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Allied torpedo boats / [by John Lambert and Les Brown]. The Shipcraft Series provides modellers with all they need to know about a famous class or type of warship and associated model kits. This 'Special' covers the torpedo boat designs used by the coastal forces of the Royal and US Navies. It concentrates on the Vosper 'short' MTBs in the RN and and Elco PT Boats in the USN. Includes: a summary of the development of coastal forces 1919-45; information on all the most important types of MTB and PT boats; detailed plans of boats and their equipment; colour reference for paint schemes; photographs of outstanding models; modelmakers' showcase; critical reviews of kits and accessories; sources of further information; list of model manufacturers. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 086.5:623.823.1

Maritime Norfolk : Part two /Robert Malster. "Maritime Norfolk Part Two completes Robert Malster's comprehensive study of Norfolk's maritime history. In the first volume, we travelled from Wisbech to Kings Lynn and then round the coast to Caister on Sea. This latest title concentrates on Great Yarmouth, from the first establishment of a herring market on the gradually forming sandbank, through to the gas, oil and wind farm businesses it hosts today. On the journey through the centuries, we see the town's part in England's medieval fleets, the Royal Navy's North Sea Squadron operating from the port, the great days of the drifter fleets and the time of the trawlers fleets of Gorleston - and many more aspects of this part of Norfolk's maritime heritage."--Provided by the publisher 2013 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 94(426.1)

Burns and Laird family interest in the formation of coast lines / Nick Robins & Malcolm McRonald Robins, Nick 2018. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 347.792COAST LINES

Life and death on the Greenland Patrol, 1942 / by Thaddeus D. Novak, edited by P.J. Capelotti. "One of the untold stories of World War II is the guarding of Greenland and its coastal waters, where the first U.S. capture of an enemy ship took place. For six months in 1942 and against standing orders of the time, Thaddeus Nowakowski (now Novak) kept a personal diary of his service on patrol in the North Atlantic. Supplemented by photos from his last surviving shipmates, Novak's diary fills a void in the story of American sailors at war in the North Atlantic. It is the only known diary of an enlisted Coast Guard sailor to emerge from WWII. Though the Greenland coast was of vital importance to Allied forces, U.S. Coast Guard crews serving there were relegated to converted fishing vessels known as 'wooden shoes'. Hastily commissioned in Boston to serve as escorts for supply routes to new air bases in Greenland, ten Arctic trawlers were transformed into the basis of the Greenland Patrol, transporting young men who had never been away from home into a realm of mountainous icebergs, lurking U-boats, and the alien culture of native Greenland Eskimos. This story of the Nanok's 1942 patrol is a remarkable account of a sailor thrown into a global war in a remote area full of environmental hardships that few endured in World War II. Between the sudden excitements and mind-numbing boredom of military life, Novak records the routine details of day-to-day patrol, contacts with the native Greenlanders and their impenetrable way of life, and actions such as the loss of the cutter Natsek and its entire crew on the night of December 17,1942. Not an account of grand strategy or hand-to-hand combat, this story of a twenty-year-old petty officer on duty in the Arctic is rather the life of an ordinary individual at war, coping with rigorous hardships during a time of great crisis. Novak's account will be of significant value to students of the U.S. Coast Guard and of naval service in wartime. His illumination of the small details of a sailor's life and perceptive observation of the arctic region and its little-known people will appeal to anyone interested in maritime history."--Provided by the publsiher. 2014 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353.5(73)"1942"

Recollections of an unsuccessful seaman / by Leonard Noake, edited by David Creamer An edited volume of Leonard Noake's autobiography describing his time as a merchant sailor around the world in the early 20th century, including a period carrying war materials between England and the European mainland during the First World War. Includes 30 pages of colour and black and white plates reproduced from Noake's original photographs and sketches. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NOAKE

Westward Ho! : man against the sea Keene, Peter 1986 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 551.351(423.5)

The parting or the sailors wife Hodson, George Alexander 1867 • MUSIC • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)

Danske badtyper Nielsen, Christian 1973 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.16(489)

Shipwrecks of Charleston Harbor Spence, E Lee 1980 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(757)

