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The China clippers / by Basil Lubbock Lubbock, Basil, 1919 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.13

Lloyd's List : one hundred Lloyd's List 2018 • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Cunard Line : a Shipping today and yesterday supplement. The first issue of Shipping: Today and Yesterday featured a history of Cunard. This publication, which commemorates the tenth anniversary of that issue, features a fleet list of ships that have sailed under the Cunard flag. The entry for each ship gives the name, tonnage, dimensions in feet, builders, when and where built, and the fate of the vessel. The illustrations are taken from Cunard's collection of postcard prints, which could be purchased on board the vessels. The front cover features an illustration of the Lusitania from 1907. April 2000. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.792CUNARD

See this world before the next : cruising with CPR steamships in the twenties and thirties /David Laurence Jones. "[S]howcases an intriguingly exotic time in Canadian Pacific Railway history - an era when the company ruled the waves with one of the world's most popular pleasure cruise lines"--Dust jacket. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 797.16CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Slaves waiting for sale : abolitionist art and the American slave trade /Maurie D. McInnis. McInnis, Maurie Dee 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1(74)"18":7CROWE

Abandon ship! : the post-war memoirs of Captain Tony McCrum, RN /Tony McCrum. "Captain Tony McCrum's naval career started in 1932. He survived the sinking of HMS Skipjack at Dunkirk and went on to serve on minesweepers and at sea during the landings at Salerno. His wartime experiences were recently published as Sunk by Stukas. This book covers the second part of his naval career between 1945 and 1963. Having arrived back in Plymouth from Trincomlee as a lieutenant aboard the destroyer Tarter in November 1945, his first appointment was as senior instructor at the RN Signals School in Devonport. There then followed two appointments as Flag Lieutenant; first to Admiral Pridham-Wippell, CinC Plymouth Command and then Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, CinC Home Fleet, where he was also Deputy Fleet Communications Officer. He was based on the admiral's flagship, the battleship HMS Duke of York which he joined in 1947. The fleet exercised in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and 'showed the flag' in various ports in the USA, Caribbean Islands and the Baltic. In May 1948 he was promoted Lt. Commander. In 1950 he instructed at the main Naval Signals School at Leyedene House near Petersfield. Promoted Commander, now 32 years of age, he was surprised to be appointed to accompany King George VI on a state visit to Australia and New Zealand. This was to be aboard the liner SS Gothic as there was no Royal Yacht at that time. However after months of preparation the voyage was cancelled because of the King's terminal illness and the coronation of Britain's new Queen. In November 1954 he took his first command, HMS Concord, a destroyer in the 8th Destroyer Squadron based in Hong Kong. During his eighteen month captaincy of this ship he saw action off the coast of Malaya and a lengthy visit to Australia to assist in the aftermath of a hurricane. After a spell ashore as Training Commander at HMS Ganges and after promotion to Captain in 1958, he was sent to Norway on the staff of the CinC Northern European Command. In November 1960 he was again given a seagoing command. He was to skipper HMS Meon and responsibility for the Amphibious Warfare Squadron in the Persian Gulf. The squadron composed of Meon, two tank-landing ships, four tank-landing craft and a Rhino (a pontoon-like vessel for the shallow-water landing of tanks). He was ordered to cover an area extending from the East African coast, the Red Sea and to the Persian Gulf. Having worked-up this mixed bunch of vessels and their crews, plus army personnel he was confronted with the defence of Kuwait when it was threatened by the Iraqi dictator General Kassem in 1961. He was charged with landing the twelve tanks in his squadron to defend Kuwait's main port of Shuwaikh. This was successfully carried out under difficult circumstances and the Iraqi invasion was defeated. After 42 years in the RN, Tony retired to be with his wife and young family."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92MCCRUM

