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Admiralty manual of seamanship : vol 4 Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy) 1966 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656.61.052
Report : together with appendix Great Britain. Committee to Consider How His Majesty's Navy may be Better Supplied with Timber 1771 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1771"
Tidal stream atlas : The west country Flamouth to Teignmouth Great Britain.-Admiralty 2003 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 551.466
Twelfth 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":359.5
The Solent and adjacent waters pocket tidal stream atlas Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1962 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 551.465(261.2)
Tidal stream atlas : Orkney and Shetland Islands / Great Britain. Admiralty. 1986. Great Britain.-Admiralty 1986 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 551.466
Tenth report, 1807 Great Britain. Commissioners for Revising and Digesting the Civil Affairs of His Majesty's Navy 1809 • • 1 copy available. 355.655(42)"17"
Index to Admiralty notices to mariners 1976 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1977 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83(083.83)
Prospects for maritime aviation in the twenty first century Australia. Royal Australian Navy 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.7(94)"20"
The Dress of the British sailor / compiled by Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens. Dickens, Gerald,-Sir, 1977 • PAMPHLET • 4 copies available. 355.14(42)
"Dann sprang er èuber Bord" : Alltagspsychologie und psychische Erkrankung an Bord britischer Schiffe im 19. Jahrhundert /Karl-Heinz Reger. "Our fascination with big sailing ships is unbroken. In the extensive social-historical literature of naval history the question of how everyday life on board was psychologically experienced is totally uncharted, so is the description of psychological diseases. On the contrary, it must be assumed that a variety of psychological disorders occurred among the mostly young crew members of the sometimes completely closed system 'ship'. The ship was 'world' for the men on board. Karl-Heinz Reger systematically examines the medical journals of the Royal Navy from the time between 1830 and 1880. Due to the double access of the psychiatrist and the historian a large number of phenomena are illustrated. After studying everyday life on board from a psychological point of view the author shows the various disorders including the phenomena of drowning and suicide. All illnesses known in modern neuro-psychiatry are to be found. Not only are 120 cases with exemplary transcriptions of the stylistically excellent English original text presented, but also all therapeutical efforts are described and the complete list of all medicines (including annotations) used on board is given. A psychoanalytical interpretation of the psychological strain and its techniques of compensation forms the final chapter."--Provided by the publisher. c2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt
British and Commonwealth warship camouflage of WWII : volume III :cruisers, minelayers and armed merchant cruisers /Malcolm Wright "During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage, applied to both the vertical and horizontal surfaces of their ships, in order to reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by applying obtrusive patters. In this volume by maritime artist Mal Wright, all the paint schemes that adorned the cruisers, minelayers and armed merchant cruisers 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. Beginning with the older cruisers, the book goes on to cover all the other cruiser classes taking in heavy cruisers, prewar cruisers, prewar and wartime cruisers; a large part also covers minelayers and armed merchant vessels (AMCs). Where possible both sides of the ship are depicted. With 800 full colour illustrations, arranged by ship type rather than camouflage scheme, this book concentrates the clearest possible information into a single volume to provide a one-stop reference source. Many schemes would be difficult for any reader to unearth other than with the most intensive research, so this work is an invaluable tool for historians, collectors, modelmakers and wargamers."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.773(941-44)"1939/1945"
Ark Royal : the life, death and rediscovery of the legendary Second World War aircraft carrier /Mike Rossiter. "HMS Ark Royal is one of the Royal Navy's most iconic ships. When she was launched in 1938 she was one of the most sophisticated weapons at the disposal of British military command. The aircraft carrier was the latest, and soon to be one of the most feared, developments in naval warfare. In her first two years of operation the Ark Royal survived countless attacks, and was considered one of the luckiest ships in the Navy. But her air of invincibility was to prove wishful thinking. Within one month of sinking the Bismarck, the Ark Royal too was destroyed while sailing off the coast of Gibraltar. And there she has rested, one kilometre below the surface of the Mediterranean, until her wreck was discovered by Mike Rossiter in 2004. In gripping detail, and using the testimony of survivors of the sinking and men who lived, flew and fought on the Ark Royal, Mike Rossiter tells the remarkable story of the life and legend of this most iconic of ships. Also, and for the first time, he reveals the story of the quest to discover the wreck of this naval legend."--Provided by the publisher. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82ARK ROYAL
The arming and fitting of English ships of war : 1600-1815 /Brian Lavery "The Royal Navy armed and fitted out literally thousands of wooden warships between 1600 and 1815, and virtually every item of process was the subject of alteration and improvment during this period. For the first time, in this book the precise details of these developments are set out, wherever possible with exact information on sizes and scantlings based on reliable contemporary sources. This makes the book an indispensable guide to all historical ship modellers, but also provides a wider analysis of technological developlment which wil be of great value to maritime historians and industrial archaeologists."--Back cover 1987 • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 623.94(42)"16/18"
Taranto 1940 : The Fleet Air Arm's precursor to Pearl Harbor /Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Peter Dennis. "The Royal Navy's attack on Taranto in 1940 heralded a new age of warfare. It was the decisive moment in a struggle for dominance of the Mediterranean that had gone on for months, as the British and Italian navies both looked to secure maritime supply routes for their colonies. With the enormous demands of a global war beginning to tell, the British capital ships were simply too thinly spread for a large fleet action against Taranto, where the bulk of the Italian fleet lay menacingly. How was the Royal Navy to eliminate the threat of the Regia Marina? This is the story of one of World War II's most devastating raids, recounting how a handful of obsolete Fairey Swordfish biplanes swooped in and destroyed an Italian battleship and badly damaged two more. With expert analysis, detailed colour illustrations and a gripping narrative, this book explains the origins of the attack, its planning and execution, and what happened in the aftermath."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.544(42:45)
