A practical guide aimed at beginners interested in learning about the Moon and how to image our closest satellite neighbour. The book contains the complete photographic process including equipment, settings, capture techniques, stacking and image processing, each of which is vitally important to producing a good image. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 704.9/495233

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