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From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow : the Royal Navy in the Fisher era, 1904-1919 /by Marder, Arthur J Marder, Arthur J 1961-1978 • BOOK • 5 copies available. 940.45
on the 31st of January last; enquiring into the conduct of the commanders of the Hampton-Court and Dreadnought Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Mostyn, Fowke : 1744 1745 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Fowke
Dreadnoughts : an illustrated history /Gerald Toghill "Two things made the battleship possible: the harnessing of steam for propulsion and Britain's vast industrial power in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. With these two massive powerhouses available to ship designers, it was inevitable that change would come to the seas. For a short while France led the way with the launching of the Gloire, but Britain soon stole the limelight with the launch of HMS Warrior in 1863. The moment her keel hit the water the naval world was turned upside down and all other warships were rendered obsolete. But that event was as nought compared to the astonishing revolution in warship building caused by the launch in 1906 of the mighty Dreadnought. If Warriorhad caused a great upheaval, the impact of Dreadnought was positively Krakatoan. Such was her impact on the naval world that her very name became generic. All battleships built before her were classed as 'pre-Dreadnought' and all battleships built post-1906 came to be known as 'Dreadnoughts'. This is their story."--Provided by the publisher 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.3(100)
US Navy Dreadnoughts 1914-45 / Ryan K. Noppen. "The development of the US Navy's dreadnought battleships was a pivotal part of America's evolution into a true world power. By the beginning of World War I, the United States possessed the world's third largest navy, with ten dreadnoughts in service and four more under construction. By the end of World War II, the US Navy was the undoubted global superpower, despite initial crippling losses to its battlefleet at Pearl Harbor. Richly illustrated with archive photographs as well as a full cutaway of the world's only surviving dreadnought, this comprehensive and detailed title covers the technical characteristics and combat record of the US dreadnoughts throughout their long careers."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(73)"1914/1945"
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow : the Royal Navy in the Fisher era, 1904-1919 ... Marder, Arthur J 1961-1970 • BOOK • 11 copies available. 940.45
Press release : University unveils ¹20 million restoration and new campus at heart of World Heritage site University of Greenwich 1999 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 378.4(421.6)
Virginia Woolf : a biography Bell, Quentin 1972 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92Cole
Greenwich and its lost hospitals : havens of maritime welfare /Gordon C Cook "The Royal Hospital (RH) was built near the site of the Palace of Placentia and erected by King William III (1650?1702) as a memorial for his consort, Queen Mary II (1662-94) who died of smallpox. It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) and functioned until 1870 as a hospital for retired mariners of the Royal Navy. The Dreadnought Hospital was the 'flagship' of the Seamen's Hospital Society (SHS) between 1870 and its closure in 1986. The SHS was a charitable foundation launched in 1821 to care for members of Britain's Mercantile Marine and later others also. Having been accommodated on three successive hospital ships, it moved to dry land in Greenwich in 1870. Between 1929 and the outbreak of war in 1939, the SHS published a Quarterly Magazine from which extracts highlighting Greenwich and these two major hospitals are brought together in this book."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.292GREENWICH
Profile warship : vol 1 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82
Dreadnoughts : a photographic history /Roger D. Thomas and Brian Patterson. "The construction of British Dreadnought warships between 1905 and 1920 was an enormous financial and industrial undertaking which involved all the major ship builders in Great Britain and two Royal Naval Dockyards. The speed at which these warships could be built became a matter of national importance as Britain was inexorably drawn into an accelerating naval race with Germany. The massive Dreadnought construction programme had to be mediated through the craft skills and working practices of a wide range of dock and shipyard workers. The leviathans of the sea were built across the country at key ports, including Portsmouth and Devonport. This updated edition encompasses rare and previously unpublished photographs from across Britain, which provide a timely and important insight into this defining period in British naval history."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.3
British battleships of World War One / R A Burt. "This superb reference book achieved the status of 'classic' soon after its first publication in 1986; it was soon out of print and is now one of the most sought-after naval reference books on the secondhand market. It presents, in one superb volume, the complete technical history of British capital ship design and construction during the dreadnought era. One hundred years ago at Jutland, Dogger Bank, Heligoland Bight and the first battle for the Falklands, might squadrons of these great armoured ships fought their German counterparts for command of the seas. Beginning with Dreadnought, the book continues to the end of the First World War, and all of the fifty dreadnoughts, 'super-dreadnoughts' and battlecruisers that served the Royal Navy during this era are described and superbly illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Each class of ship is described in detail so that design origins, and technical and operational factors, are discussed alongside characteristics, with special emphasis on armament, armour and machinery. Fully detailed data tables are included for every class, and more than 500 photographs and line drawings illustrate the text. A delight for the historian, enthusiast and ship modeller, it is a volume that is already regarded as an essential reference work for this most significant era in naval history and ship design."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(42)"1905/1918"
Battleships : 1856-1919 /by Antony Preston and John Batchelor. Preston, Antony, 1977. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.821.2
To be used in conjunction with Addenda to Manual of Hydraulics for 12" BL Mountings in the Dreadnought The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 1911 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 621.22
