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The British sailor / Richard Garrett. Garrett, Richard. 1974. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)"15/19"
The Colossus-class aircraft carriers 1944-1972 / Neil McCart. McCart, Neil. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.822.7(42)"1944/1972"
British warships and auxiliaries, 1981 / by Mike Critchley. Critchley, Mike 1980. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1981"
Naval accounts and inventories of the reign of Henry VII 1485-8 and 1495-7 1906 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 354.71"14"
The naval miscellany. edited by Susan Rose. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22NRS
Documents relating to the Naval Air Service : volume 1 1908-1918 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.38
The Indian naval revolt of 1946 Gourgey, Percy S 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133(54)"1946"
Second to none : 100 years of the artificer apprentice "This book, devised, compiled and produced by the editorial team of the Fisgardian, the official journal of the Fisgard Association, commemorates the centenary of the Royal Navy trained artificer apprentices. It outlines their history and gives an insight into the life of artificer apprentices at the various 'centres of excellence' in which they trained between 1903 and 2003."--Provided by the publisher. 21 cm • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.23
What did you do in the war Grandpa? : Naval memories /by Frank Coombes. A memoir by Frank Coombes recounting his experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The book includes descriptions of day-to-day naval life, officer training, Coombes's service in HMS Ajax, HMT Caledonia, HMS Echo, and HMS Faulknor, involvement in campaigns in the Mediterranean, Agean, and Arctic, and participation in the Dunkirk evacuation and Allied invasion of France. Includes numerous photographs in colour and black and white. [1998?]. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
air force prisoners of war of all ranks held in Germany and German occupied territories : Merchant Navy 1990 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.257.72
The admirals : Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King -- the five-star admirals who won the war at sea /Walter R. Borneman. A unique collective biography of the four men who "with a combination of nimble counsel, exasperating ego, studied patience, and street-fighter tactics" shaped the modern U.S. Navy to win WWII at sea. Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet. In THE ADMIRALS, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men-who were both friends and rivals-worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of World War II. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:355.33(73)
From Jack Tar to Union Jack : representing naval manhood in the British Empire, 1870-1918 /Mary A. Conley. Conley, Mary A. 2009. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 656.61.071.22-055.1"1870/1918"
Commonwealth cruisers 1939-45 / Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Paul Wright. "In the early 20th century Britain's largest colonies established their own small naval presence, and their ships fought alongside the Royal Navy during World War I. These fleets were expanded during the inter-war years, and in 1939 the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy willingly joined the fight on behalf of the British Commonwealth. For the most part these small navies consisted of a few cruisers and destroyers, designed to protect territorial waters and local sea lanes. However, these warships and their crews soon found themselves involved in a global war, and consequently were called upon to fight wherever they were needed, against the Germans, the Italians and the Japanese. This book tells the story of these small cruiser forces, and the men who served the Allied cause so well during the long and brutal war at sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.822.3(941-44)"1939/1945"
Journals and narratives of the third Dutch War 1946 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1672/1673"(42:492)
theory of shipbuilding, an essay on naval discipline, a general idea of the armament of the French navy Hoste, Paul 1762 • RARE-FOLIO • 3 copies available. 094:355.461
The making of the modern admiralty : British naval policy-making 1805-1927 /C.I. Hamilton. "This is an important new history of decision-making and policy-making in the British Admiralty from Trafalgar to the aftermath of Jutland. C. I. Hamilton explores the role of technological change, the global balance of power and, in particular, of finance and the First World War in shaping decision-making and organisational development within the Admiralty. He shows that decision-making was found not so much in the hands of the Board but at first largely in the hands of individuals, then groups or committees, and finally certain permanent bureaucracies. The latter bodies, such as the Naval Staff, were crucial to the development of policy-making as was the civil service Secretariat under the Permanent Secretary. By the 1920s the Admiralty had become not just a proper policy-making organisation, but for the first time a thoroughly civil-military one"-- 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02(42)"18/19"
Squadron : ending the African slave trade /John Broich. "The true account of the British Royal Navy's campaign to put an end to the African slave trade once and for all Despite the British being early abolitionists, a significant slave trade remained down the east coast of Africa through the mid-1800s. What further undermined the British Empire was that many of the vessels involved in the trade were themselves British ships. The Royal Navy's response was to dispatch a squadron to patrol Africa's coast. Following what began as a simple policing action, this is the story of the four Royal Naval officers who witnessed how rampant the slave trade remained and made it their personal mission to end it. When the disruption of the trade ships started to step on the toes of the wealthy merchant class, the campaign was cancelled. However, in the end a coalition of naval officers and abolitionists forced the British government's hand into eradicating the slave trade entirely. Squadron grew from historian John Broich's passion to hunt down first-hand accounts of this untold story. Through research from archives throughout the UK, Broich tells a tale of defiance in the face of political corruption, while delivering thrills in the tradition of high-seas heroism. If it weren't a true story, Squadron would be right at home alongside Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander series."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8
In action with destroyers 1939-1945 : the wartime memoirs of Commander JAJ Dennis, DSC RN /Anthony Cumming. "In Action with Destroyers 1939 - 1945 is a superbly written and exciting eyewitness account of the war at sea from 1939 to 1945. There can have been few, if any, naval officers who saw so much action as Alec Dennis, who served in four destroyers; HMS Griffin and Savage initially before commanding Valorous and Tetcott. While too modest to admit to it, he was mentioned in Despatches three times (Norway, sinking the Scharnhorst and in the North Sea) and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Greece 1942). His war service also included the important but little known Madagascar operation, the Malta and Arctic convoys and D-Day. For all the danger and action, Dennis recorded his remarkable experiences with a light even irreverent touch and, as a result, his memoir is not just a brilliant account of one man's war at sea but a rattling good read."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92DENNIS
The siege and capture of Havana 1762 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1762"(729.1)
Grand fleet destroyers : Part I : flotilla leaders and 'V/W' class destroyers /John English. "This book describes the design, development and careers of two distinct groups of vessels, the destroyer leaders and the 'V/W' class destroyers, which were originally designed as leaders. The majority of the 93 vessels described in this volume were to have long careers, covering both World Wars. The 'V/W's only had limited fleet service in the last year of WW1 and an extensive programme of conversion into anti-aircraft escorts had been initiated pre-war, but was terminated early because of the need to have as many escorts as possible at sea. Later, with the greater availability of escorts, especially corvettes and ex-US destroyers, a programme was initiated to improve the A/S armament, AA armament and, especially, the range of the surviving 'V/W' destroyers. There were some losses during WW1 and in the Baltic 1918-20, but severe losses during WW 2. The early leaders, the 'Marksman's, were, except ABDIEL, quickly disposed of, but the 'Scott' and 'Shakespeare' leaders were operational for most of the 1920s and 1930s and survivors operated as escorts during WW 2. The 'Shakespeare's were the basis of the design of the leaders to the 'A/I' classes built 1929-1937. The 'V/W's themselves were the basis of the destroyers of the 'A' to 'I' classes and many destroyers built for foreign navies during the 1930s."--Provided by the publisher. 2019 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Navy, in the years 1853, '54, '55, & '56. and of the adjacent countries. Bien, Julius, circa 1856 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 912.43(261.683):094
Their lordship's brigades / by Commander S. J. D. Ryan Ryan, S. J. D. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 614.84(427.2)
The Empire cruise / by V. C. Scott O'Connor. Cruise of the Special Service Squadron, 1923-24. 1925. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt
Nelson to Vanguard : warship development, 1923-1945 /David K. Brown. Brown, D. K.-(David K.) 2000. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82"1923/1945"