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HMS Wellington : one ships war Williams, G J 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.824

Cabin class rivals : Lafayette & Champlain, Britannic & Georgic and Manhattan & Washington /David L. Williams and Richard P. de Kerbrech. "During the late 1920s and early 1930s three pairs of unique and innovative passenger liners emerged from France, the UK and the US designated as cabin-class liners: the Lafayette and Champlain, Britannic and Georgic and the Manhattan and Washington - three steamships and three motorships. Born at the height of the Great Depression and constructed at a time when there was much work needed in the shipbuilding and allied trades, they were overshadowed by the larger, more luxurious express liners on the prestigious North Atlantic route. Their introduction made incursions into the Atlantic passenger traffic, with spacious accommodation and sumptuous public rooms, in effect offering first-class travel in relative luxury at much lower fares and at a longer, slower crossing time. Much overlooked by historians, their impact on the style and standards for Atlantic travel were trendsetting and challenged the major passenger liner companies to re-think their strategies. Here, David L. Williams and Richard P. de Kerbrech have examined the part played by these cabin-class rivals and highlight their rightful place in the history and development of North Atlantic steam - and motor - navigation."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(100)"1920/1930"

Les corsaires du littoral : Dunkerque, Calais, Boulogne : de Philippe II áa Louis XIV (1568-1713) : de la guerre de 80 ans áa la guerre de succession dâEspagne /Patrick Villiers. "The name Dunkirk is inextricably linked with that of Jean Bart, often called the king of the pirates; but Jean Bart spent most of his career in the service of the king. Focusing mainly on the height of privateering during the War of Spanish Succession, this book looks at the complex relationship between "special privateers" and the vessels of the king. New research and recent publications have led to the rediscovery of the essential role which Spain played in the battle against the United Provinces in revolt. "--Extracts translated from text provided by publisher. 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 944

Swan Hunter built warships / by Ian Buxton. "This book comprises a brief history of the shipyard, complimented by over 100 full page black and white photographs accompanied by extended captions."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.12SWAN HUNTER

Submarine command Bryant, Ben 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Bryant

Sugar and slavery : an economic history of the British West Indies, 1623-1775 /Richard B. Sheridan. Sheridan, Richard B., 1974. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:664.1(729)

The silent deep : the Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945 /Peter Hennessy and James Jinks. "'The Ministry of Defence does not comment upon submarine operations' is the standard response of officialdom to enquiries about the most secretive and mysterious of Britain's armed forces, the Royal Navy Submarine Service. Written with unprecedented co-operation from the Service itself and privileged access to documents and personnel, The Silent Deep is the first authoritative history of the Submarine Service from the end of the Second World War to the present. It gives the most complete account yet published of the development of Britain's submarine fleet, its capabilities, its weapons, its infrastructure, its operations and above all - from the testimony of many submariners and the first-hand witness of the authors - what life is like on board for the denizens of the silent deep. Dramatic episodes are revealed for the first time: how HMS Warspite gathered intelligence against the Soviet Navy's latest ballistic-missile-carrying submarine in the late 1960s; how HMS Sovereign made what is probably the longest-ever trail of a Soviet (or Russian) submarine in 1978; how HMS Trafalgar followed an exceptionally quiet Soviet 'Victor III', probably commanded by a Captain known as 'the Prince of Darkness', in 1986. It also includes the first full account of submarine activities during the Falklands War. But it was not all victories: confrontations with Soviet submarines led to collisions, and the extent of losses to UK and NATO submarine technology from Cold War spy scandals are also made more plain here than ever before. In 1990 the Cold War ended - but not for the Submarine Service. Since June 1969, it has been the last line of national defence, with the awesome responsibility of carrying Britain's nuclear deterrent. The story from Polaris to Trident - and now 'Successor' - is a central theme of the book. In the year that it is published, Russian submarines have once again been detected off the UK's shores. As Britain comes to decide whether to renew its submarine-carried nuclear deterrent, The Silent Deep provides an essential historical perspective."--Proided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.827(42)"1945/2015"

Debrecen telepules es epitestortenete / Sapi, Lajos 1972. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.391

