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Cochrane shipbuilders : vol I : 1884 - 1914 /by Tony Lofthouse ... [et al.]. "The book has a detailed history of each vessel built between 1884 and 1914, yard numbers 1 to 626."--Provided by the publisher [2012]. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 629.12COCHRANE
Warships : international fleet review. 1998- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available. 623.82505
The wetland revolution in prehistory The Prehistoric Society 1992 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 061.3
Shipshape Cambridge fashion, or John Cambridge of Prince Edward Island, Bristol and Wotton Under Edge : a transatlantic voyage into family history Bradley, John 1994 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 382:674
Between the thunder and the sun "The Pacific was the scene of some of the fiercest conflicts of the Second World War, and the savage battles for the Solomon Islands were no exception. Bougainville, the most northerly island of the group, was the prize in an epic three-year fight against Japanese occupation. The terrain was appalling, with high volcanic mountains dissolving into mangrove swamps, few tracks and heavy rains. [...] Intelligence was the key to successful operations in such an unyielding theatre, and it was there that the Coast Watching service, set up by the Australians, came into its own, while plantation owners and other civilians provided essential information to ensure the successful Allied guerilla campaign. In this dramatic and detailed story of bravery and initiative, Dick Horton - who served in the Solomons himself throughout the years - provides the final chapter to his magnificent history of these vital islands."--Provided by the publisher. 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353.3(935)
The Routledge guide to British political archives : sources since 1945 /Chris Cook in association with the L. S. E. Library. Cook, Chris. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 017.1(42)
The prevention of oil pollution from ships : instructions for the guidance of surveyors / 1999. Great Britain. Department of Environment, Transport and Regions. Maritime and Coastguard Agency 1999 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 665.6:628.515
The 24-gun Frigate Pandora 1779 / John McKay & Ron Coleman. The Pandora was a 24-gun Sixth Rate built at Deptford in 1779, best known for her voyage to Tahiti to bring back the mutineers of the Bounty. She was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef on her return journey in 1791. The wreck was discovered in 1977. This book outlines the design and building of the ship, her career and aspects of the excavation of the wreck site. There are photographs of a model of the ship and relics from the excavation. There are more than 300 drawings covering every detail of the ship. Admiralty draughts held by the National Maritime Museum Greenwich form the basis of the hull drawings. The book jacket shows the Pandora's colour scheme and decoration. 1992. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82PANDORA
The world in our hands : we can save our planet and our species if we can share our time and our space /by Michael Pinder. Pinder, Michael. c2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 531.761:17.021.4
Fire protection arrangements : instructions for the guidance of surveyors Great Britain. Department of Environment, Transport and Regions. Maritime and Coastguard Agency 1999 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123:614.84
Around the coast and across the seas : the story of James Fisher and sons "James Fisher and Sons is one of the success stories of the British mercantile marine. Ever since its foundation in 1847, the firm has based its fortunes on the short sea and coasting trade although many of its vessels have also sailed to more distant destinations. The book shows how the early history of the firm and its founding family was entwined with the rapid development of Barrow-in-Furness as a port for the export of iron ore in the boom years of the second half of the nineteenth century. When Barrow went into decline as the twentieth century dawned, the firm lost its direction which was regained only with the arrival of the third generation of the family in the shape of Sir John Fisher. A prominent figure in the British shipping industry, he master-minded the fortunes of the business for nearly seventy years and his influence can still be felt today. The book describes not only the story of the ups and downs of the business, Barrow and the Fisher family but also of the contribution made by many others within James Fisher and Sons. [...] The book is well-illustrated, using not only maps and photographs but also numerous examples of the fine paintings held by the firm of Fisher vessels past and present.--Provided by the publisher. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792Fisher
The arctic Whaling Journals of William Scorseby the Younger: Volume 1 The voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813 "William Scoresby (1789-1857) made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west of Spitsbergen in 1800. Three years later he was formally apprenticed to his father and another three years saw him promoted to chief officer. On his 21st birthday 'the earliest at which, by reason of age, I could legally hold a command' his father moved to Greenock and another ship, relinquishing the Resolution to his son".--Provided by the publisher. The introduction to this book gives extensive background to Scoresby's family, the whaling process and the development of scientific information relating to the arctic region. The journals of the three voyages follow, with maps of the journeys and illustrations. 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245.1
Ocean steamers : a history of ocean-going passenger steamships 1820-1970 Adams, John 1993 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 656.614.2
Invasion : from the Armada to Hitler, 1588-1945 McLynn, Frank 1987 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.055/.085
Relative humidity and temperature pattern book : a guide to understanding and using data on the museum environment /May Cassar and Jeremy Hutchings. Cassar, May, 2000. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 069.44
