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The forgotten fleet Winton, John, 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.5/.6(42)"1944/1945"

Battle of Dogger Bank : the first dreadnought engagement, January 1915 /Tobias R. Philbin. "On January 24, 1915, a German naval force commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper conducted a raid on British fishing fleets in the area of the Dogger Banks. The force was engaged by a British force, which had been alerted by a decoded radio intercept. The ensuing battle would prove to be the largest and longest surface engagement until the Battle of Jutland the following summer. While the Germans lost an armored cruiser with heavy loss of life and Hipper's flagship was almost sunk, confusion in executing orders allowed the Germans to escape. The British considered the battle a victory; but the Germans had learned important lessons and they would be better prepared for the next encounter with the British fleet at Jutand. Tobias Philbin's Battle of Dogger Bank provides a keen analytical description of the battle and its place in the naval history of World War I."--Provided by the publisher. [2014]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.459(42:43)"1915"

The environment in British prehistory 1981 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 911.2/.3(42)

The ships of Scapa Flow / Campbell McCutcheon. "The islands surrounding Scapa Flow made one of Britain's best natural harbours, while the location at the north of Scotland protected the approaches to the North Sea and Atlantic. The naval base was important during both wars but what makes Scapa Flow famous is its wrecks, the remains of a German fleet, which once numbered some 74 vessels, most of which were scuttled in 1919, as well as the war graves of HMS Royal Oak and HMS Vanguard. The wrecks of the navy ships still survive, along with eight German warships for which a second war came and prevented salvage. Now a divers' paradise, the wrecks of Scapa Flow bring divers from all over the world and employ many in Orkney itself. This is the story of the ships of Scapa Flow, their sinking and their salvage, using many previously unseen images of the recovery and subsequent removal of many of the German battleships and cruisers to Rosyth dockyard in Fife for breaking up." -- back cover. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(411.2)

Among the icebergs : RMS Titanic in photographs /Mark Brown and Roger Simmons. "Containing many of the dramatic images originally published in RMS Titanic, A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards, this new edition has been revised and updated to tell the story of the doomed ship from its birth to its watery grave in the icy seas of the North Atlantic."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3TITANIC

Visual culture and decolonisation in Britain / edited by Simon Faulkner and Anandi Ramamurthy. An edited collection of essays focused on the role of visual representation in decolonisation during the period 1945 to 1970. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44"1945/1970"

Convoy will scatter : the full story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84 /by Bernard Edwards. "On 5 November, 1940 the eastbound convoy HX 84 of thirty-seven merchant ships, escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay, was attacked in mid-Atlantic by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. The Jervis Bay, commanded by Captain Edward Fegen, charged at the enemy. Hopelessly out-gunned, she was blown out of the water by the Scheer's 11-inch guns. Meanwhile, led by HX 84's commodore ship, the Cardiff tramp Cornish City, the merchantmen scattered under the cover of a smoke screen, were picked off one by one by the radar-equipped Admiral Scheer. Captain Hugh Pettigrew, commanding the highly armed Canadian Pacific cargo liner Beaverford, began a desperate game of hide and seek with the Scheer, which continued until Beaverford was sunk with no survivors. Thanks to this sacrifice, incredibly only four other merchantmen were sunk. Later the neutral flag Swedish freighter Stureholm, commanded by Captain Olander, picked up survivors from the Jervis Bay. Without this brave and dangerous gesture no one would have lived to tell the tale of the death throes of the Jervis Bay, whose Captain was awarded the VC."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82JERVIS BAY

Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle and steamers of the River Dart / Richard Clammer and Alan Kittridge. "The Dartmouth built Kingswear Castle of 1924 is the last in a line of purpose built river Dart paddle steamers stretching back to the middle of the nineteenth-century. Her Cornish steam engines date from her predecessor namesake of 1904 and her design evolved from successive Victorian paddle steamers of the River Dart Steamboat Co. Ltd. Since 1967 the Kingswear Castle has been owned by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, who also own the sea going Firth of Clyde paddle steamer Waverley. Following a move to the south east of England in 1970 the Kingswear Castle was restored to full passenger service on the rivers Medway and Thames in 1985, in which waters she plied successfully for nearly thirty years. In 2012 a long term charter was agreed with the Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company to operate the paddle steamer back in her 'home' waters of the river Dart and in the following March she once again entered service on the very river she was specifically designed to ply. This book tells the story of Kingswear Castle: her origins through successive paddle steamers on the river Dart; the history of her first owner - the River Dart Steamboat Co Ltd; her preservation and operation in the south east; and her triumphant return to the river Dart."--Provided by the publisher. 2013 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.21(423.5)

Trading nature : Tahitians, Europeans, and ecological exchange /Jennifer Newell. "When Captain Samuel Wallis became the first European to land at Tahiti in June 1767, he left not only a British flag on shore but also three guinea hens, a pair of turkeys, a pregnant cat, and a garden planted with peas for the chiefess Purea. Thereafter, a succession of European captains, missionaries, and others planted seeds and introduced livestock from around the world. In turn, the islanders traded away great quantities of important island resources, including valuable and spiritually significant plants and animals. What did these exchanges mean? What was their impact? The answers are often unexpected. They also reveal the ways islanders retained control over their societies and landscapes in an era of increasing European intervention. Trading Nature explores - from both the European and Tahitian perspective - the effects of "ecological exchange" on one island from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. Through a series of dramatic episodes, Trading Nature uncovers the potency of trading in nature. In the interweavings of chiefly power, ordinary islanders, the ambitions of outsiders, transplanted species, and existing ecologies, the book uncovers the cultural and ecological impacts of cross-cultural exchange. Evidence of these transactions has been found in a rich variety of voyage journals, missionary diaries, Tahitian accounts, colonial records, travelers' tales, and a range of visual and material sources. The story progresses from the first trades on Tahiti's shores for provisions for British and French ships to the contrasting histories of cattle in Tahiti and Hawai'i. Two key exportations of species are analyzed: the great breadfruit transplantation project that linked Britain to Tahiti and the Caribbean and the politically volatile trade in salt-pork that ran between Tahiti and the Australian colonies in the nineteenth century. In each case, the author explores the long-term impacts of the exchanges on modern Tahiti. Trading Nature is a finely researched and entertaining work that will find a ready audience among those with an interest in the Pacific, ecological history, and the startling consequences of entangling people, plants, and animals on island shores."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(4:963)

German battlecruisers of World War One : their design, construction and operations /Gary Staff ; illustrations by Marsden Samuel. "This is the most comprehensive study yet in the English language of the German Imperial Navy's battlecruisers that served in the First World War. Known as Panzerkreuzer, literally 'armoured cruiser', the eight ships of the class were to be involved in several early North Sea skirmishes before the great pitched battle of Jutland where they inflicted devastating damage on the Royal Navy's battlecruiser fleet. In this new book the author details their design and construction, and traces the full service history of each ship, recounting their actions, largely from first-hand German sources and official documents, many previously unpublished in English. Detailed line drawings and maps augment the text throughout, as do a wealth of contemporary photos that depict the vessels at sea as well as in dock, where details of damage sustained in action and many aspects of their design can be viewed in close up. A superb series of full-colour, specially-commissioned computer graphics show full length profiles and top-down views of each ship in precise and clear detail. This stunning book is a major new contribution to German naval history in this country and will become a 'must-have' volume on the shelves of historians, enthusiasts and modellers and indeed for anyone interested in the navies of the First World War and steel warships in general."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(43)"1914/1918"

Malta convoys Woodman, Richard, 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.53(458.2)

