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My mystery ships / by Rear-Admiral Gordon Campbell, with a foreword by Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly. Campbell, Gordon, [1929]. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 940.481(42)

The unseen Lusitania : the ship in rare illustrations /Eric Sauder. "Lost to a German torpedo on 7 May 1915, Cunard's RMS Lusitania captured the world's imagination when she entered service in 1907. Not only was she was the largest ship in the world, but she was also revolutionary in design as well as being a record breaker. Lusitania is now sadly remembered for her tragic destruction, sinking in eighteen minutes with the loss of around 1,200 souls. Through never-before-seen material, historian Eric Sauder brings RMS Lusitania to life once again. Filled with vivid, unseen photographs and illustrations from Eric's extensive private collection, this absorbing read will transport the reader back 100 years to a time when opulent Ships of State were the only way to cross the Atlantic."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123LUSITANIA

For flag and empire : the story of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society in peace and war /by T. Wilkinson Riddle. Riddle, T. Wilkinson 1915. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.23:656.61.071.22

Ice captain : the life of J.R. Stenhouse /Stephen Haddelsey. Scottish born Joseph Russell Stenhouse (1887-1941), commanded the Aurora, the second ship taking part in Shackleton's Endurance expedition to Antarctica (1914-1917). Torn from her moorings in a storm, the Aurora was driven out to sea where she became trapped in pack ice for ten months before escaping and continuing her journey with a broken rudder. Returning to England, Stenhouse was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for sinking a submarine in the First World War and then after the war, the Distinguished Service Order for his part in the campaign against Bolshevism in Murmansk and Archangel. He later returned to the Antarctic as master of the Discovery during the National Oceanographic Expedition (1925-1927). He died in 1941, reported missing when his ship exploded and sank in the Red Sea. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92STENHOUSE

Journal of the Greenwich Historical Society : volume 4, number 5 Watson, Julian, 2016 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 914.216

A history of Napoleonic and American prisoners of war, 1756-1816 : hulk, depot and parole /Clive L. Lloyd. Lloyd, Clive L. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.257.72"1756/1816"

Athenia torpedoed : the U-boat attack that ignited the Battle of the Atlantic /Francis M. Carroll. "This book is an account of a disaster at sea, the sinking by a German submarine of the passenger liner Athenia sailing from Liverpool to Montreal, loaded with Americans, Canadians, and Europeans, attempting to cross the Atlantic before the outbreak of war. For Britain, the sinking of the Athenia was seen as both a violation of international law and a return to the kind of total war Germany had waged in the Great War."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3ATHENIA

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

Chatham steamers : the paddle steamers of the London Chatham & Dover Railway /John Hendy. "The London Chatham & Dover Railway was the operator of the prestigious Dover to Calais cross-Channel service between 1864 and 1899. During this time it underwent a huge period of change from small, wooden hulled vessels of basic design to large, fast and efficient paddle steamers of steel construction. Within the period under review, Victorian inventiveness saw the appearance of what were known as the 'peculiars'; three strange vessels of unusual design which it was hoped would save the long-suffering public from sea-sickness. As a railway company, the London Chatham & Dover Railway was frequently criticised for the poor quality of its rolling stock and its lamentable punctuality. In sharp contrast, under the control of Captain William Morgan RN, its Marine Department rose to the highest levels of efficiency and set the standard which was forthcoming throughout the entire period of railway ownership."--Provided by the publisher. [2021] • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Remembering the chunnel beaters : The Pride of Dover and the Pride of Calais /John Hendy "In 1987, Townsend Thoresen's Pride of Dover and Pride of Calais were the first of a new generation of super ferry and represented their owner's response to the building of the Channel Tunnel. There were those who had warned that the opening of the tunnel would bring an end to the traditional cross-Channel trades, and in a bold move to counter this threat, the new ships were labelled the 'Chunnel Beaters'. Sadly their entry into service was overshadowed by the English Channel's worst ever ferry disaster and new owners P&O lost little time in creating P&O European Ferries whose dark blue hulls and funnels would remain throughout the new ships' illustrious careers. Impressive upgrades to their passenger accommodation followed, introducing the iconic P&O branding which set a benchmark for quality that their competitors were quite unable to match."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656(422.7)

English Channel packet boats / by C. Grasemann, M.A. and G. W. P. McLachlan Grasemann, C 1939 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 656.66(261.2)

Ships of Southampton : and seen on the solent /by Laurence Dunn. "In Part I will be found an Alphabetical List of the ships most frequently using the port of Southampton. Passenger liners are grouped according to the number of funnels to assist recognition and these sections are followed by Cargo/Passenger ships, Tankers, COlliers, Coasters and local ships, local passenger ships and local tugs. Many illustrations are provided to assist in recognition. The photographs are also arranged in alphabetical order, with the exception of those on the frontispiece. In Part II the fleet lists of the various shipping companies appear, together with brief notes as to the service, colours of hull and funnels, with numbered cross references to the funnel markings which are pritned in colour within the covers of the book."--Provided by the publisher. [19--]. • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available.