Battleships and carriers : 300 of the world's greatest warships "Battleships and Carriers contains 300 of the most important and influential capital ships to have sailed the seas since the age of sail. These include such famous battleships as the Admiral Graf Spee, Bismarck, Iowa and Dreadnought. The book also includes the greatest aircraft carriers that served during World Wars I and II, and those that are still in service, fighting vessels such as the Hermes, George Washington, Enterprise and Ark Royal [...] the full-colour artwork is accompanied by a detailed specifications table plus text that summarises the career of the ship and its eventual fate."--Provided by the publisher. 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.822.7(100)
Warship 1992 / edited by Robert Gardiner. Gardiner, Robert, 1992. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82"1992"
British dockyards in the First World War MacDougall, Philip 2019 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.81(42)
German battleships 1914-18. Gary Staff. "Supported by official documents, personal accounts, official drawings and specially commissioned artwork, this volume is an informative history of the key classes Kaiser, Konig and Bayern that formed the backbone of the German Imperial Navy throughout World War I, detailing the technological revolution that had taken place to enable the building of these large dreadnought classes."--from Amazon. 2010. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.82(43)"1914/1918"
The battleship Fuso "One of the Conway 'Anatomy' series, this is a study of the 1914 Japanese super-dreadnought battleship 'Fuso', accompanied by technical details and career notes. By the author and illustrator of 'Yamato' and 'Takao'."--Provided by the publisher. 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(52)
German battleships, 1914-18. Gary Staff. "This volume covers the history of the Deutschland to Osfriesland classes of German battlecruisers, beginning with the last of the pre-dreadnought battleships and explaining the revolutionary developments, particularly the vast increases in size and armament, that took place within the German Imperial Navy as it readied itself for war. Gary Staff describes the design and technology of these classes, focusing on the development and combat experiences of individual ships. Supported by official documents, first-hand accounts and drawings, this book also contains specially commissioned artwork depicting the battleship Pommern fighting at Jutland and ships of the Osfriesland class destroying HMS Black Prince in a dramatic night-time engagement."--from Amazon. 2010. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.82(43)"1914/1918"
Rosyth dockyard & naval base through time / Walter Burt. "With the coming of the naval arms race with Germany, in 1903 the Admiralty decided to establish a naval base and dockyard at Rosyth, taking advantage of deep tidal water there. Construction work started in 1909 and the dockyard was finished in 1916, when the pre-Dreadnought HMS Zealandia entered dry dock there. The yard closed in 1925, reopening in 1938 when relations with Germany began to deteriorate again and serving throughout the Second World War. During the Cold War, Rosyth was used to refit conventional and Polaris nuclear-armed submarines as well as other warships. In 1997 Rosyth was acquired by Babcock International, becoming the first privatised naval dockyard in Britain, and is now the site where the Royal Navy?s two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are being assembled. In this book, published in the dockyard?s centennial year, Walter Burt takes us through the history of Rosyth dockyard and naval base."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.81(413.3)
Portsmouth dockyard : Through time /Philip MacDougall "Portsmouth Dockyard has a long and distinguished history. Functioning in a naval capacity since 1495, although more active as a dockyard from the Victorian period, few other places have such a prominent place in Britain's naval history. The dockyard is the oldest that the Royal Navy has, and boasts one of the oldest dry docks in the world; today it features as a major tourist attraction. In this book, Philip MacDougall uses his fascinating collection of images to display the incredible recent history of the dockyard. Starting with the Victorian dockyard, he looks at the mighty HMS Dreadnought, which was built at the dockyard, as well as taking the reader on a tour of the yard and its naval role. Moving forward through the decades, Philip considers the impact of the two world wars, as well as the Cold War, before finishing the story up to the present day."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.81(422.7)
Imperial Japanese Navy of the Russo-Japanese War / Mark Stille; illustrated by Paul Wright. In 1904, the Imperial Japanese Navy had been built up from nothing in just two decades. When it destroyed Russia's battle fleet in the battle of Tsushima, it marked Japan's emergence as a major naval power - and sparked a revolution in naval technology. The catastrophic results of the Russo-Japanese War, the only clash of pre-dreadnoughts in history, caused the world to rethink naval technology, and set the stage for the dreadnought race of the next decade. With extensive tables and carefully researched new artwork, this book explains in concise detail the IJN's fleet of 1904-1905, from its battleships and armored cruisers to the torpedo boats that launched "the first great torpedo attack in history," and how these warships performed in the devastating battles agains the Russian fleet. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1904/1905"(5-012)
Fisher : the admiral who reinvented the Royal Navy /David Wragg. ""Jacky" Fisher (1841-1920) was a man with a mission: to prepare the Royal Navy that he loved so much and that had been his life for war. He saw war in Europe as inevitable and, incredibly, predicted accurately the date when war would break out. An enthusiast for change, Fisher knew that the Royal Navy was fast losing its superiority against the Germans, with a massive reserve of old and hopelessly antiquated ships held ready in case of war, but aptly described by Fisher as "unable to fight or run away." Instead, he set out to impose on the Royal Navy his philosophy of the all-big-gun battleship, the "dreadnought," while also recognizing that the future of warfare at sea lay in underwater weapons and in the air."--Dust jacket. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92FISHER
British Ironclads 1860-75 : HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet' /Angus Konstam. "In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year - HMS Warrior - which, when she entered service, became the most powerful warship in the world. Just like the Dreadnought half a century later, this ship changed the nature of naval warfare forever, and sparked a frantic arms race. The elegant but powerful Warrior embodied the technological advances of the early Victorian era, and the spirit of this new age of steam, iron and firepower. Fully illustrated with detailed cutaway artwork, this book covers the British ironclad from its inception and emergence in 1860, to 1875, a watershed year, which saw the building of a new generation of recognisably modern turreted battleships."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(42)"1860/1875"