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The dockyards, shipyards and marine of France / by P. Barry. Barry, P.-(Patrick), 1864. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.81(44)"18"

HM Naval Base Clyde / Keith Hall. "The Faslane Bay, originally used as a military port in the Second World War, has played host to submarines since 1957, when HMS Adamant, the depot ship of the 3rd Submarine Squadron, first anchored there. Over the years, and particularly once the Clyde submarine base was officially commissioned in 1967, the site has seen periods of rapid expansion to accomodate the growing sophistication of the squadron submarines and the increasing number of hulls utilising the base's facilities. This book traces the development of the base in unsurpassed pictorial detail, from its initial use by the army to October 1996, when the sie was formally designated HM Naval Base Clyde, and onwards through the redevelopments of the twenty-first century."--BACK COVER. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.81(414.1)

Portsmouth dockyard papers, 1852-1869 : from wood to iron : a calendar /compiled by C.I. Hamilton. Hamilton, C. I. 2005. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 942.27(093.2)

HMS Pickle : the swiftest ship in Nelson's Trafalgar fleet /Peter Hore ; foreword by Andrew Lambert. "The smallest ship in Nelson's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar was the curiously-named HMS Pickle. The ship was a topsail schooner and, though deemed too small to take park in the fighting it distinguished itself as the ship to bring Captain John Lapenotiere with the news of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar and his death. The schooner set off on October 26th and took 9 days to reach Britain after facing a gale off Cape Finisterre. After the Pickle anchored in Flamouth Bay on November 4th Lapenotiere started his journey to London (a trip that usually took a week was covered in 37 hours with 19 horse changes). [Author] Peter Hore describes the ship's beginnings as a civilian vessel called Sting, through conversion with 10 guns and its role with Admiral Cornwall's Inshore Squadron for French reconnaissance in 1803. HMS Pickle was also involved in the rescue for the crew of HMS Magnificent in 1804 and further reconnaissance missions. This full history details other colourful episodes including a single-ship action against the French privateer Favorite in 1807. Pickle was wrecked in July 1808 when she was grounded as she entered Cadiz harbour but without loss of life. The Pickle's journey is commemorated by Royal Navy Warrant Officers on November 5th."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.826PICKLE

British and Commonwealth warship camouflage of WW II : destroyers, frigates, sloops, escorts, minesweepers, coastal warfare craft, submarines & auxiliaries /Malcolm George Wright. "During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both the vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by applying more obtrusive patters. In this new book by maritime artist Mal Wright both the official and unofficial paint schemes that adorned ships of the Royal Navy and Commonwealth are depicted in detail, along with discussion on changes of armament and electronics that effected the outward appearance of each ship. Starting with destroyers from WW1 still in service during WW2, the book progressively covers ships below cruisers, class by class, to provide a detailed and easy-to-use guide to paint schemes in use. In some cases individual ships are shown in the several schemes they wore thus providing a source that covers various periods of service. With 740 full colour illustrations, all of named vessels, this book concentrates information into a single volume to provide a one-stop reference source, and, for the first time in a single volume, it covers not just the well-known ships, but also escort vessels, minesweepers, trawlers, coastal craft and auxiliaries in sequential format. Many schemes would be difficult for the reader to have found other than with the most intensive research so that historians, collectors, modelmakers and wargamers will find this unique reference source absolutely invaluable."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.773(941-44)"1939/1945"

The windfall battleships : Agincourt, Canada, Erin, Eagle and the Balkan & Latin-American arms races /Aidan Dodson "This book explores for the first time the full story of how two Turkish and two Chilean battleships became British capital ships after the outbreak of the First World War. Under construction by the shipbuilding giants of Armstrong and Vickers in August 1914, Sultan Osman I, Resadiye, Almirante Latorre and Almirante Cochrane became HM Ships Agincourt, Erin, Canada and Eagle. The first three served with the Grand Fleet, fighting at Jutland, while the last was transformed into a pioneering aircraft carrier, which would serve with distinction until sunk while escorting a convoy to Malta in 1942. Almirante Latorre was returned to Chile after the war, for a second career and when finally towed away for scrap in 1959, she was the penultimate survivor of Jutland. The book begins with an overview of the warships under construction around Europe for foreign customers in August 1914, and how the four ships featured were acquired by the Royal Navy. It then looks at them as manifestations of the international rivalries which directed much of the national budgets of impecunious South American and Balkan states towards armaments. Focus then switches to the three battleships in British service, and the fourth ship, never finished as a battleship, which played suck a crucial role in the development of British carrier aviation. Finally, it traces the stories of the battleships of the Latin-American naval race from the 1920s down to the 1950s. The stories and back-stories of Agincourt, Erin, Canada and Eagle embrace almost the whole of the twentieth-century battleship era, and they take us down the byways of the naval export trade, of international naval power, ranging from the Pacific to the Black Sea, and from the line of battle to mutiny and revolution."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.8352

The Walker expedition to Quebec 1711 Walker, Hovenden, Sir 1953 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Walker

Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, commander RN, 1775-1814 Gardner, James Anthony 1906 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Gardner

Letters and papers relating to the war with France 1512-1513 1897 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1512/1513"

Rosyth : the building of a Royal Naval dockyard : 1903-1922 : including the people involved and related Naval activities /by Robert B. Hunter. Hunter, Robert B. 2005. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.81(413.3)

The two hundredth anniversary of the Halifax dockyard / by P. H. Watson. Watson, P H 1959. • • 2 copies available. 355.49"1759/1760"(714)

William Scamp (1801-1872) : an architect of the British Admiralty in Malta /Conrad Thake. Thake, Conrad, 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 72SCAMP

The historic dockyard, Chatham : where legends were created ; guide book. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. 2000. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.81(422.3)

Index to Admiralty notices to mariners : 1984 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83(083.83)

Malacca Strait and west coast of Sumatera pilot : Malacca Strait and its northern approaches, Singapore Strait, the west coast of Sumatera, and including Cocos Islands Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1987 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Norway pilot : volume 3a: offshore and coastal waters of Norway from Risvaerfjorden to the north part of Vesteralen Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1982 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Norway pilot : vol 3 comprising the north-western and northern coasts of Norway from Halten and Trondheimsleia to Jakobselv Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy pilot : south-east coast of Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy including Sable Island and outlying banks Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1971 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

West coast of India pilot : Maldives, Lakshadweep, Sir Lanka, with Palk Bay; the west coast of India, the coast of Pakistan Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1986 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Bay of Bengal pilot : the east coast of India north of Point Calimere, the coast of Bangladesh, the coast of Burma etc Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1978 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Mediterranean pilot : volume III : the Ionian Sea bordering the western coast of Greece, including Patraikos Kolpos and Korinthiakos Kolpos, and the Adriatic Sea Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1988 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

St Lawrence pilot : Gulf and River St Lawrence, east coast of Cape Breton Island, Cabot Strait and Strait of Canso Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1987 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

North Sea (west) pilot : east coasts of Scotland and England, from Rattray Head to Orford Ness Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1973 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Star identification tables giving simultaneous values of declination and hour angle for values of latitude, altitude, and azimuth United States. Navy Department. Hydrographic Office 1939 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 524.3(083.4)

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