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The Industrial archaeology of Lancashire Ashmore, Owen 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 6(427.2)(091)

From the stone age to the space age in 200 years : Tongan art and society on the eve of the millenium /Adrienne L. Kaeppler. Kaeppler, Adrienne L., c1999. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.031.595

1942 : the Second World War at sea in photographs /Phil Carradice. "As 1942, the fourth year of the war, began, victory for the Allies was still a long way off. German submarines were sinking ships off the coast of the United States in what would become known as the 'Second Happy Time' for the U-boat crews while Allied vessels were falling victim to Japanese aircraft and warships in the Far East. Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen made their dash through the Channel to German waters while in the Arctic the battleship Tirpitz and German aircraft and submarines menaced the convoys supplying Russia. However, convoys continued to get through to supply beleaguered Malta despite heavy losses to submarines and aircraft, and in the Pacific the US Navy inflicted defeats on the Japanese at the key battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, battles in which the major vessels never actually saw each other, fighting with carrier-borne aircraft instead. Troops were landed on the island of Guadalcanal and in North Africa. In this book, Phil Carradice uses many rarely seen images to tell the story of the Second World War at Sea in 1942."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(42)"1942"

Destroyer : an anthology of first-hand accounts of the war ar sea, 1939-1945 /edited by Ian Hawkins ; foreward by Len Deighton ; introduction by John Hervey. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9:92(42)

The wolf packs gather : mayhem in the Western Approaches 1940 /Bernard Edwards. "As a direct result of the capture of the British steamer City of Baghdad's secret code books by the German surface raider Atlantis in July 1940, the Nazis were able to de-cypher Admiralty convoy plans with deadly effect. Admiral Doenitz, aware of the movements of the Allied convoys, marshalled as many of his U-boats as possible.This book describes the resulting appalling Allied losses suffered by four convoys during the Autumn of 1940. The first convoy, SC2, consisting of fifty-three merchantmen, was attacked in early September by four U-boats. Due to poor weather only five ships were lost. Shortly afterwards, HX72, sailing from Nova Scotia, lost eleven of its forty-one ships to five Type VIIC U-boats. Top Aces Otto Kretschremer and Joachim Schepke, who penetrated inside the columns, accounted for nine. No less than nine U-boats attacked SC7 in October 1940. Of thirty-five merchantmen a staggering twenty were lost. Despite being a 'fast' convoy with ten escorts, HX79 also fared terribly losing twelve ships. In total forty-eight merchantmen were sunk and seven more damaged without any U-boat losses at all. A superbly researched and authoritative account of the darkest hours of the Battle of the Atlantic, The Wolf Packs Gather is a tragic account of unprecedented losses of seamen, ships and cargo from these merciless attacks on the four convoys. The Author, a much published and distinguished historian and Merchant Navy captain, is well qualified to describe not only the German tactics but the inadequacies of the Allied counter-measures."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9

Gunboats of World War I / Angus Konstam ; Illustrated by Paul Wright "Naval action in World War I conjures up images of enormous dreadnoughts slugging it out in vast oceans. Yet the truth is that more sailors were killed serving on gunboats and monitors operating far from the naval epicentre of the war than were ever killed at Jutland. Gunboat engagements during this war were bloody and hard fought, if small in scale. Austrian gunboats on the Danube fired the first shots of the war, whilst German, British and Belgian gunboats fought one of the strangest, most intriguing naval campaigns in history in far-flung Lake Tanganyika. From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, from the Balkans to Mesopotamia, gunboats played an influential part in the story of World War I. This detailed technical guide to the gunboats of all the major navies of the war means that, for the first time, the story can be told."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.824"1914/1918"

Ships of the British Navy on August 4 1914 and some matters of interest in connection with their production / by Sir Philip Watts. Watts, Philip, Sir 1919. • • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1914/1918"

The maritime life of Capt. Thomas Langley (?-1696) / by J.W.M. Stone. Stone, J. W. M. 2002. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92LANGLEY

Dive and attack : a submariner's story King, William 1983 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Snapper

Goodwin Sands shipwrecks. 1985. • PAMPH-OVER • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(42)

