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Guardians of the Humber : a history of the Humber defences 1856-1956 Dorman, Jeffrey E 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792Cunard

Deadly dreams : opium and the arrow war (1856-1860) in China Wong, J Y 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1856/1860"(51)

Captain Hatfield's private log "Plantaganet" : emigrants from Plymouth to Sydney 1856 Hatfield, Samuel A 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123Plantagenet

The fatal fortress / the guns and fortifications of Singapore 1819-1856 /Bill Clements. "The Fall of Singapore in February 1942 was arguably the greatest disaster suffered by the British Empire. Between 1923 and 1938, the Singapore naval base had been upgraded with some of the largest coast guns ever installed. The guns' design and incorrect siting have since been blamed for the humiliating debacle. The Fatal Fortress traces the history of Singapore's fortifications and guns from the city's foundation in 1819 to the demise of coast artillery in the British Army in 1953. It also follows the development of artillery through the Victorian era of muzzle-loading guns to the introduction of the large breech-loading guns of the twentieth century. The author argues that it was not the siting of the guns that brought about the fall of Singapore, but an overall failure in command and control and a lack of suitable ammunition. The book is illustrated with a large number of photographs, drawings and plans, and contains a gazetteer describing all the batteries and forts, both existing and demolished. There is also an annex giving the details of the guns that were installed in Singapore."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.1/.3(592.3)

A century of shipping : the history of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company 1856-1956 Knap, G H 1956 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.2(492)

of Seattle, Washington Territory, and of the US sloop-of-war Decatur during the Indian war of 1855-1856 Phelps, Thomas 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.824Decatur

Scotia (1845) and Caledonia (1856) : two little-known paddle steamers /Fraser G. MacHaffie "This new book tells the extraordinary tale of two 19th century Clyde paddlers, Scotia (1845) and Caledonia (1856), that crossed the Atlantic to serve as blockade-runners in the American Civil War and later enjoyed peacetime careers on the eastern seaboard of North America. The author, Fraser G MacHaffie, is a distinguished steamer historian and a member of the CRSC for many years. Fraser played a major part in the development of the CRSC before moving to work and live in the USA. The Club have been honoured to have Fraser as a speaker over the past three winter seasons, during his visits home to friends and family. His immaculately researched narrative illuminates a long-neglected period of Clyde steamer history."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.21(414.1)

The Captain's best mate : the journal of Mary Chipman Lawrence on the whaler Addison 1856-1860 Lawrence, Mary Chipman 1966 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Lawrence

reisresultaat van honderd jaar zeevaart door de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij NV 1856 Knap, Ger H 1956 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.3/.4(492)

cruelties of the most celebrated pirates and sea robbers : brought down to the latest period / Douglas, T. 1856 Douglas, T 1856 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:341.362.1

Protocols of conferences held in London respecting the Treaty of March 30, 1856 Great Britain. Parliament 1871 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.48"1853/1856"(477.7)

Kratkyiya sv"d"nyiya o Russkikh" morskikh" srazhenyiyakh" za dva stol"tyiya s" 1656 po 1856 god" Russia. Morskago Ministerstva 1871 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1656/1856"(47)

to the national and provincial directories of England and Wales, excluding London, published before 1856 Norton, Jane E 1950 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 058.7:016

Vice-Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons : with an account of naval operations in the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff 1854-1856 Eardley-Wilmot, S 1898 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"18"(42)

Admiralty. 1856. Great Britain.-Admiralty 1856 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.51(42)

From ship's cook to Baronet : Sir William Reardon Smith's life in shipping, 1856-1935 /David Jenkins. Biography of Welsh mariner who became a prominent shipowner, baronet and wealthy philanthropist, notably contributing to the National Museum of Wales. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SMITH, WILLIAM REARDON

The Victoria Cross 1856-1920 : a complete record of the recipients of the Victoria Cross from its institution Creagh, O'Moore 1985 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.134.22(42)VC

address delivered at the dedication of the astronomical observatory of Hamilton College : July 16, 1856 Mitchell, Ormsby McKnight De Witt C. Grove, • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5:094

clipper ship Kathay : the journal of seaman Benjamin F White on a voyage to Australia and China in 1856 Thomas, Mifflin 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92White(093.32)

Great Britain, international law, and the evolution of maritime strategic thought, 1856-1914 / Gabriela "Gabriela A. Frei addresses the interaction between international maritime law and maritime strategy in a historical context, arguing that both international law and maritime strategy are based on long-term state interests. Great Britain as the predominant sea power in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped the relationship between international law and maritime strategy like no other power. This study explores how Great Britain used international maritime law as an instrument of foreign policy to protect its strategic and economic interests, and how maritime strategic thought evolved in parallel to the development of international legal norms. Frei offers an analysis of British state practice as well as an examination of the efforts of the international community to codify international maritime law in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Great Britain as the predominant sea power as well as the world's largest carrier of goods had to balance its interests as both a belligerent and a neutral power. With the growing importance of international law in international politics, the volume examines the role of international lawyers, strategists, and government officials who shaped state practice. Great Britain's neutrality for most of the period between 1856 and 1914 influenced its state practice and its perceptions of a future maritime conflict. Yet, the codification of international maritime law at the Hague and London conferences at the beginning of the twentieth century demanded a reassessment of Great Britain's legal position."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 343.41096

Built at Chatham yard in 1856 /Edward Sargent Sargent, Edward [201?] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 677.71

To the Greenland whaling : Alexander Trotter's journal of the voyage of the Enterprise in 1856 from Fraserburgh Trotter, Alexander 1979 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123Enterprise

Cree Journals : the voyages of Edward H Cree, Surgeon RN, as related in his private journals, 1837-1856 Cree, Edward H 1981. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 355.49"1837/1869"(42)

John Jellard's journal : being the day to day story of a voyage round the world in the barque Avery, 1856 Jellard, John 1938 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123Avery

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