Beyond the sea : a Wren at war /Christian Lamb. "Love, duty and true-life adventure in the shadow of the Second World War. Christian Lamb is one of the last surviving Wren Officers to have served her country throughout the whole of WW2. Having joined the Women's Royal Naval Service at nineteen, she quickly rose through the ranks, serving at a degaussing range before being posted to Operations and Radar in Belfast. There she joined the team tracking the movements of the Royal Navy and the dreaded Kriegsmarine in the Battle of the Atlantic, the biggest sea battle of the war. Plotting the progress of the Royal Navy's ships became an intensely personal mission for Christian when her fiance John's ship HMS Oribi was surrounded by a U Boat 'wolf pack'. Though her colleagues tried to persuade her to cut short her shift, Christian insisted on remaining at her post to mark Oribi's progress as the terrifying attack unfolded. Thankfully, HMS Oribi and John made it to shore. Newly married, Christian was next posted to a vital role back in London COHQ. In a basement office in Whitehall, she worked on top secret maps for the D Day landings, while Winston Churchill paced the floor upstairs. Now in her 101st year, Christian is keen to share her remembrances of duty, danger, love and marriage in war before they are beyond living memory"--Provided by publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545941092
Pressganged : the letters of George Price of Southwark alias "George Green" : ordinary seamen in HM sloop Speedy 1803-1805 /[commentary David Ellison]. This book provides a history of the practice of 'pressganging' in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars, based on the account of George Price, a sailor pressed into service in 1803. The book quotes letters sent by Price to his brother while serving in HMS Speedy, and other contemporary accounts including news reports, ships' logs, and court reports, to provide a detailed picture of how pressing was used in the conflict, and the daily lives of affected sailors. Includes black and white illustrations throughout. 1994. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92PRICE
Britain's war against the slave trade : the operations of the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, 1807-1867 /Anthony Sullivan. "Long before recorded history, men, women and children had been seized by conquering tribes and nations to be employed or traded as slaves. Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Arabs were among the earliest of many peoples involved in the slave trade, and across Africa the buying and selling of slaves was widespread. There was, at the time, nothing unusual in Britain's somewhat belated entry into the slave trade, transporting natives from Africa's west coast to the plantations of the New World. What was unusual was Britain's decision, in 1807, to ban the slave trade throughout the British Empire. Britain later persuaded other countries to follow suit, but this did not stop this lucrative business. So the Royal Navy went to war against the slavers, in due course establishing the West Africa Squadron which was based at Freetown in Sierra Leone. This force grew throughout the nineteenth century until a sixth of the Royal Navy's ships and marines was employed in the battle against the slave trade. Between 1808 and 1860, the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans. The slavers tried every tactic to evade the Royal Navy enforcers. Over the years that followed more than 1,500 naval personnel died of disease or were killed in action, in what was difficult and dangerous, and at times saddening, work. In Britain's War Against the Slave Trade, naval historian Anthony Sullivan reveals the story behind this little-known campaign by Britain to end the slave trade. Whereas Britain is usually, and justifiably, condemned for its earlier involvement in the slave trade, the truth is that in time the Royal Navy undertook a major and expensive operation to end what was, and is, an evil business."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.362
Home of the fleet : a century of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard in photographs /Stephen Courtney and Brian Patterson. Courtney, Stephen, 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.81(422.7)"18/20"
Naval wives & mistresses / Margarette Lincoln. Lincoln, Margarette. 2007. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 359:316.811.1
At sea and at war : true recollections of a mariner, 1914-1918 and 1939-1946 /by Louis Spickett. A biography of Alfred Spickett, who served with the Royal Navy during the First World War and the Merchant Navy during the Second World War, written by his nephew. The book details Spickett's training as a telegraphist in HMS Duke of Edinburgh before being injured in the Halifax explosion of 1917, his service in HMS Victor in the First World War, and his career as a radio operator with the Merchant Navy during the 1920s, then again later during the Second World War, including detailed descriptions of several encounters with German U-Boats. Black and white illustrations throughout. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:355"1914/1946"
Hawke, Nelson, and British naval leadership, 1747-1805 / Ruddock Mackay and Michael Duffy. Mackay, Ruddock F. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942
Cammell Laird, Ian Collard. "Since its founding as an engine manufacturer in the 1820s, Cammell Laird has had connections with the British and foreign navies. The Birkenhead shipbuilding yard has made many ships for the Royal Navy including many submarines, destroyers, dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers and cruisers. Once an employer of thousands, the yard is empty of the noise of welders, riveters, joiners, engineers and the myriad other skilled tradesmen needed to build a ship but its history remains - one that reads like a roll of honour for the British Navy; Ark Royal, Audacious, Birkenhead, Chester, Hardy, Hogue, Thetis, to name a few. Illustrated with many previously unpublished images, this will prove to be the definitive book on the most famous of the Cammell Laird-built Navy vessels. As well as British Navy ships, the book includes a varied selection of foreign naval vessels from the Confederate blockade runner Alabama to many ships and submarines built for navies around the world."--Provided by the publisher 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12CAMMEL LAIRD
Castle class corvettes : an account of the service of the ships and of their ships' companies /compiled by Norman Goodwin ; edited by Steve Bush. "This is the story of the 39 Castle Class corvettes which played such a vital role in countering the U-Boat threat during the latter stages of the Battle of the Atlantic. From 11th December 1943 to 6th June 1945 they escorted 237 ocean convoys comprising 1,200 merchant ships sailing. Onle ten merchant ships were lost by enemy action. They destroyed 7 U-Boats for the loss of just 3 corvettes."--From dustjacket. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.2(42)"1943/1945"