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Nelson's flagship at Copenhagen : HMS Elephant ; the men, the ship, the battle /[Written and comp. by Eric Tushingham and Clifford Mansfield] Tushingham, Eric. [2001]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1801"(42:489)

Destroyer down : an account of HM destroyer losses, 1939-1945 /A.S. Evans. Evans, A. S.-(Arthur S.), 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.1(42)"1939/1945"

The safeguard of the sea : a naval history of Britain. Vol 1. :660-1649 /N.A.M. Rodger. Rodger, N. A. M., 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"06/16"(42)

Battleships at war : HMS Royal Sovereign and her sister ships /Peter C. Smith. "This is the wartime history of the battleship Royal Sovereign, along with the story of her four sister ships Revenge, Resolution, Royal Oak and Ramillies. Although old and slow, and bitterly criticized by Churchill and others as being 'coffin ships', these ships in fact played a valiant and doughty role in World War II."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82ROYAL SOVEREIGN

Seven at Santa Cruz : the life of fighter ace Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa /Ted Edwards. "This riveting biography details how Stanley 'Swede' Vejtasa became a World War II naval hero. During the Battle of the Coral Sea, Swede flew an SBD Dauntless dive-bomber and helped sink Shoho, the first aircraft carrier lost by Japan in World War II. The next day, in that same Dauntless, he took off from USS Yorktown and out-flew and out-gunned three Japanese Zeros, making him the only dive bomber pilot to be awarded Navy Crosses for both bombing and aerial combat. Months later, the day before the Battle of Santa Cruz, Swede was flying an F4F Wildcat fighter off USS Enterprise and had no recourse but to follow orders he knew to be insane. He and his squadron mates flew their predictably empty search legs and beyond, only to discover upon their return to Point Option in the dark, that Enterprise was nowhere to be found. Incredibly, Swede located the oil slick he had noticed seeping from Enterprise during a morning combat air patrol and was able to track it back to the carrier. After their harrowing return, during the Battle of Santa Cruz, the fate of Enterprise, and by extension Guadalcanal, lay in the hands of that same Swede Vejtasa. He responded by single-handedly downing an unprecedented two Japanese dive bombers and five torpedo bombers attacking the carrier. Skipper Jimmy Flatley recognized that in all likelihood, Swede had saved Enterprise from destruction, and he recommended Swede for the Medal of Honor."--Provided by publisher. 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92VEJTASA

Radio weather aids to navigation, 1942 U.S.A.-Hydrographic ofice under the authority of the secretary of the navy 1942 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.396.9

Merchant Navy Association Magazine 2001-date incomplete • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

A brief history of Devonport naval base. Plymouth Naval Base Visitor Centre. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.81(423.5)

The war memorials of the British Empire : volume 40 : the Tower Hill Memorial, Stepney, London Great Britain. Imperial War Graves Commission 1928 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61:940.45

Documents relating to the Civil War 1642-1648 1963 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1642/1648"(42)(093.2)

Sky over Scapa 1939-1945 Lamb, Gregor 1991 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.544.3

Royal dockyards MacDougall, Philip 1982 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.81(42)

Walking around in South Street : discoveries in New York's old shipping district /Ellen Fletcher Rosebrock. Rosebrock, Ellen Fletcher 1974. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069(26:747)

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"

HMS Invincible : anti-submarine cruiser Great Britain. Royal Navy 1980 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.822.34

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)

Discovery & seapower 1450-1700 National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) 1988. • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available.

WRNS : The Women's Royal Naval Service /Neil R. Storey "From cooks and clerks to weapons analysts and air mechanics, generations of women have served in the Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service or WRNS). The Royal Navy was the first of the UK armed services to admit women during the First World War with the purpose of freeing up a man to go to sea by giving his job to a trained female worker. Disbanded in 1919, the Wrens were reinstated on the outbreak of the Second World War. This book focuses on the work and experiences of Wrens during the two world wars, introducing the kinds of jobs they performed and the places where they served. It contains poignant accounts from the women themselves, along with contemporary images of the Wrens in action and modern photographs of their uniforms, badges and insignia."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359-055.2

British destroyers A-I and Tribal classes / text by Les Brown ; plans and colour artwork by George Richardson. "This is the latest in a series that provides ship modellers with all they need to know about a famous class or type of warship and associated model kits. This volume covers the inter-war destroyers of the Royal Navy, from the post World War I prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade, through the nine basically similar but incrementally improved classes, to the radically different and far more powerful 'Tribal' class design of1936. Forming the backbone of the British and Canadian flotillas, these ships include some of the most famous names in destroyer history - Cossack, Glowworm, Hardy, Ardent and Acasta, to name only a few. With its unparalleled level of visual information - paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs - it is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build one of these dashing little ships."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.820154

Front-line and experimental flying with the Fleet Air Arm : "purely by chance" /G.R. (Geoff) Higgs. Memoir by Geoff Higgs, who served in the Royal Navy for more than 30 years as a pilot, first in carrier squadrons and later of experimental aircraft. Higgs describes his initial experiences of training and service during the latter part of the Second World War, then post-war in the Fleet Air Arm, including a stint as a flight instructor, before training as a test pilot. The book particularly emphasises this latter part of Higgs's career, during which he flew nearly one hundred types of aircraft. Includes 24 pages of black and white plates. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HIGGS

Command at sea / James Stavridis, Robert Girrier. "First published in 1943, this book has long been the key resource for U.S. Navy officers preparing for command at sea. This sixth edition reflects the sweeping changes that have occurred over the past decade in the mechanics of how command at sea is executed and the context in which commanding officers work. Among these changes are the adoption of a new maritime strategy that identifies maritime security and humanitarian assistance as core competencies, a post 9/11 environment in which maritime intercept operations and irregular warfare are key, the rise of piracy, increasing joint and combined operations, the growing capacity to share information, and the modernization of the fleet. An expanded discussion of the submarine-related aspects of command is also included."--Publisher's description. c2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.3/3041

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"

US naval aviation 1898-1945 : the pioneering years to the Second World War, rare photographs from naval archives /Leo Marriott. "The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 sank or crippled almost all of the battleships belonging to the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, but the fleet's aircraft carriers survived to demonstrate that naval aviation was now the dominant factor in the struggle at sea, turning the tide of the Pacific War. That the US Navy had the necessary ships, aircraft and crews was the result of pioneering, far-sighted decisions made in the pre-war years. Before the First World War the navy had recognised the potential of aircraft at sea, and it went on to develop the techniques and equipment that contributed so much to the defeat of the Japanese. This is the fascinating story Leo Marriott tells in this photographic history. In a selection of over 200 rare photographs he traces the growth of US naval aviation from the flimsy seaplanes of the first years of the twentieth century to the mighty armadas that challenged those of the Japanese and, after the carrier battles at Coral Sea and Midway, led the advance across the Pacific. Key aspects of the history are the navy?s first aircraft carriers of the 1920s and the tremendous progress made in the decades between the wars in tactics and strategy as well as in the design of ships and aircraft."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.00973

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