J.M.W. Turner and the subject of history / by Leo Costello. Costello, Leo 2012. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 7TURNER:942

The sailors behind the medals : Waging war at sea 1939 - 1945 /Chris Bilham "The story of the Royal Navy in the Second World War is an epic, consisting both of dramatic battles such as the River Plate and Matapan, and drawn-out campaigns such as the escort of convoys to Malta and northern Russia. The author examines the careers of twenty-three sailors who took part in these actions which resulted in the award of their medals. He illustrates a cross-section of the war-time Navy long-service regulars, volunteers, recalled veterans of the Great War, Hostilities Only ratings. They served in nearly every kind of warship and in all the main theatres of the war and their individual acts of gallantry under extreme conditions make for inspiring reading. The author also examines the medals that were awarded for gallantry."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.134.2(42)

Ships of splendour : passenger liners in colour /William H. Miller "THE GREAT PASSENGER LINERS of the twentieth century make for iconic images of maritime history and design. This beautiful, full-colour book presents the development of passenger ships across the twentieth century, from the 1920s, through the 1940s, and the heyday of the 1950s and '60s, until the onset of the jet age. The fleet includes the famous passenger ships such as the great Cunarders, titans of the North Atlantic like the United States, France and Michelangelo, and other icons including the Southern Cross, Windsor Castle, Canberra and Oriana. Homage is also paid to the smaller liners who were just as important in shaping the history of modern seafaring, ships such as the Aureol, Batory, Guglielmo Marconi, Hanseatic, Queen of Bermuda and Willem Ruys. Replete with notes, facts and anecdotes about these ships, the history of the passenger liner is broken down ship-by-ship and decade-by-decade. These ships return to the high seas once again in superb detail and vibrant colour."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(084.1)

Unwanted neighbours : the Mughals, the Portuguese, and their frontier zones /Jorge Flores. "In December 1572 the Mughal emperor Akbar arrived in the port city of Khambayat. Having been raised in distant Kabul, Akbar, in his thirty years, had never been to the ocean. Presumably anxious with the news about the Mughal military campaign in Gujarat, several Portuguese merchants in Khambayat rushed to Akbar's presence. This encounter marked the beginning of a long, complex, and unequal relationship between a continental Muslim empire that was expanding into south India, often looking back to Central Asia, and a European Christian maritime empire whose rulers considered themselves 'kings of the sea'. By the middle of the seventeenth century, these two empires faced each other across thousands of kilometres from Sind to Bijapur, with a supplementary eastern arm in faraway Bengal. Focusing on borderland management, imperial projects, and cross-cultural circulation, this volume delves into the ways in which, between c. 1570 and c. 1640, the Portuguese understood and dealt with their undesirably close neighbours - the Mughals."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.89095475

Journal of the Greenwich Historical Society : volume 3, number 4 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Souvenir in commemoration of the Women's Joy Loan Day celebrations in Trafalgar Square Saturday 28th June 1919: 1919. • EPHEMERA • 1 copy available. 355.16"1919"(42)(085.8)

Passage to the world : the emigrant experience, 1807-1940 /Kevin Brown. "From the early nineteenth century onwards, literally millions of people left their homes to cross the seas. Some, like the convicts transported to Australia, had no choice; others like the indentured Indian and Chinese labourers had almost no alternative; but the vast majority were driven to escape war, famine or grinding poverty in Europe by seeking a new life abroad. Whatever their circumstances and wherever their destination, the one experience they all shared in common was the sea voyage. This book is centred on the rite of passage that marked the transition from one life to the other, tracing the story of the emigrant, through a fresh look at original sources and first-hand accounts, from the decision to emigrate, the journey to the port and the voyage itself, to arrival in the new world. It describes the emigrant trade, the differing conditions on board sailing ships and steamers, convict and coolie ships, and the perils of overcrowding, epidemics, fire, shipwreck and even cannibalism. It also investigates the varied receptions emigrants were likely to face."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.1"1807/1940"

