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Breaking seas, broken ships : people, shipwrecks and Britain, 1854-2007 /Ian Friel. "Following Britain and the Ocean Road, Ian Friel expertly navigates the history of Britain and the sea from the Middle Ages to modern times. With Breaking Seas, Broken Ships, we follow the story of Britain's maritime history through some of it's most dramatic shipwrecks. From the country's imperial zenith to the very different world of the early twenty-first century we encounter an extraordinary range of people, ships and events, including? the crew and passengers of a state-of-the-art Victorian steamship who vanished in the Atlantic; the sailors of a doomed collier brig in the dying days of sail - and the wives and children they left behind; a lowly ex-naval stoker who went into showbiz with his version of a disaster caused by an admiral; a First World War merchant ship captain who fought a running battle with German U-Boats; the courage and compassion shown by British sailors who escaped their dive-bombed ships; the people who confronted the 'black tide' left by the oil tanker Torrey Canyon; how the container ship has helped to make a new world for us all - for better or worse. With people at the heart of every chapter, it explores major environmental themes alongside the traditional concerns of maritime history, such as trade, social issues and naval warfare. Their experiences tell us the story of Britain's maritime past, one that is remarkable, moving and at times horrifying. Based on brand new scholarship, it is perfect for history enthusiasts, professional historians and archaeologists alike."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.50941

The Merchant Shipping Act 1854 ... : methodically arranged, with a full table of contents, and a table Lees, James, 1855 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 342.537

Cap CIV : an act to amend and consolidate the acts relating to merchant shipping. 10th August 1854 Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc 1854 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656.61

Britain's imperial cornerstone in China : the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1854-1949 /Donna Brunero "Established as the Imperial Maritime Customs Service in the wake of China's defeat in the Opium Wars of 1842-3, the British-dominated service became a central feature of the treaty port system. It was also responsible for harbour maintenance, lighthouse service, quarantine, anti-piracy patrols and postal services. [...] The book provides an overview of the development of the service [...] focusing particularly on its last decades when it faced challenges from nationalist elements, civil unrest and war, compounded with tensions between the inspectorate and British interests in China."--Provided by the publisher. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 337(51)

A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854 Greig, Lady 1855 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.125.126

Wild east : the British in Japan 1854-1868 /Joshua Provan. "For over two centuries, Japan had been hidden behind a veil of seclusion. This changed when Commodore Perry arrived in 1853. Britain was fast to get in on the action; however, their sudden appearance had accelerated the pace of political change in Japan. The newcomers found themselves increasingly out of their depth in a power struggle that they did not understand. The shogun and emperor were at each other's throats and factions were jockeying for position. Britain's first diplomats found themselves the targets of assassins and to their confusion discovered that the emperor had no legislative power and the shogun's word was no longer law. Yet with the lessons of the opium wars still in recent memory, a slew of British soldiers, ambassadors, interpreters and adventurers attempted to protect imperial interests in Japan without causing outright war. This is the story of the rocky beginning of Anglo-Japanese relations, a story of the 'Wild East', full of political schemes, gunboat diplomacy, assassins and samurai, set in the dying days of the Edo period and the twilight of the last shogun."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327.5204109/034

to the measuring surveyors employed in the measurement of shipping, under the Merchant Shipping Act 1854 Great Britain.-Board of Trade 1861 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12.071(094.58)

The Atlantic telegraph : its history, from the commencement of the undertaking in 1854 to the sailing 1866 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.315.28(261):621.394.4

of an exploring voyage up the Rivers Kwo'ra and Bi'nue (commonly known as the Niger and Tsadda) in 1854 Baikie, William Balfour 1856 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123Pleiad

of whaling in Davis's Straits : narrative of the voyages of the Hull barque Truelove, from 1848 to 1854 Barron, William 1890 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123Truelove

Index to the orders of the Indian Navy, being also an abstract of the same, extending from 1834 to 1854 India.-Indian Navy 1855 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.51(54)"1854"

Places of 5345 stars observed from 1828 to 1854, at the Armagh Observatory Robinson, T R :-Rev 1859 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 520.1

Royal to the Board of Visitors : read at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1854 Airy, George Biddell,-Sir, 1854 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 520.1:094

Misura della base trigonometrica eseguita sulla via Appia per ordine del governo pontificio nel 1854- Secchi, Angelo, 1858. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528:094

Lees' practical digest of the Merchant Shipping Acts 1854 to 1876, methodically arranged ... for the Bigham, John C 1893 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 342.537

The discovery of the North-West Passage by HMS Investigator, Capt R M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854 M'Clure, Robert 1859 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Investigator

expenditure for navy, army, commissariat and ordnance services, for the year to the 31st day of March 1854 Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons 1855 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.6

Crimean central railway : the story of the railway built by the British in the Crimea during the war of 1854 Cooke, Brian 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.2(477.7)

aan Japan : de drie diplomatieke reizen van kapitein G Fabius ter opening van Deschima en Nagasaki in 1854 1988 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Fabius

An Act to amend The Merchant Shipping Act 1854, The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act 1855, and The Great Britain. Laws, statutes etc 1862 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656.61

Merchant shipping laws : being a consolidation of all the merchant shipping and passenger Acts from 1854 Boyd, A C 1876 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 342.537

under the superintendence of Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, CB, and Captain H D Chads, CB, from 1832 to 1854 Great Britain.-Admiralty ca1854 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.543.2(422.7)

The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 and 1855, with a readable abridgment of the former Act, and an explanation Dowdeswell, George Morley 1856 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 342.537

Vice-Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons : with an account of naval operations in the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff 1854 Eardley-Wilmot, S 1898 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"18"(42)

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