The boys' book of British ships, aircraft, artillery and fighting vehicles : written by experts and illustrated by actual designers in each of the subjects /edited by Albert J Ratley Wadman. WADMAN, Albert J. Ratley. [1944] • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Destroyer captain Hill, Roger 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.548.1(42)

Rising sun, falling skies : the disastrous Java Sea campaign of World War II /Jeffrey R. Cox. In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese juggernaut quickly racked up victory after victory. Desperate to secure resource-rich regions in the Pacific and ensure their continued dominance of South East Asia, Japanese forces were determined in their efforts to conquer Malaya, Singapore and the oil-rich islands around Java Sea - Borneo, Sumatra and Java itself. In the face of this seemingly unstoppable tide stood a small Allied force - American, Australian, British and Dutch. Thrown together by circumstance; cut off from reinforcements or in many cases retreat; operating with old, obsolete equipment and dwindling supplies, there was little hope of victory. Indeed, the month-long Java Sea Campaign, as it subsequently became known, quickly evolved from a traditional test of arms into a test of character. In the face of a relentless enemy and outnumbered, outgunned and alone, they defiantly held on, attempting to buy weeks, days, even hours until a better line of defense - and offense - could be established. These were the men of the US Asiatic Feet, the British Far Eastern Fleet, the Royal Netherlands Navy's East Indies Squadron and the Royal Australian Navy. And their supporting units like Patrol Wing Ten, the Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service, the US Army Air Force's 17th Pursuit Squadron and submarines of all these fine nations. A campaign that has been too often either ignored by historians or criticised for poor command decisions, this is the story of the sailors and the airmen at the sharp end, and how they fought and endured the first months of the War in the Pacific. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.5"1942"

Battleships of the United States Navy : rare photographs from wartime archives /Michael Green. "From 1895 to 1944 the US Navy commissioned some 60 steel-clad battleships; the first being Indiana (BB-1) and the last USS Missouri (BB-63). After an impressive showing in the Spanish-American War and the 'Great White Fleet's' circumnavigation of the world, US battleships played only a minor role in the First World War. They came into their own in WW2 primarily bombarding enemy held coastal regions and supporting Allied operations in Europe and the Pacific. Their firepower was awesome and the later examples had nine 16-inch and up to twenty 5-inch guns plus copious anti-aircraft defences. On the few occasions these mighty ships took on Japanese counterparts, they performed brilliantly but protection of the increasingly important aircraft couriers was more decisive. Armour plate nearly a foot and a half thick saved many from fatal attack from suicidal kamikaze pilots. Post WW2 the battleships were relegated to war reserve status but later their value projecting American military power worldwide and their conversion to platforms for cruise missile saw their re-birth. The last US battleship retired in 1992 having served in the Korean and Vietnam War, the Middle East and finally Desert Storm. This fine book gives the expert and layman a privileged overview of one of the greatest weapon systems in military history."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(73)"1895/1944"

Steamboats on the Indus : the limits of western technological superiority in South Asia /Clive Dewey. "Two forms of water-transport competed for supremacy on the Indus and its tributaries in the middle of the nineteenth century: the local country boats and the steamboats imported by the British. The steamers were the most advanced technology in South Asia. British investors poured capital into them, colonial officials subsidised them, and European travellers patronized them. The country boats-blown by the winds, rowed by the oars, dragged by ropes-had hardly changed in a thousand years. Yet the country boats kept the river trade while the steam flotillas went bankrupt. They were far better adapted to the shallow, shifting rivers; they were much cheaper to build and operate; and they drew on an extraordinary pool of skills-the skills of boatsmen and boat-builders. Steamboats on the Indus shows that the received wisdom-the 'Technology and Imperialism' school-is wrong to assume that Western machines destroyed indigenous techniques wherever they came into competition. Traditional technology could exploit the economic opportunities created by imperialism at lower cost than the most advanced machinery from the West."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(5-13)