Life and ship models of Norman Ough / Alastair Roach "Norman Ough is considered by many as simply the greatest ship modeller of the twentieth century and his exquisite drawings and meticulous models have come to be regarded as masterpieces of draughtsmanship, workmanship and realism; more than technically accomplished ship models, they are truly works of art. This new book is both a tribute to his lonely genius and a practical treatise for model shipwrights. Ough lived most of his adult life far from the sea in a flat high above the Charing Cross Road in London, where his frugal existence and total absorption in his work led to hospitalisation on at least two occasions; he was an eccentric in the truest sense but he also became one of the most sought-after masters of his craft. Earl Mountbatten had him model the ships he had served on; his model of HMS Queen Elizabeth was presented to Earl Beatty; film production companies commissioned models for effects in several films. Incorporating many of his original articles from Model Maker Magazine, his detailed line drawings now kept in the Brunel Institute, and photographs of his models held in museums and at Mountbatten?s house, this book presents an extraordinary level of practical information as well as an inspiring panorama of perhaps the most perfect warship models ever made; modelmakers, naval enthusiasts and historians will welcome his remarkable insights into the ships of the two World Wars."--Provided by the publisher. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 086.5:629.123OUGH

Fullmoon / Darren Almond ; edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth ; with texts by Sheena Wagstaff, Brian Dillon. "In Fullmoon, the conceptual meets the poetic: in more than 260 photographs, British artist Darren Almond catches landscapes around the globe, under the particular light of a full moon. With the shutter kept open for over a quarter of an hour, rivers, meadows, mountains, and seashores are illuminated almost like daybreak, but the atmosphere is different: a mild glow emanates even from the shadows, star-lines cross the sky, and water blankets the earth like a misty froth. The enhanced moonlight infuses the landscapes with a sense of the surreal or the sublime, and with haunting ideas of time, nature and beauty. The series circles around the possibility of Romantic themes today: majestic American mountains, austere Arctic ice fields, picturesque rocks by the seashore in Japan, and, most intimately viewed, the nature of Britain, whose painterly subjects are closest to home. This book covers all parts of Almond's fullmoon series from the turn of the century up until today. It features an introduction by Sheena Wagstaff, head of the Modern and Contemporary Art Department of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and an in-depth essay by writer and critic Brian Dillon."--Provided by the publisher. [2014] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 779/.36

Forgotten songs and stories of the sea : A treasury of voices from our maritime past /Caroline Rochford "Stirring tales of heroism at sea have been engrained in the annals of maritime history since time immemorial. Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World, Queen Elizabeth I's defeat of the Spanish Armada, and Horatio Nelson's victory at Trafalgar are just some of Britain's most memorable naval triumphs. But what about the lesser-known tales from our seafaring past? The Victorian who invented a swimming machine in order to cross the English Channel; the capture of a 'real-life' mermaid; the lost pirate treasure of Alborâan; the ghost of a murdered sailor who still haunts the streets of Portsmouth; and the daring explorers who vanished into the blue yonder, leaving behind nothing but a cryptic message in a champagne bottle - these are just some of our quirky naval stories that have been chronicled in verse and archived in newspaper clippings, and forgotten with the passage of time. Historian and genealogist Caroline Rochford has compiled 200 traditional songs and stories into this book, which offers an exciting, entertaining and eye-opening glimpse into our long lost maritime past."--Provided by the publisher. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 784.4

War, nationalism, and the British sailor, 1750-1850 / Isaac Land. Land, Isaac. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.22(42)"1750/1850"

Lifeline across the sea : mercy ships of the Second World War and their repatriation missions /David L. Williams. "The safe exchange of wounded or gravely ill prisoners of war, 'protected personnel' - medical staff and clergy - and diplomats, civilians and alien internees is a little known dimension of the Second World War, yet it was highly dangerous work. Here, David L. Williams tells the gripping story of some fifty mercy ships engaged in these repatriation voyages, each of the exchanges arranged individually between Allied nations and the Axis belligerents, through neutral intermediaries, and often conducted under the supervision of the International Red Cross. Sailing alone and undefended through hostile waters, and conspicuously illuminated at night, the ships were constantly in danger from submarine and aircraft, their safety depending totally on the transmission and receipt of 'safe passage' commands to the armed units in their paths. However, despite the risk of attack and severe loss of life, these exchange operations were essential for providing a lifeline to thousands of people caught up in a cruel and brutal war."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.828.6(100)"1939/1945"

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