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First base : The magazine of Team Portsmouth. Great Britain:-Royal Navy • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

The Trafalgar roll : containing the names and services of all officers of the Royal Navy and the Royal Mackenzie, Robert Holden 1913. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92:355.49"1805"(42:44)

A sailor's war / Sam Lombard-Hobson ; foreword by Ann Monsarrat. Lombard-Hobson, Sam 1983. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92LOMBARD-HOBSON

A century of British naval aviation, 1909-2009 / David Wragg. "This book is the history of the first century of British Naval aviation, with personal accounts adding colour to the achievements both in technology, such as angled flight decks, mirror deck landing systems, helicopter assault and vertical take-off, and in operations, including the sinking of the Konigsberg and the daring attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, convoy protection, operations with the United States Navy in the Pacific, then, post-war, Suez, and later the recovery of the Falklands from Argentine invasion."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.38(42)"1909/2009"

Sea power and the control of trade : belligerent rights from the Russian War to the Beira Patrol, 1854-1970 /edited by Nicholas Tracy. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382"1854/1970"

Voices in flight : the Royal Naval Air Service during the Great War /by Malcolm Smith. "Following in the same style as his previous book of Fleet Air Arm recollections, Malcolm Smith has collected a compendium of reminiscences from pilots who flew for the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines during the First World War. He includes first-hand testimonies from pilots manning early seaplane stations, an enthralling account from F.J. Rutland (the 'Rutland of Jutland'), who became the first pilot to take off in a Sopwith Pup from a platform on the roof of one of HMS Yarmouth's gun turrets, the true tale behind Rudyard Kipling's short story 'A Flight of Fact' (concerning Guy Duncan-Smith's experience of becoming marooned in the Maldives following a dramatic shoot-down), amongst many other personalized and illuminating stories. All these anecdotes are drawn from the extensive archive maintained by the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset. The archive contains an enormous quantity of material, in the form of handwritten diaries, transcripts, log books and documentation of many kinds. Alongside the written material, the Museum maintains an unrivaled photographic archive and a representative sample of these images is included in the book. Excerpts from diaries, transcripts of spoken first-hand accounts and other recorded narratives make up the bulk of the book, with whole chapters dedicated to some of the most vocal members to see service during the course of the RNAS's Great War history. Guy Leather, a pilot destined to track an impressive trajectory with the RNAS features in one such chapter; his day to day accounts relay the full gamut of pilot experience at this time. This humane and thoughtful consolidation of pilot reflections is sure to appeal broadly, particularly as we approach the one hundredth year anniversary of the First World War."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 358.38"1914/1918"

Fighters over the Fleet : naval air defence from biplanes to the Cold War /Norman Friedman. Fighters Over the Fleet is an account of the parallel evolution of naval fighters for fleet air defense and the ships they sought to defend. This volume concentrates on the three main advocates of carrier warfare: the Royal Navy, the U.S. Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Fighters Over the Fleet is an account of the parallel evolution of naval fighters for fleet air defense and the ships they sought to defend. This volume concentrates on the three main advocates of carrier warfare: the Royal Navy, the U.S. Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Fighters Over the Fleet is an account of the parallel evolution of naval fighters for fleet air defense and the ships they sought to defend. This volume concentrates on the three main advocates of carrier warfare: the Royal Navy, the U.S. Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Because radar was not invented until the mid-1930s, fleet air defense was a primitive effort for flyers during the 1920s. Once the innovative system was developed and utilized, organized air defense became viable. Thus major naval-air battles of the Second World War, like Midway, the 'Pedestal' convoy, the Philippine Sea and Okinawa are portrayed as tests of the new technology. However, even radar was ultimately found wanting by the Kamikaze campaigns, which led to postwar moves toward computer control and new kinds of fighters. After 1945, the novel threats of nuclear weapons and stand-off missiles compounded the difficulties of naval air defense. The second half of the book covers the U.S. and Royal Navies? attempts to resolve these problems by examining the U.S. experience in Vietnam and British operations during the Falklands War. The book then turns to the ultimate U.S. development of techniques and technology to fight the Outer Air Battle in the 1980s before concluding with the current state of technology supported carrier fighters.--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.7