1916 : the First World War at sea in old photographs /by Phil Carradice. "For the navies of Britain and Germany, 1916 would be the defining year of the First World War. Against a background of the evacuation of the Dardanelles, blockades in the North Sea and submarine attacks around the coasts of Europe, the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet would meet in the North Sea on 31 May 1916 and slug it out for supremacy. Which would win, Britain or Germany? With both sides claiming victory, Jutland ended as a draw. Nonetheless, neither fleet would venture out in force again for the duration. Future naval engagements would be skirmishes rather than all-out sea battles. Outrages against hospital ships and continued submarine warfare against merchant vessels saw numerous high profile sinkings, not least the hospital ship HMHS Britannic, lost in November in the Kea Channel, sunk by an indiscriminate mine. Phil Carradice takes us through the First World War at sea in photographs, showing us the horror of war and telling the story of the greatest sea battle of the conflict."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.459(42)"1916"

Hello sailor! : the hidden history of gay life at sea Baker, Paul 2003 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 656.61.071.22-055.3

A teachers guide to using portraits Morris, Susan 1992 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 7.041.5

Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660-1782 Sainty, John Christopher 1973 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 35.084.2

From imperial splendour to internment : the German Navy in the First World War /Nicolas Wolz ; translated by Geoffrey Brooks. "This important new work describes how the Imperial German Navy, which had expanded to become one of the great maritime forces in the world, second only to the Royal Navy, proved, with the exception of its submarines, to be largely ineffective throughout the years of conflict. The impact of this impotence had a far-reaching effect upon the service. Germany, indeed most of Europe, was in the grips of a spirit of militant nationalistic fervour, and the inactivity of the great Imperial Navy caused deep frustration, particularly among the naval officers. Not only were they unable to see themselves as heroes, they were also ridiculed on the home front and felt profoundly humiliated. With the exception of the one sea battle at Jutland, their ships saw little or no action at sea and morale slowly collapsed to a point where, at the end of the war, the crews were in a state of mutiny. The seemingly ludicrous order that forced the fleet to go to sea against the British in 1918 was driven by a sense of humiliation, but coming at the war's end it triggered a revolution because the German sailors wanted no part in such madness. The internment at Scapa Flow was the ultimate shaming. This is a fascinating and perceptive analysis of a whole era, and it contributes substantially to our understanding of the war and its consequences - consequences, sadly, that helped pave the way for the Third Reich."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1914/1918"(43)

Africa pilot. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Mutiny and aftermath : James Morrison's account of the mutiny on the Bounty and the island of Tahiti /edited by Vanessa Smith and Nicholas Thomas ; with the assistance of Maia Nuku. "The mutiny on the Bounty was one of the most controversial events of eighteenth-century maritime history. This book publishes a full and absorbing narrative of the events by one of the participants, the boatswain's mate James Morrison, who tells the story of the mounting tensions over the course of the voyage out to Tahiti, the fascinating encounter with Polynesian culture there, and the shocking drama of the event itself. In the aftermath, Morrison was among those who tried to make a new life on Tahiti. In doing so, he gained a deeper understanding of Polynesian culture than any European who went on to write about the people of the island and their way of life before it was changed forever by Christianity and colonial contact. Morrison was not a professional scientist but a keen observer with a lively sympathy for Islanders. This is the most insightful and wide-ranging of early European accounts of Tahitian life. Mutiny and Aftermath is the first scholarly edition of this classic of Pacific history and anthropology. It is based directly on a close study of Morrison's original manuscript, one of the treasures of the Mitchell Library in Sydney, Australia. The editors assess and explain Morrison's observations of Islander culture and social relations, both on Tubuai in the Austral Islands and on Tahiti itself. The book fully identifies the Tahitian people and places that Morrison refers to and makes this remarkable text accessible for the first time to all those interested in an extraordinary chapter of early Pacific history."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(962.1)

Sailmaker's palms / Des Pawson. "A history and background on the styles and variations of the Sailmakers palm including a section on how they are made and a selection of patterns should you wish to try yourself."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.12.014.22

The economics of taste : the rise and fall of picture prices 1760-1960 /Gerald Reitlinger. Reitlinger, Gerald, 1982. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 708

Hero of the Upholder : the story of Lieutenant Commander M D Wanklyn Allaway, Jim 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Wanklyn

The forgotten tragedy : the sinking of HMT Lancastria Crabb, Brian James 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545

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