The Durham papers : selections from the papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, G.C.B. (1763-1845) /edited by Hilary L. Rubinstein "Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763?1845) was one of the most distinguished and colourful officers of the late Georgian Navy. His lucky and sometimes controversial career included surviving the sinking of HMS Royal George in 1782, making the first conquest of the tricolour flag in 1793 and the last in 1815, and having two enemy ships surrender to him at Trafalgar. A Scot distantly related to Lord Barham, Durham entered the Navy in 1777, serving initially on the American and West Indies stations. He was Kempenfelt's signal officer on HMS Victory during the second battle of Ushant in 1781 and on the Royal George. Making his reputation initially as the daring young master and commander of HMS Spitfire early in the French Revolutionary War, he became a crack frigate captain with a fortune in prize money, and commanded HMS Defiance at Trafalgar, where he was wounded. He ended his war service as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands. En voyage he artfully captured two brand-new French frigates which were subsequently taken into the service of Britain, and during his tenure he won the heartfelt gratitude of local merchants by ridding the surrounding seas of American privateers preying on British trading vessels. True to form, he clashed with the judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court on Antigua and with the general with whom he led a combined naval and military assault on Martinique and Guadeloupe following Napoleon's escape from Elba. He later served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth having resigned his parliamentary seat to do so. Married first to the sister of the Earl of Elgin, of 'Marbles' fame, and secondly to a cousin of 'sea wolf' Lord Cochrane, he was well-known to George III, who as a result of Durham's amusing yet improbable anecdotes, dubbed any tall tale he heard 'a Durham'. This collection of his papers consists mainly of letters and despatches relating to his service in the Channel Fleet, the Mediterranean, and the Leeward Islands. Correspondence with his parents during 1789?1790 reflects his anxieties relating to employment and prospects for promotion when he was a young lieutenant with an illegitimate child to support. The collection, featuring items from and to him, comprises a fascinating and informative set of documents."--Provided by publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22NRS

Admiral Edward Russell and the rise of British naval supremacy / by David West. "For many people the name of Edward Russell (1653-1727) strikes few chords of recognition, even though his influence on naval history can scarcely be overestimated. In this first book devoted to Admiral Russell, David West brings us the background and achievements of a man without whom the course of British history would have been very different. At the age of 38, Edward Russell raised his flag as Commander-in-Chief of the English Fleet and set in motion a chain of events that saw the rise of British Naval Supremacy around 100 years ahead of Nelson's famous victory."--Provided by the publisher. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ORFORD

Empire cruise : the special service squadron, 1923-24 /Daniel Knowles "In November 1923, the Royal Navy dispatched what was named the Special Service Squadron on a ten-month tour around the British Empire. Led by the battlecruiser HMS Hood - the pride of the Royal Navy and the largest ship in the world at the time - and comprising of the battlecruiser HMS Renown and the First Light Cruiser Squadron, the role of the Special Service Squadron was to 'show the flag' during a public relations exercise and strengthen ties across the Empire. Much publicised, the cruise served as a subtle reminder that in the aftermath of the First World War, Britannia still ruled the waves. Empire Cruise: The Special Service Squadron 1923-24 follows the situation faced by Great Britain and the Royal Navy in the years immediately after the Great War and details the origins of the cruise before charting the course of the expedition."--Provided by the publsiher. 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

The Anglo-Saxon/Shell tankers "This book is written to celebrate 100 years of tanker operation by one of the great oil multinationals - SHELL. In 1890 Marcus Samuel, founder of SHELL, was selling small quantities of kerosene in East London. He was also secretly designing a safe tanker to transport kerosene from the Black Sea to the Far East in order to break the monopoly of Standard Oil in the U.S.A. in case-oil. The first tanker, MUREX, was named after a shellfish which gave a purple dye, and was ordered shortly afterwards from the West Hartlepool shipbuilder William Gray & Co. Ltd. A full history of the tanker fleet is followed by career details of all 622 British flag owned and managed tankers. Some humorous stories of company voyages in the Dutch East Indies and elsewhere in the world make the book readable by layman and serious maritime historian alike."--Provided by the publisher. 1990 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 347.792Shell

The scramble for the Arctic : ownership, exploitation and conflict in the far north /by Richard Sale, Eugene Potapov. In August 2007, the world reacted with consternation as Russia planted a flag beneath the ice of the North Pole, symbolizing the Kremlin's claim to the Arctic with its vast mineral resources, and firing the starting gun on the world's last colonial scramble. With the map literally being redrawn by global warming, the ownership of the Arctic will be one of the defining issues of the next decade. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 551.583(98):355.02

