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Exchange of notes between the Government of the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the USA amending and supplementing the agreement of 27 March 1941, as amended, regarding leased naval air bases on Bermuda 1978 Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons 1979 • GOVTPUB • 1 copy available. 623.81(729.9)

Naval anecdotes: illustrating the character of british seamen, and recording the most impressive examples of their skill, valor, fortitude, and magnaminity, which have occured at various periods, in every quarter of the globe. This is a volume of stories and anecdotes, many relating to Nelson pre and post Trafalgar including a list of presents he received after the Battle of the Nile with valuations. Also includes comments relating to 'Captain Rutherford ? Hero of Trafalgar', 'Characteristics of a Dutch sailor', 'Treatment of British Sailors held prisoner by Spaniards', 'Short hints to those making long voyages' and 'Admiral Blake and Van Tromp'. 1806. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"17/18"(42):094

Dreadnoughts : a photographic history /Roger D. Thomas and Brian Patterson. "The construction of British Dreadnought warships between 1905 and 1920 was an enormous financial and industrial undertaking which involved all the major ship builders in Great Britain and two Royal Naval Dockyards. The speed at which these warships could be built became a matter of national importance as Britain was inexorably drawn into an accelerating naval race with Germany. The massive Dreadnought construction programme had to be mediated through the craft skills and working practices of a wide range of dock and shipyard workers. The leviathans of the sea were built across the country at key ports, including Portsmouth and Devonport. This updated edition encompasses rare and previously unpublished photographs from across Britain, which provide a timely and important insight into this defining period in British naval history."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.3

Britain's war at sea, 1914-1918 : the war they thought and the war they fought /edited by Greg Kennedy. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1914/1918"(42)

Tracing your naval ancestors / Bruno Pappalardo. Pappalardo, Bruno. 2002. • BOOK • 4 copies available. 929.5:359

British Empire uniforms : 1919 to 1939 /Edward Hallett and Michael Skriletz "This book provides a unique insight into the uniforms and equipment used by British Empire forces between the two world wars. Including descriptions of deployments and incidents during the period, it features detailed photographs of individual artefacts as well as accurate uniform reconstructions in full colour. There are detailed descriptions and background information on subjects such as khaki uniforms, webbing, water bottles, communications equipment and so on. The equipment and uniforms portrayed in the book are derived from a broad range of collections, in order to provide comprehensive coverage of the uniforms and other items used by British Empire forces of the period. Covering British deployments in China, India, the North West Frontier and Palestine, this book is an indispensable guide to British Empire forces from the end of the First World War to the eve of the Second World War."--Provided by the publisher 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.14(42)

Letters and papers of Charles, Lord Barham, Admiral of the Red squadron 1758-1813 Middleton, Charles 1907-1911 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 92Middleton

The fear of invasion : strategy, politics, and British war planning, 1880-1914 /David G. Morgan-Owen. "The Fear of Invasion presents a new interpretation of British preparation for War before 1914. It argues that protecting the British Isles from invasion was the foundation upon which all other plans for the defence of the Empire were built up. Home defence determined the amount of resources available for other tasks and the relative focus of the Army and Navy, as both played an important role in preventing an invasion. As politicians were reluctant to prepare for offensive British participation in a future war, home defence became the means by which the government contributed to an ill-defined British 'grand' strategy. The Royal Navy formed the backbone of British defensive preparations. However, after 1905 the Navy came to view the threat of a German invasion of the British Isles as a far more credible threat than is commonly realised. As the Army became more closely associated with operations in France, the Navy thus devoted an ever-greater amount of time and effort to safeguarding the vulnerable east coast. In this manner preventing an invasion came to exert a 'very insidious' effect on the Navy by the outbreak of War in 1914. This book explains how and why this came to pass, and what it can tell us about the role of government in forming strategy."--Provided by publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.41

The hood battalion : Royal Naval division: Antwerp, Gallipoli, France 1914-1918 /Leonard Sellers "The Royal Naval Division, of which the Hood Battalion formed part, was raised at the beginning of the First World War and was made up of officers and men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, stokers of the Royal Fleet Reserve and seamen of the Royal Naval Reserve. Its 'father' was Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty; Mr Asquith, the Prime Minister, christened it 'Winston's Little Army'. It was quite unlike any other formation in that these were soldiers who adhered to all the traditions and the practices of the Royal Navy, or if you like, sailors who went to war as soldiers. The Hood Battalion also attracted numerous officers of the highest calibre, among whom may be mentioned 'Oc' Asquith, the Prime Minister's son, Patrick Shaw-Stewart, said to be the most brilliant young man of his generation, Bernard Freyberg, and, most famous of all, the poet Rupert Brooke, who was to die so tragically in a foreign field. The Hood Battalion saw some of the fiercest fighting of the First World War, particularly at Antwerp, in the Gallipoli Campaign and then again on the Western Front at the Ancre, at Gavrelle, and at Passchendaele. Len Sellers, whose interest in the Hood Battalion was first aroused when he discovered that his great-uncle had served with them, lets the participants tell their own story, having expended prodigious labour in unearthing the many first-hand accounts of the Hood's exploits included in this book. It is indeed a tale told by heroes."--Provided by the publisher. 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.459(493)

