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How the battleship Maine was destroyed Rickover, H G 1976 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Maine

The Spanish-American War : blockades and coast defense Nunez, Severo Gomez 1899 • • 1 copy available. 355.49"1898"(46:73)

Editing naval documents : an historical appreciation Naval History Symposium (6 : 1983 : Annapolis) 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"17/18"(73):930.2

Tactical orders Germany. Navy 1920 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.461(43)"1918"

Ninth report, 1807 Great Britain. Commissioners for Revising and Digesting the Civil Affairs of His Majesty's Navy 1809 • • 1 copy available. 355.69(42)"1794/1807"

General instructions for hydrographic surveyors : supplements nos 1, 3 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1971-1973 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 528.47(083.131)

Tidal stream atlas and co-tidal charts : Thames estuary Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1977 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 551.465

Monthly current charts for the Indian Ocean Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1895 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 551.465.5

General instructions and port orders, Portsmouth station Great Britain. Royal Navy. Portsmouth Station 1857 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353.1(422.7)"1857":355.51

The charge against Thomas Mathews Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Mathews : 1746 1746 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:344.4"1746"

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)

The glory of Zeebrugge and the "Vindictive" : with the official narratives of the operations at Zeebrugge and Ostend /by Keble Howard. Howard, Keble 1918. • • 2 copies available. 940.458(493.3)

The art of naval portraiture / Katherine Gazzard "From privileged officers to working-class sailors, the representation of naval personnel has been a significant branch of British art for over 500 years. The Art of Naval Portraiture unpacks the complex hisory of the genre through key examples in the National Maritime Museum's collection. It charts the historical evolution of the Royal Navy's image and explores the meaning of common naval symbols, from anchors, cannons and swords to uniforms, medals and badges. The book also tells the stories of artists, sitters, and collectors and of the places where portraits were made and displayed, including private homes, public exhibitions and ultimately the Museum itself."--Provided by the publisher. 2024. • BOOK • 2 copies available.

British destroyers : from earliest days to the Second World War /Norman Friedman ; ship plans by A D Baker III ; with additional drawings by Alan Raven. Friedman, Norman, 2009. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.823.1(42)".../1945"

The Nelson companion / edited by Colin White. There are few figures in British history more famous and more influential than Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, KB. This book offers a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the Nelson story. It is complemented by a gazetteer and chronology, together with over 100 illustrations and eight pages of colour plates. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON

Sea wolves : the extraordinary story of Britain's WW2 submarines /Tim Clayton. Sea Wolves is the story of the crews who bravely manned British submarines in the Second World War. This small band of highly trained and highly skilled individuals fought in the front line for six long years, undertaking some of the most dangerous missions of the war. Britain's Sea Wolves operated close to shore in mined waters, attacking warships and heavily guarded convoys. But in the course of these vital operations, the submariners suffered devastating casualties.This is the vivid, thrilling story of the survivors and their promising young comrades who fought with such courage, in the face of the sickening terror of depth-charge attacks and the cold fear of having to escape from a sunken submarine filled with the bodies of close friends. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.1(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"

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)

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)

Exchange of notes between the Government of the United Kingdom ... and the Government of the United States of America concerning a limited United States naval communications facility on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, London, 24 October 1972 Great Britain. Parliament 1972 • GOVTPUB • 1 copy available. 623.81(267:73)

The royal dockyards National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) [n.d.] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.81

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