Coastal ships & ferries / David Hornsby. "Since the first issue of this volume over 10 years ago, many changes to fleet lists, owners, operators and vessels have taken place and this second edition brings the information up to date as at April 2010. Provided is a comprehensive listing of ferries and coastal vessels likely to be encountered in the waters of the British Isles and Northern Europe. Information given includes; owning groups; funnel and hull colours; names of owned or managed ships; flag and year of completion; ferry routes operated; gross tonnage; deadweight tonnage or passenger capacity; hull dimensions; service speed; former names."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.66(4)

Shipwrecks of the Solent / Richard M. Jones "The stretch of water between the Isle of Wight and the ports of Southampton and Portsmouth has been one of the busiest shipping areas around the British Isles since antiquity. It is no surprise that the Solent has claimed so many ships in its time. The Royal Navy has been based in Portsmouth for centuries and the ocean liners have been regularly sailing from Southampton since the nineteenth century, and this waterway has endured war, storms and accidents throughout its history, as well as witnessing numerous maritime celebrations and everyday passage of boats and ships. Among the shipping disasters on the Solent have been the unexpected sinking of the Mary Rose in 1545, the mystery of the Flag Theofano, missing from her anchorage in 1990, and the fight to save the disabled car carrier Hèoegh Osaka in 2016. The world?s worst hovercraft disaster in 1972 and the celebrations as the Mary Rose was raised ten years later show that the Solent is, and always has been, a place for history and drama."-- 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4520916336

[Exerpt from the Naval Chronicle, Vol. 4, 1800]. [1800]. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

George Charles Smith of Penzance : from Nelson sailor to mission pioneer /Roald Kverndal. "In the two previous books of his trilogy, Seamen's missions (1986) and The way of the sea (2008), the author researched how the seafarers' mission movement began and expanded. This third volume traces the captivating human drama surrounding the origins. It presents, for the first time ever, the embattled life of George Charles Smith---today recognized worldwide as the founder of the Maritime Mission Movement."--From back cover. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SMITH, GEORGE

Murphy's signals Hobart Town : the colonial ship flags and semaphore signal charts of convict guard Pte Edward Murphy, 99th Regiment of Foot, Van Dieman's Land /Mark L. Risby. "Murphy's signal charts represent some of the most significant historical maritime art of Tasmania, produced by an untrained draughtsman in the remote island penal colony during the 1840s and 1850s. These charts contain the only known drawings of the merchant ships' Van Diemen's Land Colonial Ensign and the entire collection of the individual merchant ships identification flags flown in old Hobart Town. Bringing together all the known signal flag charts drawn by Murphy for the first time, this fascinating book shows in fine detail the 250 different flags and over 300 telegraphic semaphore signals and their decodes. Lavishly illustrated and well researched, this book is an ideal addition to the bookshelves of anyone interested in vexillology, art, maritime history and general Tasmanian and Australian history."--Back cover. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.9(946)

A Land Power Goes to Sea : Austria's Naval History 1382-1918 /Wilhelm M. Donko Donko, Wilhelm M., 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49

Captain John Smith, adventurer : Piracy, Pocahontas and Jamestown /R.E. Pritchard. "Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an extraordinary life filled with danger and adventure. As a soldier, he fought the Turks in Eastern Europe, where he beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He sailed under a pirate flag, was shipwrecked and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved at the eleventh hour. All this before he was thirty years old. He was one of the founders of the English settlement at Jamestown, where he faced considerable danger from the natives as well as from within the faction-ridden settlement itself. In fact, were it not for Smith's leadership, the Jamestown colony would surely have failed. Yet Smith was a far more ambitious explorer and soldier of fortune than these tales suggest. This swashbuckling Elizabethan adventurer was resourceful, intelligent and outspoken, with a vision of what America could become. In this riveting book, R.E. Pritchard tells the rip-roaring story of a remarkable man who refused to give in."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.21092

A Falkland islander's wartime journal : surviving the siege /Graham Bound. "Port Stanley was the tiny capital of a British colony known to few beyond the world of stamp collecting. But then, suddenly, in April 1982, it was the place-name on everyone's lips. The outcome of a war, for which Britain had mobilised its most powerful task force since 1945, would be decided by the flag which flew over the corrugated iron and timber cottages of Stanley. The town became the epicentre of a ferocious conflict. Many islanders left the town following the invasion. But a few hundred remained. Among them was Graham Bound, who was then the editor of the Islands' only newspaper. This book is based on his journal, written during the occupation and siege. Such was the intensity of the fighting for the town, that the Ministry of Defence in London announced that it would be on the receiving end of 'the heaviest artillery bombardment since the Korean War'. The journals were stored, untouched and unread, for 39 years, before the author rediscovered them and prepared them for publication. Among the notebooks were unprocessed photographs that he took at the time. Some of these never-before seen photos are published in this book. This is a detailed account of the Falklands war, in particular the siege of Stanley, from an islander's point of view."--Provided by the publisher 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 997.11024092