Henry V's navy : the sea-road to Agincourt and conquest, 1413-1422 /Ian Friel. "Without Henry V's Navy, the Battle of Agincourt would never have happened. Henry's fleet played a major - if often unrecognised - part in enabling the king to come within reach of final victory in the Hundred Years War against France. Henry's navy was multinational, and comprised his own royal fleet, English merchantmen and many foreign vessels from the Netherlands, the Baltic and Venice. It was one of the most successful fleets deployed by England before the time of Elizabeth I. The royal fleet was transformed in Henry's short reign from a few dilapidated craft into a powerful weapon of war, with over thirty fighting vessels, up-to-date technology and four of the biggest ships in Europe. With new insights derived from extensive research into documentary, pictorial and archaeological sources, Henry V's Navy is about the men, ships and operations of Henry's sea war. Ian Friel explores everything from shipboard food to how crews and their ships sailed and fought, and takes an in-depth look at the royal ships. He also tells the dramatic and bloody story of the naval conflict, which at times came close to humiliating defeat for the English."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1413/1422"(42)

Admiralty sailing directions : East coast of the United States. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

I survived Swain, Stanley W • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792Blue Star

The Royal Navy : an illustrated history Watts, Anthony John 1994 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42)

Britain's future Navy / Nick Childs. Childs, Nick, 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"20/..."(42)

Three Republics One Navy : A Naval History of France, 1870-1999 /Anthony Clayton, illustrations by Peter French. "In the 1880s, to supplement their early steam engines, French warships were still rigged for sail. In the 1970s the Marine Nationale's ships at sea included aircraft carriers operating supersonic jets, and intercontinental ballistic missile submarines propelled by nuclear engines. Within this one hundred years, the Marine has played important roles in the acquisition of Asian and African colonial empires; until 1900 the lead role in a naval 'Cold War' against Great Britain; in 1904-1920 preparation, largely Mediterranean-based for, and participation in a Paris agenda in the First World War; a spectacular modernization unfortunately incomplete in the inter-war years; division, tragic self-destruction and a rebirth in the two major decolonization campaigns of Indochina and Algeria; and finally in the retention of major world power status with power-projection roles in the late 20th century, requiring a navy with both the nuclear age and traditional amphibious operational capabilities. The enormous costs involved were to lead to reductions and a new naval relationship with Great Britain at the end of the 20th Century."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1870/1999"(44)

The discovery of Australia : the charts and maps of the navigators and explorers Perry, T M 1982 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 910.4(94)"15/18"

Who's who in World War II Mason, David 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.53:92

Knowing things : exploring the collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, 1884-1945 /Chris Gosden, Francis Larson and Alison Petch. Gosden, Chris, 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069(425.72)"1884/1945"

Anglo-Saxons in the Mediterranean : commerce, politics and ideas (XVII-XX centuries) /edited by Carmel Vassallo & Michela D'Angelo. International Congress of Maritime History. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 38(42)"16/19"

Gentes de mar en la ciudad atlâantica medieval = [Seafarers in the medieval Atlantic city] / eds., Jesâus Solâorzano, Michel Bochaca, Amâelia Aguiar Andrade. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.2(261)"12/15"

Atlas of the transatlantic slave trade / David Eltis and David Richardson ; foreword by David Brion Davis ; afterword by David W. Blight. Between 1501 and 1867, the transatlantic slave trade claimed an estimated 12.5 million Africans and involved almost every country with an Atlantic coastline. In this extraordinary book, two leading historians have created the first comprehensive, up-to-date atlas on this 350-year history of kidnapping and coercion. It features nearly 200 maps, especially created for the volume, that explore every detail of the African slave traffic to the New World.-publisher description. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 326.1(084.4)

Arctic ambitions : Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage /edited by James K. Barnett and David L. Nicandri ; preface by Robin Inglis. "Captain James Cook is justly famous for his explorations of the southern Pacific Ocean, but his contributions to the exploration of the northern Pacific and the Arctic are arguably equally significant. On his third and final great voyage, Cook surveyed the northwest American coast in the hopes of finding the legendary Northwest Passage. While dreams of such a passage proved illusory, Cook's journey produced some of the finest charts, collections, and anthropological observations of his career, helped establish British relations with Russia, and opened the door to the hugely influential maritime fur trade. Accompanying an exhibition of the same name, Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage sheds new light on Cook's northern exploration. A collection of essays from an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, the book uses artifacts, charts, and records of the encounters between Native peoples and explorers to tell the story of this remarkable voyage and its historical context. In addition to discussing Cook's voyage itself, the book also provides new insights into Cook's legacy and his influence on subsequent expeditions in the Pacific Northwest. Finally, the collection uses Cook's voyage as a springboard to consider the promise and challenge of the "new north" today, demonstrating that it remains, as in Cook's time, a unique meeting place of powerful political, cultural, economic, and environmental forces."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"17/20"

Burnham Thorpe : All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe /Richard Butler-Stoney. "Widely known as 'Nelson's Church', this leaflet describes what there is to be seen in the church at Burnham Thorpe"--From leaflet text. 1985. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

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