Man of War : The Fighting Life of Admiral James Saumarez: From The American Revolution to the Defeat of Napoleon /Anthony Sullivan "The career of Guernsey-born Admiral James Saumarez reads like an early history of the Royal Navy. His first battle was against the American revolutionaries in 1775, but thereafter his main opponents were the French and the Spanish, and the first fighting ship he commanded, the eight-gun galley Spitfire, was involved in forty-seven engagements before being run aground. Rising through the ranks, Saumarez fought on land and at sea, and was involved in actions in the English Channel, being given command of a squadron of ships based at Guernsey. He served on HMS Victory, took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent, the Blockade of Cadiz, and was with Nelson at the Battle of the Nile. Promoted to Rear Admiral, he led his ships at the battles of Algeciras and the Gut of Gibraltar. Saumarez was then despatched into the Baltic, where he helped thwart Napoleon's attempt at conquering Russia. So prominent was Saumarez during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, he was featured in the Hornblower novels and other fictional books, including Master and Commander. Tony Sullivan, however, tells the true story of one of the most remarkable individuals of the great days of sail, in the first biography of Saumarez for more than 170 years."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SAUMAREZ

The great Anglo-Russian naval alliance of the eighteenth century and beyond / Philip MacDougall. "Naval co-operation between Britain and Russia continued throughout the eighteenth century, with Britain providing huge assistance to the growth of Russia's navy, and Russia making an essential but often overlooked contribution to Britain's maritime power in the period. From 1698 when Tsar Peter the Great served briefly as a trainee shipwright at Deptford dockyard Russia recruited British, often Scottish, shipwrights, engineers, naval officers and naval surgeons who both helped build up the Russian navy and who were also key advisers to the Russian navy at sea. At the same time, naval stores from Russia, especially after Britain lost the American colonies, were vital for the maintenance of Britain's fleet. Moreover, as this book argues, Russian naval power was much more formidable than is often realised, with the Russian navy active alongside the British fleet in the North Sea and winning decisive battles against the Ottoman navy in the Mediterranean, including the battles of ðCeðsme in 1770 and Navarino in 1827. Britain did well to have Russia as a naval ally rather than an enemy. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this important subject, at a time when Britain's relationship with Russia is of considerable concern."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.0094109033

British submarines in two world wars / Norman Friedman "Although the Royal Navy did not invent the submarine, Norman Friedman's new book demonstrates how innovative the service was, to an extent which few will recognise. Its submarines performed well in combat in both world wars, and often in unheralded ways. Few will be aware that in 1914 Britain had the largest submarine fleet in the world, and that at the end of World War I it had some of the largest and most unusual of all submarines - whose origins and design are all detailed. During the First World War they virtually closed the Baltic to German iron ore traffic, and they helped block supplies to the Turkish army fighting at Gallipoli. British submarines were a major element in the North Sea battles, and they helped fight the U-boat menace. These roles led on to British submarine operations in World War II. Readers will be aware of the role of US submarines in strangling Japan, but perhaps not how British submarines in the Mediterranean fought a parallel costly but successful battle to strangle the German army in North Africa. Like their US counterparts, interwar British submariners were designed largely with the demands of a possible Pacific War, although that was not the war they fought. And the author shows how the demands of such a war, which would be fought over vast distances, collided with interwar British Government attempts to limit costs by holding down the size (and numbers) of submarines. It says much about the ingenuity of British submarine designers that they managed to meet their requirements despite enormous pressure on submarine size. As in other books in this series, the author demonstrates how a combination of evolving strategic and tactical requirements and evolving technology produced successive types of design. The Royal Navy was always painfully aware of the threat enemy submarines posed, and British submariners contributed heavily to the development of British anti-submarine tactics and technology, beginning with largely unknown efforts before the outbreak of World War I. Between the Wars British submariners exploited the new technology of sonar (Asdic), both to find and attack enemies and to avoid being attacked themselves. As a result, they pioneered submarine silencing, with important advantages to the US Navy as it observed the British. And it was a British submarine that pioneered the vital postwar use of submarines as anti-submarine weapons, sinking a U-boat while both were submerged. This feat was unique. Heavily illustrated with photos and original plans, this new volume from Norman Friedman, incorporating so much original analysis, will be eagerly awaited by naval historians and enthusiasts everywhere."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 940.451(42)

Tracing your naval ancestors : a guide for family historians /Simon Fowler. Fowler, Simon 2011. • BOOK • 7 copies available. 929.5:359

The age of the ship of the line : the British & French navies, 1650-1815 /Jonathan R. Dull. "For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called "ships of the line" dominated war at sea and were instrumental in the European struggle for power and the spread of imperialism. Foremost among the great naval powers were Great Britain and France, whose advanced economies could support large numbers of these expensive ships. This book, the first joint history of these great navies, offers an impartial and comprehensive picture of the two forces, their shipbuilding programs, naval campaigns, battles, and their wartime strategies and diplomacy."--Provided by the publisher. Book contains maps and battle diagrams. c2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42:44)"17/19"