Tribals, battles & darings : the genesis of the modern destroyer /Alexander Clarke. "The ships that dominate so much of the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War are more often than not the carriers or battleships - Ark Royal, Warspite, Hood - and rarely do ships smaller than cruisers move centre stage. Apart fhat is from one class, the 'Tribal' class destroyers, heroes of the Altmark incident, of the second battle of Narvik, and countless actions across all theatres of operation. Yet there has been surprisingly little written about the origin of these ships, still less about their wartime successors, the 'Battle' class, or their postwar incarnations, the Daring class. Thie book rectifies this by describing the three classes, each designed under different circumstances along destroyer lines but to general-purpose light cruiser form, from the interwar period throuhg to the 1950s, and the author explains the procurement process for each class in the context of the needs and technology of the times. Taken together these classes represent the genesis of the modern general-purpose destroyer, breaking from the torpedo boat destroyer concept into a self-reliant, multi-purpose combatant, capable fo stepping up to the cruiser's traditional peacetime patrol missions whilst also fulfilling the picket and fighting duties of the wartime light cruiser or heavy destroyer. This is the first work to analyse these three classes side by side, to examine their conception, their creation and their operational stories, many heroic, and provide an insight into ship design, operation and culture; and in doing so the book aims to contribute a better understanding of one of the most signidicant periods in the Royal Navy's history. In its clear description of the genesis of the modern destroyer, this book will give the reader a clearer picture of its future developments as well."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.32540941

British 'town' class cruisers : design, development & performance :Southampton & Belfast classes /Conrad Waters. "Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British "Town" class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when World War II began. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the U.S. and Japanese navies and primarily designed for the defense of trade, they saw arduous service in a wide range of roles, playing a decisive part in victories such as the Battle of the Barents Sea and the destruction of the German Navy's Scharnhorst at the North Cape. The cost was heavy: four of the ships were lost and the other six all survived heavy damage, in some cases on more than one occasion. In this major study, Conrad Waters makes extensive use of archive material to provide a technical evaluation of the "Town" class design and its subsequent performance. He outlines the class's origins in the context of interwar cruiser policy, explains the design and construction process, and describes the characteristics of the resulting ships and how these were adopted in the light of wartime developments. Heavily illustrated with contemporary photographs and drawings by A. D. Baker III, John Jordan, and George Richardson, British Town Class Cruisers provides a definitive reference to one of the Royal Navy's most important World War II warship designs."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.825/30941

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

A Precarious existence : British submariners in World War One /Richard McKay "When the Royal Navy Submarine Service set off to war in August 1914, few had any indication of the impact that submarines would have. Very little attention has been paid to the lives of the submariners who achieved such successes at the cost of a third of their number. This book tells the social history of those in the Submarine Service during World War One: it examines why men became submariners; it tells of the paucity of the training and the monotony of patrols; it highlights the acute lack of rescue procedures and the development of the justifiable belief among submariners that they were elite. Who could become a submariner? What were living conditions like aboard a submarine? What did they eat? What happened if a man fell ill whilst at sea? This valuable book provides answers to these questions and many more besides."--Provided by the publisher. 2003. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.827(42)"1915/1918"

The Harwich Striking Force : the Royal Navy's Front Line in the North Sea 1914-1918 /Steve R Dunn. "'The Harwich Force has made its name and will not be forgotten during the future annals of history'; so said Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt on Armistice Day 1918. But that fame has not endured. Yet for the whole duration of the First World War, the Harwich Striking Force was the front line of the Royal Navy, a force of cruisers and destroyers defending the seas for the Allies. Under a charismatic and aggressive leader, Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, U-boats, German cruisers, destroyers and light craft all met their ends at the hands of the Force, as did enemy seaplanes and Zeppelin airships. The Harwich ships were at sea almost daily throughout the war, haunting the German coast and the Frisian Islands, pioneering aerial attack from the sea, developing naval carrier aviation and combined air/sea operations, and hunting for enemy submarines and minelayers in the North Sea. The Harwich Force also took part in major naval battles alongside the Grand Fleet?s battlecruisers, and protected merchant ships operating in the dangerous waters around Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and Britain. The author also assesses the role played by the other Royal Navy formations at Harwich: submarines, auxiliary minesweeping and patrol vessels, the Felixstowe seaplane base and the town itself. And when the war was finally won, the Force gained further fame when the entirety of the German U-boat fleet surrendered there."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.45941

Supplements nos 4-6 relating to the Pacific Islands pilot vol 3 (8th ed, 1957) Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1965-1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

North Sea (east) pilot : supplement no 1 corrected to 8th May 1978 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1978 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Norway pilot : vol 2b: west coast of Norway from Stattlandet to Risvaerfjorden Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1979 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Japan pilot : volume 3: Seto Naikai (the Inland Sea of Japan) Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1981 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Admiralty manual of hydrographic surveying : volume 2 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1969 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.47(083.13)

Naval court-martial manual : change no 2 /Ministry of Defence, Naval Lay Division. Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy) 1970. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.992

Naval court-martial manual : change no 3 /Ministry of Defence, Naval Lay Division. Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy) 1971. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.992

Seventh report, 1807 Great Britain. Commissioners for Revising and Digesting the Civil Affairs of His Majesty's Navy 1809 • • 1 copy available. 355.51(42)"1807":359.6

Operations maritimes de la guerre russo-japonaise : historique officiel ... : premier partie Rouvier, Henri (tr) 1910 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1904/1905"(5-012)

The 1931 international code of signals : American edition : volume 1 United States. Navy Department. Hydrographic Office 1937 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.72(100)"1937"GRE

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