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The Channel pilot : part 3 comprising the northern coast of France from Cap de la Hague to the frontier of Belgium Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1928 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Admiralty manual of seamanship : November 2009 edition /The Defence Council. Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy) 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656.61.052

Effect of the gun fire on the United States vessels in the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898) Ellicott, John M 1899 • • 1 copy available. 355.49"1898"(46:73)

Scheme of prices for shipwrights (general) work H.M. Dockyards at home Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. Navy Department 1966 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 331.231:629.12

World War II histories and historical reports in the US Naval History Division : partial checklist United States. Department of the Navy. Operational Archives. Naval History Division 1973 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(73):016

Der Tag : formation of British Grand Fleet escorting German High Sea Fleet into Firth of Forth after surrendering to Admiral Sir David Beatty, November 21st, 1918 Great Britain. Royal Navy 1918 • POSTER • 1 copy available. 940.458

The naval monitor : containing many useful hints for both the public and the private conduct of young gentlemen in, or entering, that profession ... Officer in the Navy 1815 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.133.4(42)"18"

Catalogue of Admiralty charts and hydrographic publications : home edition covering the coasts of the British Isles and part of the coast of north-west Europe Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1971 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 912.43:017.4

North Sea (west) pilot : east coasts of Scotland and England from Rattray Head to Southwold / Great Britain. Hydrographic Department. 1995. Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Australia pilot : vol 1 south coast of Australia from Cape Leeuwin to Green Point / Great Britain. Hydrographic Department. 1992. Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1992 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Seapower at the millenium : 12-14 January 2000, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.02"2000"

Mediterranean pilot : volume IV : Aegean Sea and approaches with adjacent coasts of Greece and Turkey 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 Southwold / Great Britain. Hydrographic Department. 2000. Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 2000 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

The Black Sea pilot : comprising the Dardanelles, Marmara Denizi, the Bosporus, Black Sea, and Sea of Azov Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

West Indies pilot : vol 2 comprising Mona passage, the Leeward and Windward Islands, from Puerto Rico to Grenada inclusive Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

British and allied submarine operations in World War 2 Hezlet, Arthur 2001 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.545.1

Ashore and Afloat • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Navies in the 21st century / Conrad Waters "What is the purpose of navies in the modern world, and what types of warship does this require? This book tackles these questions by looking at naval developments, both technological and operational, in the quarter century since the end of the Cold War. It provides the overall political and economic context, assesses significant naval operations from the first Gulf War to Russia's annexation of Crimea, reviews changes in the objectives and composition of the principal fleets, describes major design developments amongst the main warship types, and examines wider technological and operational developments, including naval aviation, shipbuilding and manning. It follows the successful approach and format of Seaforth's annual World Naval Review, with individual sections by internationally acknowledged experts, and is heavily illustrated in a similar style. As a succinct, single-volume overview of how contemporary navies have evolved to meet today's challenges it is unrivalled, and will prove invaluable to defence professionals and interested enthusiasts alike."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(100)

Erich Raeder : Admiral of the Third Reich /Keith W. Bird "Erich Raeder led the German navy from 1928 to 1943, a period that included the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and World War II. Yet until now, no full-length biography has been written about this extraordinary naval figure. While most historians have viewed Raeder as a product of the Wilhelmian era and heir to Admiral von Tirpitz's sea power ideology, this work clearly demonstrates Raeder's affinity with Hitler's fascism. Keith Bird refutes Admiral Raeder's own argument that his navy was nonpolitical and independent; Bird shows him to be a political activist and the architect of German naval policy. Drawing on archival resources and the rich scholarship of German naval history over the past five decades, Bird examines the evolution of Raeder's concept of naval strategy and his attempts to achieve the political and military means necessary to attain the navy's global naval ambitions. He describes the admiral as ultimately being defeated by the contradictions in his own policies as well as Hitler's and by the realities of Germany's resources and military necessities. Here for the first time, Raeder's strict leadership of the navy after 1928 and his relationship to Hitler and the National Socialist state are placed in the context of Raeder's formative years as an Imperial naval officer, his World War I combat experience, and his critical role in the survival and development of the postwar Reichsmarine. The impact of Hitler's influence on both the pace and the nature of naval rearmament and the conduct of the Kriegsmarine in war are also examined here, as are Raeder's furtive attempts to influence Germany's strategic thinking in favor of a maritime strategy."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92RAEDER

Oceans ventured : winning the Cold War at sea /John Lehman. "When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapons and manpower in Europe, and had embarked on a massive program to gain naval preeminence. But Reagan already had a plan to end the Cold War without armed conflict. Reagan led a bipartisan Congress to restore American command of the seas by building the navy back to six hundred major ships and fifteen aircraft carriers. He adopted a bold new strategy to deploy the growing fleet to northern waters around the periphery of the Soviet Union and demonstrate that the NATO fleet could sink Soviet submarines, defeat Soviet bomber and missile forces, and strike aggressively deep into the Soviet homeland if the USSR attacked NATO in Central Europe. New technology in radars, sensors, and electronic warfare made ghosts of American submarines and surface fleets. The United States proved that it could effectively operate carriers and aircraft in the ice and storms of Arctic waters, which no other navy had attempted. The Soviets, suffocated by this naval strategy, were forced to bankrupt their economy trying to keep pace. Shortly thereafter the Berlin Wall fell, and the USSR disbanded. In Oceans Ventured, John Lehman reveals for the first time the untold story of the naval operations that played a major role in winning the Cold War"-- 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1947/1991"

