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The Pollen papers : the privately circulated printed works of Arthur Hungerford Pollen, 1901-1916 Pollen, Arthur Hungerford 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Pollen
The Sergison papers Sergison, Charles 1950 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Sergison
Samuel Pepys's naval minutes Pepys, Samuel, 1926 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Pepys
The health of seamen Lind, James 1965 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 613.68"17/18"
Pattee Byng's journal 1718-1720 Byng, Pattee 1950 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Byng
Piracy in the Levant 1827-8 Codrington, Edward, Sir 1934 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 341.362.1(5-011)"1827"
British warships and auxiliaries / [Steve Bush]. Bush, Steve. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"2008/2009"
Hitler's u-boat bases Mallmann-Showell, Jak P 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.827.3(43)
British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 Great Britain. Royal Navy 1979 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(42)"1914/1918"
The Times history of the war : volume 1 1914 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.3"1914"
Phillip Parker King 1791-1856 : a most admirable Australian /Brian Douglas Abbott. "The life of Phillip Parker King was inextricably linked with the establishment of the colony of New South Wales. His father, Philip Gidley King, sailed to Botany Bay on HMS Sirius as Governor Phillip's second in command in 1787, and Lt. King was given the responsibility of establishing the penal settlement on Norfolk Island. King was born on Norfolk Island in 1791. He entered the Royal Navy in 1807 and served in the Napoleonic Wars. His maritime exploration and survey work around Australia 1817-1822 has been well documented, and is also covered in this book." -- Provided by publisher. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 359.0092
The seaman's catechism and instructor in gunnery : rifle, cutlass, bayonet, & pistol exercise; the Snider rifle drill; the mariner's compass; hand, deep sea, lead and log lines; stowage of holds and stores, etc., etc. [200-?] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.4(035)
Depth charge : mines, depth charges and underwater weapons, 1914-1945 /Chris Henry. "The history of weapons and warfare is usually written from the point of view of the battles fought and the tactics used. In naval warfare, in particular, the story of how these weapons were invented, designed and supplied is seldom told. Chris Henry, in this pioneering study, sets the record straight. He describes how, to counter the extraordinary threat posed by the U-boats in the world wars, the Royal Navy responded with weapons that kept open the vital supply routes of the Atlantic Ocean. He also celebrates the remarkable achievements of the engineers and inventors whose inspired work was essential to Britain's survival."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545941
HMS Endurance ice patrol ship Great Britain. Royal Navy 1981 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.82Endurance
Hmas Australia. Royal Australian Navy 1942 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(94)
The complete Scrimgeour : from Dartmouth to Jutland, 1913-16 /compiled by Richard Hallam, Mark Benyon. "'Rape, Ravage and Rant are the German watchwords in this war. Right, Revenge & Retrenchment shall be ours.' Alexander Scrimgeour, 17th September 1914. Most published war diaries have been written by soldiers but Alexander Scrimgeour was a naval officer who was killed at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 at the age of 19. But he had already left a legacy - his diaries in which he recounted every event with sincerity, risking court martial to record several notorious incidents. Among his revelations, Scrimgeour discloses the real reason behind the sinking of the HMS Hawke, the events preceding the capture of the infamous Baron Von, and what he learned from dining with his Naval Commanders as the ship's interpreter. He also chronicles his numerous love affairs and his anguish at the loss of close friends killed during the war. Now publishing in paperback for the first time, and updated with new material on his life before the First World War, this new edition includes much previously unseen material, chronicling Scrimgeour's life prior to joining the navy."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SCRIMGEOUR
The British naval staff in the First World War / Nicholas Black. Black, Nicholas 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)"1914/1919"
British dreadnought vs German dreadnought : Jutland, 1916 /Mark Stille. Stille, Mark. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.456(489)
The genesis of rebellion : governance, grievance, and mutiny in the Age of Sail /Steven Pfaff, Michael Hechter "The Age of Sail has long fascinated readers, writers, and the general public. Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jack London, et al treated ships at sea as microcosms; Petri dishes in which larger themes of authority, conflict and order emerge. In this fascinating book, Pfaff and Hechter explore mutiny as a manifestation of collective action and contentious politics. The authors use narrative evidence and statistical analysis to trace the processes by which governance failed, social order decayed, and seamen mobilized."-- 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 364.1/31