War and trade in eighteenth-century Newfoundland / Olaf U. Janzen. Janzen, Olaf Uwe, 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. NN 4040

The Kaiser's pirates : hunting Germany's raiding cruisers in World War I /Nick Hewitt. "The Kaiser's Pirates is a dramatic and little-known story of World War I, when the actions of a few men shaped the fate of nations. By 1914 Germany had ships and sailors scattered across the globe, protecting its overseas colonies and 'showing the flag' of its new Imperial Navy. After war broke out on August 4 there was no hope that they could reach home. Instead, they were ordered to attack Britain's vital trade routes for as long as possible. Under the leadership of a few brilliant, audacious men, they unleashed a series of raids that threatened Britain's war effort and challenged the power and prestige of the Royal Navy. The next year saw a battle of wits which stretched across the globe, drawing in ships and men from six empires. By the end, the 'Kaiser's Pirates' were no more, and Britain once again ruled the waves. Including vivid descriptions of the battles of Coronel and the Falklands and the actions of the Emden, the Goeben and the Breslau, the Karsrèuhe and the Kèonigsberg, The Kaiser's Pirates tells a fascinating narrative that ranges across the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, and the Caribbean."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.459(43)

Convoy will scatter : the full story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84 /by Bernard Edwards. "On 5 November, 1940 the eastbound convoy HX 84 of thirty-seven merchant ships, escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay, was attacked in mid-Atlantic by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. The Jervis Bay, commanded by Captain Edward Fegen, charged at the enemy. Hopelessly out-gunned, she was blown out of the water by the Scheer's 11-inch guns. Meanwhile, led by HX 84's commodore ship, the Cardiff tramp Cornish City, the merchantmen scattered under the cover of a smoke screen, were picked off one by one by the radar-equipped Admiral Scheer. Captain Hugh Pettigrew, commanding the highly armed Canadian Pacific cargo liner Beaverford, began a desperate game of hide and seek with the Scheer, which continued until Beaverford was sunk with no survivors. Thanks to this sacrifice, incredibly only four other merchantmen were sunk. Later the neutral flag Swedish freighter Stureholm, commanded by Captain Olander, picked up survivors from the Jervis Bay. Without this brave and dangerous gesture no one would have lived to tell the tale of the death throes of the Jervis Bay, whose Captain was awarded the VC."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82JERVIS BAY

The Arctic gold rush : the new race for tomorrow's natural resources /Roger Howard. "On August 2, 2007, a Russian submarine captured world headlines by making a dangerous journey to the bottom of the Arctic seabed and planting a metal, rustfree national flag more than 14,000 feet beneath the North Pole. The aim was to assert Russia's legal sovereignty over a region whose importance had only recently started to become apparent as its melting ice had made, or was expected to make, vast natural resources open to exploitation. The latest estimates are that the region holds around 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and as much as 30% of undiscovered natural gas reserves that would be hugely profitable for any country that managed to secure control over them. Gold, platinum, copper, and other precious metals have also been found along the coast. Neighboring countries - Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, and Norway - are already doing everything they can to mark out new borders. The ensuing political disagreements over the issue are already rife. In particular, games of political intrigue between Moscow and Washington are being played out in the region. But as the world's resources become increasingly scarce and valuable, could the scramble for Arctic resources become violent? Could a 'War for the Arctic' be fought?"--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(98):553

Minutes of the proceedings at the trial of Vice-Admiral Griffin. At a court-martial, held on board his Majesty's ship Somerset at Chatham, on Monday, December 3, 1750; for an enquiry into his conduct, while he commanded His Majesty's ships in the East-Indies, in the year 1748./Taken in short hand by Tho. Cook, Attorney at Law. Cook, Thomas 1751 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:344.4"1746"

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