The war against the pirates : British and American suppression of Caribbean piracy in the early nineteenth century /Barry Gough, Charles Borras. "Based on hitherto unused sources in English and Spanish in British and American archives, in this book naval historian Barry Gough and legal authority Charles Borras investigate a secret Anglo-American coercive war against Spain, 1815-1835. Described as a war against piracy at the time, the authors explore how British and American interests - diplomatic and military - aligned to contain Spanish power to the critically influential islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, facilitating the forging of an enduring but unproclaimed Anglo-American alliance which endures to this day. Due attention is given to United States Navy actions under Commodore David Porter, to this day a subject of controversy. More significantly though, through the juxtaposition of British, American and Spanish sources, this book uncovers the roots of piracy - and suppression - that laid the foundation for the tortured decline of the Spanish empire in the Americas and the subsequent rise of British and American empires, instrumental in stamping out Caribbean piracy for good."--Provided by the publisher. 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1(42:73)"18"
Shipwreck index of the British Isles : volume 3 : the east coast of England, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Larn, Richard 1997 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(42)
Coasters around Britain / by Bernard McCall McCall, Bernard 1989 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 627.2(42)(084.12)
Erich Raeder : Admiral of the Third Reich /Keith W. Bird "Erich Raeder led the German navy from 1928 to 1943, a period that included the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and World War II. Yet until now, no full-length biography has been written about this extraordinary naval figure. While most historians have viewed Raeder as a product of the Wilhelmian era and heir to Admiral von Tirpitz's sea power ideology, this work clearly demonstrates Raeder's affinity with Hitler's fascism. Keith Bird refutes Admiral Raeder's own argument that his navy was nonpolitical and independent; Bird shows him to be a political activist and the architect of German naval policy. Drawing on archival resources and the rich scholarship of German naval history over the past five decades, Bird examines the evolution of Raeder's concept of naval strategy and his attempts to achieve the political and military means necessary to attain the navy's global naval ambitions. He describes the admiral as ultimately being defeated by the contradictions in his own policies as well as Hitler's and by the realities of Germany's resources and military necessities. Here for the first time, Raeder's strict leadership of the navy after 1928 and his relationship to Hitler and the National Socialist state are placed in the context of Raeder's formative years as an Imperial naval officer, his World War I combat experience, and his critical role in the survival and development of the postwar Reichsmarine. The impact of Hitler's influence on both the pace and the nature of naval rearmament and the conduct of the Kriegsmarine in war are also examined here, as are Raeder's furtive attempts to influence Germany's strategic thinking in favor of a maritime strategy."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92RAEDER
The life and interesting times of J. R. Wallace / by Harry Fancy Fancy, Harry 2009 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92WALLACE, JOSEPH
Conquest of the atlantic : Cunard liners of the 1950s and 1960s /William H. Miller. This book documents the history and stories of the great ships of the Cunard Line of the 1950s and 1960s and has chapters on the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, the Aquitania, the ships Franconia, Samaria, Ascania and Scythia, the Britannic, the Georgic, the Mauretania, the Caronia, the ships Media and Parthia, the P&O ship the Stratheden, the Saxonia/Carmania, the Ivernia/Franconia, the Carinthia and Sylvania and finally, a chapter on the Queen Elizabeth 2. The book is illustrated throughout with black and white and coloured photographs as well as copies of advertising literature from the 1950s and 1960s. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792CUNARD
Atlantic Spain and Portugal / Robinson, Oz. 1995. A pilot book with detailed information for yachtsmen on the cruising grounds and ports of the Iberian peninsula from El Ferrol to Gibraltar produced by the Pilotage Foundation. Includes photographs and charts and information on climate and winds. 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83(46)
Tales from the old inland waterways Corrie, Euan 1998 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 626.1(42)
Barons of the sea : and their race to build the world's fastest clipper ship /Steven Ujifusa. "There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business--one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by sea back home to New York could take six agonizing months, and so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring one's goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price--making their sellers some of the first millionaires. Barons of the Sea tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to build the fastest, finest, most profitable clipper ships to carry their precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano--men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China's expatriate communities to the sin-city decadence of Gold Rush-era San Francisco and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston's shipyards and to the lavish sitting rooms of New Yorks Hudson Valley estates. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Barons of the Sea is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that draws back the curtain on the making of some of the nation's greatest fortunes, and the rise and fall of an all-American industry as sordid as it was genteel"--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.13(73)