Brave faces / Mary Arden. Written under a pseudonym, this autobiography recounts the author's experiences, first as a Red Cross nurse and later as a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), during the latter half of the Second World War, after joining the war effort aged just 17. The book, written in a narrative style, includes detailed descriptions of the author's service as a night vision tester, training pilots at a number of naval air stations throughout the UK. [2015]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ARDEN
British aircraft carriers : design, development and service histories /by David Hobbs. "This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each class, with full technical details, and there are extensive summaries of every ship's career. Apart from the obvious large-deck carriers, the book also includes seaplane carriers, escort carriers and MAC ships, the maintenance ships built on carrier hulls, unbuilt projects, and the modern LPH. It concludes with a look at the future of naval aviation, while numerous appendices summarise related subjects like naval aircraft, recognition markings and the circumstances surrounding the loss of every British carrier. As befits such an important reference work, it is heavily illustrated with a magnificent gallery of photos and plans, including the first publication of original plans in full colour, one on a magnificent gatefold. Written by the leading historian of British carrier aviation, himself a retired Fleet Air Arm pilot, it displays the authority of a lifetime's research combined with a practical understanding of the issues surrounding the design and operation of aircraft carriers. As such British Aircraft Carriers is certain to become the standard work on the subject."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.822.74
Suppressing piracy in the early eighteenth century : pirates, merchants and British imperial authority in the Atlantic and Indian oceans /David Wilson. "This book charts the surge and decline in piracy in the early eighteenth century (the so-called 'Golden Age' of piracy), exploring the ways in which pirates encountered, obstructed, and antagonised the diverse participants of the British empire in the Caribbean, North America, Africa, and the Indian Ocean. The book's primary focus is on how anti-piracy campaigns were constructed as a result of the negotiations, conflicts, and individual undertakings of different imperial actors operating in the commercial and imperial hub of London; maritime communities throughout the British Atlantic; trading outposts in West Africa and India; and marginal and contested zones such as the Bahamas,Madagascar, and the Bay Islands. It argues that Britain and its empire was not a strong centralised imperial state; that the British imperial administration and the Royal Navy did not have the resources to mount a state-led, empire-wide war against piracy following the sharp increase in piratical attacks after 1716; and that it was only through manifold activities taking place in different colonial centres with varied colonial arrangements, economic strengths, and access to resources for maritime defence - which was often shaped by competing and contradictory interests - that Atlantic piracy was gradually discouraged, although not eradicated, by the mid-1720s."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 909.0971241
Churchill and sea power / Christopher M. Bell. This book is the first major study of Winston Churchill's record as a naval strategist and his impact as the most prominent guardian of Britain's sea power in the modern era. The book debunks many popular and well-entrenched myths surrounding controversial episodes in both World Wars, including the Dardanelles disaster, the Norwegian Campaign, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the devastating loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse in 1941. It shows that many common criticisms of Churchill have been exaggerated, but also that some of his mistakes have been largely overlooked. The book also examines Churchill's evolution as a maritime strategist over the course of his career, and documents his critical part in managing Britain's naval decline during the first half of the twentieth century. Churchill's genuine affection for the Royal Navy has often distracted attention from the fact that his views on sea power were pragmatic and unsentimental. For, as Christopher M. Bell shows, in a period dominated by declining resources, global threats, and rapid technologicalchange, it was increasingly air rather than sea power that Churchill looked to as the foundation of Britain's security. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92CHURCHILL
The Cunningham papers : selections from the private correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, OM, KT, GCB, DSO and two bars. Volume 1 : The Mediterranean fleet, 1939-1942 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Cunningham