Knights of the sea : the true story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812 /David Hanna. On a September day in 1813, as the Age of Fighting Sail was coming to an end, two maritime warriors faced each other in the waters off Pemaquid Point, Maine. Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty's brig Boxer, and William Burrows, younger still, commanded the USS Enterprise. Both men valued honor over life and death, and on this day their commitment would be put to the ultimate test. The battle lasted less than an hour, and its outcome was uncertain, but when the cannon smoke cleared, the U.S. Navy's position in the war had changed. Historian David Hanna brings to life a lost era--a time when sailing vessels exchanged broadsides and naval officers considered it the highest honor to harness the wind to meet their foes.--From publisher description. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

HMS Victory pocket manual 1805 : Admiral Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar /Peter Goodwin. "This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range features Admiral Nelson's fully preserved flagship HMS Victory, the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy's greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805. In the HMS Victory Pocket Manual, Peter Goodwin adopts a fresh approach to explain the workings of the only surviving 'line of battle' ship of the Napoleonic Wars. And, as Victory was engaged in battle during only two per cent of her active service, the book also provides a glimpse into life and work at sea during the other ninety-eight per cent of the time. This volume presents answers to questions such as: 'What types of wood were used in building Victory?'; 'What was Victory's longest' voyage?'; 'How many shots were fired from her guns at Trafalgar?'; 'How many boats did Victory carry?'; 'What was prize money?'; 'What was grog?'; 'When did her career as a fighting ship end?', and 'How many people visit Victory each year?'. It gives a full history of the world's most famous warship through a highly accessible pocket-book format. The book Includes a pertinent and varied selection of contemporary documents and records to explain the day-to-day running of a three-decker Georgian warship. The leading historian of the sailing man of war, Peter Goodwin was technical and historical advisor to HMS Victory in Portsmouth for more than 20 years, and is in a unique position to investigate and interpret not only the ship's structure but also the essential aspects of shipboard life: victualling, organisation, discipline, domestic arrangements and medical care."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82VICTORY

Naval and military memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783 / Beatson, Robert. 1804. Beatson, Robert 1804. • RARE-BOOK • 18 copies available. 094:355.48"1727/1783"

United States naval history, naval biography, naval strategy and tactics : a selected and annotated bibliography United States. Navy Department. Library 1959 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 355.353(73)

'C' Class Destroyers / by David Hobbs "The C class destroyers were among the Royal Navy's most important warships after 1945. Built in significant numbers, they participated in many of the post-war RN operations from Indonesian Confrontation to Beira; Cod Wars to Suez; Palestine to the Cold War. The list of their activities is an illustration of the RN's achievements in the period. This volume details the individual histories of each of the 32 destroyers."--Provided by the publisher. 2012 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.1(42)

My dearest Gennie : the story of Staff Commander John Thomas Ewing Gowlland R.N. 1838-1874 based on his journals (1853-1874) and letters (1863-1874) to his wife Genevieve (nee Lord) /edited by Joanna Vink. Vink, Joanna. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.100942

Introduction to the registers of the naval memorials erected at Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth / Compiled and published by order of the Imperial War Graves Commission, London. Great Britain.-Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1924. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 725.945

British warships and auxiliaries, 1987/88 /[Mike Critchley]. Critchley, Mike 1986. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.82(42)"1987/1988"

The Admiralty Diary of Commander Michael G. Goodenough RN, 1939-1941 "This is the personal diary of Commander Michael Goodenough RN between October 1939 and June 1941 when he was in the Admiralty Plans Division close to senior figures including Winston Churchill. Eighty years later the diary is made public for the first time."--Provided by the publisher. 2023 • BOOK • 1 copy available.

British warships & auxiliaries / [Steve Bush]. "The fully revised and updated well respected guide to the ships, aircraft and weapons of the fleet. Over 80 colour photos. Complete with pennant numbers and silhouettes. Now expanded to include royal Marine Craft and Border Agency vessels."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"2014/2015"

The Rupert and Monck letter book 1666 : together with supporting documents Rupert, Prince 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Monck

Piracy in the Levant 1827-8 : selected from the papers of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington ... Codrington, Edward, Sir 1934 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1(5-011)"182"

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