The textile history of Whitby 1700-1914 : A lively coastal town between the North Sea and the North York Moors /Viveka Hansen. "Whitby, situated on the North Sea coast is foremost associated with its rich history during the period 1700 to 1914; the early alum industry, James Cook, whaling fleets, fishing, tourism and Victorian jet manufacturing. The town was relatively isolated by land until the coming of the railway, though accessible both locally and internationally by sea, and its geographical situation had substantial implications for transport both at home and abroad. Its population ensured a constant local need for textiles, in earlier years with the manufacture of sailcloth and sails as well as trade in expensive fabrics with other British ports and foreign destinations. Then in the later part of the research period, many hundreds of textile workers were needed for tailoring, dressmaking, drapery and other closely related activities, including laundry. These developments reflected the increasing demand nationwide from the growing middle classes to own more clothes, while Whitby's steady development as a holiday resort during the Victorian period strongly influenced the local drapery trade. So Whitby came to have special social and historical textile needs of its own, as well as obvious similarities to many other towns of similar size. However, up to now the town's rich and complex textile history has been rather unknown, therefore this monograph's collated in depth studies presents a valuable insight into the detailed account of the various trades through numerous archival and visual sources." -- Provided by the publisher. 2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 677:914.274

Ten year business plan. Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College 2003. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Battleships of the Scharnhorst class : the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau : the backbone of German surface forces at the outbreak of war Koop, Gerhard 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Gneisenau

The Trading world of Asia and the English East India Company 1660-1760 / K. N. Chaudhuri. "The main contribution of the work is to offer a comprehensive history of the English East India Company during the century 1660-1760. It also examines the commercial economy of the Asian countries in which the Company traded and its political relations with Asian princes. Finally, it is a study of business and economic decision-making under pre-modern conditions. The book is based on an extensive analysis of the quantitative and qualitative material available in the Company's archives. The data-processing of the quantitative evidence and its subsequent statistical analysis was carried out on a computer, and the book contains comprehensive tables on the volume and value of the Company's trade, prices of commercial goods, and on monetary and financial history. The extensive scope of the book and its consideration not only of the Company but of the economies in which it operated make it essential reading for all concerned with the economic history of the period, both of Europe and Asia. The techniques used in analysing the original data and their theoretical framework make it of methodological interest to economic historians." 1978. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(5-13)"166/176"

A sailor in the Sahara : the life and travels in Africa of Hugh Clapperton, Commander RN /Jamie Bruce Lockhart. Bruce-Lockhart, Jamie 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92CLAPPERTON

Operation Pedestal : the story of convoy WS21S August 1942 /Brian James Crabb. "This book reveals the true story of Operation Pedestal, the convoy to relieve the desperate plight of Malta in August 1942. Thirteen modern cargo ships and the new American oil tanker Ohio were selected for their speed, size and reliability, protected by a large escort of Royal Navy warships. But on only the second day after their entry into the Mediterranean the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle was struck by four torpedoes and sunk by U-73, followed by crippling damage to HMS Indomitable from the air the next day, reducing the strength of the escort by half at the outset. The convoy was repeatedly attacked by aircraft, submarines and E-boats, resulting in the loss of cruisers HMS Cairo and HMS Manchester and the destroyer HMS Foresight. Nine of the cargo ships were sunk and six naval vessels were crippled. However, HMS Port Chalmers, Rochester Castle and Melbourne Star reached Malta on 13 August. The following day, a damaged Brisbane Star was also nursed into harbour. But the best news of all was the arrival of the crippled oil tanker Ohio on the 15th. She had been bombed to a standstill but was kept afloat by the Royal Navy and towed to Valletta against all odds. Her voyage is legendary. Many brave men were lost during this heroic and most bombarded convoy of the Second World War, and all are recorded in this book. It tells a gripping, heroic story, accompanied by a generous selection of photographs and a host of technical detail. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1(458.2)"1942"

Really not required : memoirs 1939 to 1946 Warwick, Colin 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Rushen Castle

Land's End shipwrecks. 1980. • PAMPH-OVER • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(42)

Myth of the press gang : volunteers, impressment and the naval manpower problem in the late eighteenth century /J. Ross Dancy. Dancy, J. Ross. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.223094109033

The ships atlas. 2013. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 387.0223

United States destroyers : an illustrated design history Friedman, Norman, 1982 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.823.1(7)

Naval camouflage 1914-1945 : a complete visual reference / Williams, David-(David L.) 2001 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.773"1914/1945"

Millennium Greenwich. Miles, Simon. c1999. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 914.21

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