British naval trawlers and drifters in two world wars : from the John Lambert collection /edited and introduced by Steve R. Dunn. "John Lambert was a renowned naval draughtsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts. By the time of his death in 2016 he had produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which have never been published. These were acquired by Seaforth and this title is the fourth of a planned series of albums on selected themes, reproducing complete sheets at a large page size, with expert commentary and captioning. Trawlers and drifters served in both world wars in their thousands; and, in their tens of thousands, so did their fishermen crews. Indeed, these humble craft were the most numerous vessel type used by the Royal Navy in both wars, and were the answer to the strategic or tactical conundrums posed by new technology of mines and submarines. In his accompanying text, Steve Dunn examines the ships themselves, their design, construction, arming, operations and development; and he also relates how the trawlermen and skippers, from the age-old fishing ports of Grimsby, Hull, Lowestoft ad Great Yarmouth, Aberdeen and Fleetwood, came to be part of the Royal Navy, and describes the roles they played, the conditions they served under and the bravery they showed. The book takes some 30 large sheets of drawings which John Lambert completed of these vessels and divides into two sections. The first part tells how the fishing fleet came to be an integral part of the Royal Navy's pre-1914 plans and details some of the activities and actions of trawlers and drifters at war in 1914-18. And the second investigates the armed fishing fleet in the struggle of 1939-45. These wonderfully detailed drawings, which are backed by a selection of photographs and a detailed complementary text, offer a superb technical archive for enthusiasts and ship modellers, but the book also tells a fascinating story of the extraordinary contribution the vessels and their crews made to the defeat of Germany in two world wars."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 359.83

British coastal forces : two world wars and after /Norman Friedman. "The Royal Navy invented the fast motor torpedo boat during the First World War, and used it and other small coastal craft to great effect during the Second. This book tells the dramatic story of British coastal forces, both offensive and defensive, in both World Wars and beyond. In the Second World War British coastal forces fought a desperate battle to control the narrow seas, particularly the Channel and the North Sea, and took the war to the coasts of German-occupied Europe, fighting where larger warships could not be risked. They also made a significant contribution to victory in the Mediterranean, but it was primarily warfare in home waters that shaped wartime British Coastal Forces and left lessons for postwar development. In this book, Norman Friedman uniquely connects the technical story of the coastal craft and their weapons and other innovations with the way they fought. In both world wars much of the technology was at the edge of what was feasible at the time. Boats incorporated considerable British innovation and also benefited from important US contributions, particularly in supplying high-powered engines during World War II. In contrast with larger warships, British coastal forces craft were essentially shaped by a few builders, and their part in the story is given full credit. They also built a large number of broadly similar craft for air-sea rescue, and for completeness these are described in an appendix. This fascinating, dramatic story is also relevant to modern naval thinkers concerned with gaining or denying access to hostile shores. The technology has changed but the underlying realities have not. This book includes an extensive account of how coastal forces supported the biggest European example of seizing a defended shore, the Normandy invasion. That was by far the largest single British coastal forces operation, demanding a wide range of innovations to make it possible. Like other books in this series, this one is based very heavily on contemporary official material, much of which has not been used previously ? like the extensive reports of US naval observers, who were allowed wide access to the Royal Navy as early as 1940. Combined with published memoirs, these sources offer a much more complete picture than has previously appeared of how Coastal Forces fought and of the way in which various pressures, both operational and industrial, shaped them."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 359.310941

Wisdom and war : the Royal Naval College Greenwich 1873-1998 /Harry Dickinson. "Opened in 1873, in buildings constructed by Charles II to house retired sailors, the Royal Naval College was founded with the aim of providing officers with 'the highest possible scientific instruction in all branches of study bearing upon their profession'. For more than 125 years it taught officers ranging in rank from Sub Lieutenants to Vice Admiral, providing the technical instruction that equipped a corps of naval architects to build some of the most advanced warships in the world and in later years, trained the Royal Navy's nuclear engineers. Despite the College's undoubted contribution, towards both the education of Royal Navy personnel, and technical research more broadly, this is the first book to address the history of the institution from its Victorian roots to its closure in the aftermath of the cold war. Taking a chronological approach, the book traces the history of the college from its establishment in 1873, a period during which technical training for a steam-powered navy was increasingly vital. It then shows how, during the First World War, academic staff at the College made a vital contribution to the development of naval weapons systems, and its medical school initiated a vaccine production programme that later produced major improvements in the public health of the nation. In the Second World War, damaged by enemy action that set London's docklands ablaze, the College provided the first taste of naval life for more than 27,000 men and women called from civilian life to serve on shore and at sea. Later chapters conclude with an exploration of the College's post-war role, focusing particularly on the establishment in 1959 of the Department of Nuclear Science and Technology (DNST) who ran a nuclear reactor on site until the college was closed in 1998. Both as a history of the Royal Naval College itself, and as an exploration of the Navy's attitude toward research and education, this book provides a fascinating insight into what is arguably one of Britain's most significant educational establishments."--Back cover. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.231.4(421.6)"1873/1998"

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)

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