The war of the gunboats / Bryan Cooper "The 'little ships' of the Second World War - the fast and highly manoeuvrable motor torpedo boats and gunboats which fought in coastal waters all over the world - developed a special kind of naval warfare. With their daring nightly raids against an enemy's coastal shipping - and sometimes much larger warships - they acquired the buccaneering spirit of an earlier age. And never more so than in the close hand-to-hand battles which raged between opposing craft when they met in open waters. Large numbers of these small fighting boats were built by the major naval powers. The Germans called them Schnellboote (Fast Boats), referred to by the British as E-boats (E for Enemy). In the Royal Navy they were MTBs and MGBs. The American equivalent were PT boats (for Patrol Torpedo). They fought in the narrow waters of the English Channel and the stormy North Sea, in the Mediterranean off the coasts of North Africa and Italy and among the islands of the Aegean, across the Pacific from Pearl Harbour to Leyte Gulf, in Hong Kong and Singapore, and off Burma's Arakan coast. Bryan Cooper's book traces the history and development of these craft from their first limited use in the First World War and the fast motor boats designed in the 1930s for wealthy private clients and water speed record attempts. With account of the battles which took place during the Second World War, when the vital importance of coastal waters came to be recognised, he captures the drama of this highly individual form of combat. And not least the sea itself which was the common enemy of all who crewed these frail craft."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.824"19"

The great race : the race between the English and the French to complete the map of Australia /David Hill. "On the afternoon of 8 April 1802, in the remote southern ocean, two explorers had a remarkable chance encounter. Englishman Matthew Flinders and Frenchman Nicolas Baudin had been sent by their governments on the same quest: to explore the uncharted coast of the great south land and find out whether the west and east coasts, four thousand kilometres apart, were part of the same island. And so began the race to compile the definitive map of Australia. These men's journeys were the culmination of two hundred years of exploration of the region by the Dutch - most famously Abel Tasman - the Portuguese, the Spanish and by Englishmen such as the colourful pirate William Dampier and, of course, James Cook. The three-year voyages of Baudin and Flinders would see them endure terrible hardships in the spirit of discovery. They suffered scurvy and heat exhaustion, and Flinders was shipwrecked and imprisoned - always knowing he was competing with the French to produce the first map of this mysterious continent. Written from diaries and other first-hand accounts, this is the thrilling story of men whose drawings recorded countless previously unknown species and turned mythical creatures into real ones, and whose skill and determination enabled Terra Australis Incognita to become Australia."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528,9(94)

England's shipwreck heritage : from logboats to U-boats /by Serena Cant. What do characters as diverse as Alfred the Great, the architect Sir Christopher Wren, diarist Samuel Pepys and the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins have in common? All had some involvement in shipwrecks: in causing, recording or salvaging them. This book examines a variety of wrecks from logboats, Roman galleys and medieval cogs to East Indiamen, grand ocean liners, fishing boats and warships - all are woven into the history of shipwrecks along the coastline of England and in her territorial waters. Wrecks are not just physically embedded in this marine landscape - they are also an intrinsic part of a domestic cultural landscape with links that go beyond the navy, mercantile marine and fishing trade. Evidence of shipwrecks is widespread: in literature, in domestic architecture and as a major component of industrial archaeology. Shipwrecks also transcend national boundaries, forming tangible monuments to the movement of goods and people between nations in war and peace. In peacetime they link the architecture and monuments of different countries, from shipyards to factories, warehouses to processing plants; in time of war wrecks have formed a landscape scattered across the oceans, linking friend and foe in common heritage. England's Shipwreck Heritage explores the type of evidence we have for shipwrecks and their causes, including the often devastating effects fo the natural environment and human-led disaster. Ships at war, global trade and the movement of people - such as passengers, convict transports and the slave trade - are also investigated. Along the way we meet the white elephant who perished in 1730, the medieval merchant who pursued a claim for compensation for nearly 20 years, the most famous privateer for the American revolutionary wars and the men who held their nerve in the minesweeper trawls of the First World War. 2013. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 656.61.085.3(42)"05/19"

Coasters of South Devon / by Bernard McCall. Photographs and descriptions of commercial coastal vessels operating in South Devon during the late 20th century. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.2(423.5)

Imperial Press Conference : display at Whale Island, June 12 1909. A description for spectators of a display of naval attack and coastal defence mounted for the benefit of the Press. 1909] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.16(422.7)"1909"

Ships illustrated 1966 • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Anna af Sand / [Stavanger Maritime Museum]. Stavanger Maritime Museum ca1973]. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.123Anna

Maritime Kent through the ages : gateway to the sea /edited by Stuart Bligh, Elizabeth Edwards, Sheila Sweetinburgh. "Kent, with its long coastline and its important geopolitical position close to London and continental Europe, and on major trading routes between Britain and the wider world, has had a very significant maritime history. This book covers a wide range of topics relating to that history from the earliest times to the present day. It sets Kent's varied coastline and waters in their geological and geographical context, showing how erosion and sediment deposition have contributed to the changing nature of maritime activities and populations. It examines Kent's strategic role in the defence of the country with the development and redevelopment of coastal defences, including four naval dockyards. It goes on to consider the supporting industries which grew up around the coastline, those which supplied raw materials and agricultural products from the county's hinterland, and its wider national and international trading links. It also discusses the diverse coastal communities of Kent and how they have changed in response to the demands of defence, trade, and changing population and migration patterns. In addition, the book includes detailed case studies which explore particular subject areas as exemplars of the major themes covered by the book."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.23

The prowess of Charlie Fielder / Compiled by David G. Wood, editing and further research by Richard Walsh. "This is not the life story of a seafarer, not an adventure upon the high seas; storms and danger rarely occupy these pages. Charlie Fielder writes of the sail, steam and motor craft aboard which he served, one in particular for which he provides, from notes he made at the time, the intimate details of her pattern of trade, the everyday routine of coastal shipping in his time. This was the little Motor Tanker Prowess, one small unit of the extensive and varied fleet operated by F.T. Everard & Sons of Greenhithe. Every passage Charlie made aboard is here; the cargo, the work involved in operating such a vessel, the delays because of unreliable machinery, the remarkable number of passages undertaken as this account unfolds in the years ?between the wars?. It was a time when sailing craft, steam ships and motor coasters all had a significant share of the coastal trade, a maritime sector very much in transition, and vulnerable to the bleak economic climate of those times."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 387.5092

Shipwrecks and the bounty of the sea / David Cressy. "Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern period. It explores the politics of the coastline, the economy of scavenging, and the law of 'wreck of the sea' from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I to the end of the reign of George II. England's coastlines were heavily trafficked by naval and commercial shipping, but an unfortunate percentage was cast away or lost. Shipwrecks were disasters for merchants and mariners, but opportunities for shore dwellers. As the proverb said, it was an ill wind that blew nobody any good. Lords of manors, local officials, officers of the Admiralty, and coastal commoners competed for maritime cargoes and the windfall of wreckage, which they regarded as providential godsends or entitlements by right. A varied haul of commodities, wines, furnishings, and bullion came ashore, much of it claimed by the crown. The people engaged in salvaging these wrecks came to be called 'wreckers', and gained a reputation as violent and barbarous plunderers. Close attention to statements of witnesses and reports of survivors shows this image to be largely undeserved. Dramatic evidence from previously unexplored manuscript sources reveals coastal communities in action, collaborating as well as competing, as they harvested the bounty of the sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.5509420903

[Menu card from the R.M.S.S. "Scot", 19 March 1898] / Union Steam Ship Co. Ltd. Handwritten menu card with a colour illustration of the ship at sea against a coastal landscape. 1898. • EPHEMERA • 1 copy available. 347.792UNION(083.815)"1898"

West Wales Maritime Heritage Society : a proposed development strategy. Development strategy for a range of locations across west Wales, with a folded coastal showing the various sites to be developed. 1984. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 069(26:429.9)

Coasters of Cornwall / by Bernard McCall. "This book is a review of coastal vessels in the small ports of Cornwall, beginning with the china clay ports in the south to ports such as Padstow in the north."--Provided by the publisher. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.2(423.7)

The restless wave Tyne and Wear Museums Service 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.43(083.83)

Drifting, trawling and shipping : a portrait of Small & Co. (Lowestoft) : commemorating over 150 years of Small & Co White, Malcolm R 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.2(426.4)

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