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Arctic pilot : volume II : Iceland, Jan Mayen, Bjornoya, Svalbard, and the east coast of Greenland together with the adjacent seas / Great Britain. Hydrographic Department. 1996. Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1996 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Bay of Biscay pilot : Bay of Biscay and approaches with adjacent coasts of France and Spain from Pointe de Penmarc'h to Cabo Ortegal / Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept. 1998 Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 1998 • FOLIO • 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. 1991 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1991 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Australia pilot : vol 5 north, north-west, and west coasts of Australia from the west entrance of Endeavour Strait to Cape Leeuwin / Great Britain. Hydrographic Department. 1992. Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1992 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

North coast of Scotland pilot : north and north-east coasts of Scotland from Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including the Caledonian Canal, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Foroyar (Faeroe Island) Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 2000 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Arctic pilot : volume II : Iceland, Jan Mayen, Bjornoya, Svalbard, and the east coast of Greenland together with the adjacent seas / Great Britain. Hydrographic Department. 1996. Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 2004 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Old ironsides : US frigate Constitution : an essay in sketches Roach, John Charles (ill) 1994? • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.821(084.11)(73)

The Portsmouth Dockyard story : from 1212 to the present day /Paul Brown. "From muddy creek to naval-industrial powerhouse; from constructing wooden walls to building Dreadnoughts; from maintaining King John's galleys to servicing the enormous new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers: this is the story of Portsmouth Dockyard. Respected maritime historian Paul Brown's unique 800-year history of what was once the largest industrial organisation in the world is a combination of extensive original research and stunning images. The most comprehensive history of the dockyard to date, it is sure to become the definitive work on this important heritage site and modern naval base."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.81(422.7)

Bismarck : 24 hours to doom /Iain Ballantyne "26 May 1941. After a bloody chase lasting more than 1,700 miles, Britain's Home Fleet is finally closing in on the world's most powerful battleship. There will be a fight to the finish between more than 5,000 men of the Royal Navy and 2,600 servicemen of Hitler's Kriegsmarine. Thousands will die - Published here for the first time, alongside a compelling narrative of the final 24 hours of the mission to sink the Nazi ship, are eyewitness accounts of Royal Navy sailors who saw the combat up close. Seventy-five years on from the epic mission to destroy the flagship of Hitler's navy, these testimonies are the product of a unique project by Iain Ballantyne. Over a period of several years he interviewed a select group of surviving veterans in the UK and one in Canada, with transcripts of those remarkable on-camera interviews forming the basis of the exciting first-person stories that unfold here. These final testimonies provide fresh insight into one of World War Two's most dramatic events."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542

A game of birds and wolves : the secret game that won the war /Simon Parkin. "1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Britain is only weeks away from starvation - and with that, crushing defea In the first week of 1942 a group of unlikely heroes - a retired naval captain and a clutch of brilliant young women - gather to form a secret strategy unit. On the top floor of a bomb-bruised HQ in Liverpool, the Western Approaches Tactical Unit spends days and nights designing and playing wargames in an effort to crack the U-boat tactics. As the U-boat wolfpacks continue to prey upon the supply ships, the Wrens race against time to save Britain. With novelistic flair, investigative journalist Simon Parkin shines a light on Operation Raspberry and these unsung heroines in this riveting true story of war at sea."-- Provided by the publisher 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. PBK0120

Gale force 10 : the life and legacy of Admiral Beaufort A biography of Francis Beaufort (1774-1857). Beginning his career with the East India Company, Beaufort joined the Royal Navy in 1790 and rose through the ranks, retiring with the rank of Rear Admiral in 1846 at the age of seventy-two. In 1805, Beaufort devised the first objective measure of wind strength, now known as the Beaufort Scale, officially adopted by the Royal Navy on voyages during the 1830s. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1829, was appointed the British Admiralty Hydrographer of the Royal Navy, serving in that position for twenty-six years, and helped to found the Royal Geographical Society. He trained Robert Fitzroy, commander of the Beagle, and in response to Fitzroy's request for a "well-educated and scientific gentleman", Beaufort's enquiries led to Charles Darwin joining the Beagle for her second voyage. Beaufort promoted the publication of reliable tide tables, expanded the British Admiralty Chart Series to some 2000 charts, directed some of the major naval explorations of the time, and played a leading role in the search for the explorer Sir John Franklin. He was knighted in 1848. 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)"17/18"

Warship 2022 / editor, John Jordan ; assistant editor Stephen Dent. "A celebrated annual publication featuring the latest research on history, development, and service of the world's warships. For 45 years, Warship has been the leading annual resource on the design, development, and deployment of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery, and much more, maintaining the impressive standards of scholarship and research with which Warship has become synonymous. Detailed and accurate information is the keynote of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, data tables, and stunning photographs. The varied topics in this year's annual includes articles on the Imperial Japanese Navy carriers Soryu and Hiryu, post-war radar development in the Royal Navy, gunboats in the Imperial German Navy, Soviet battleship designs of the early Second World War, modern European frigates, and the origins of the Yokosuka naval yard."--Publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82"2022"

The life and works of Sir Henry Mainwaring Manwayring, Henry,-Sir, 1920-1922 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 92Mainwaring

Dispatches and letters relating to the blockade of Brest 1803-1805 1899-1902 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 355.49"1803/1805"(441.1)

British battleships of the Victorian era "This is a companion volume to Friedman's highly successful British Battleship 1906-1946 and completes his study of the Royal Navy's capital ships. Beginning with the earliest installation of steam machinery in ships of the line, the book traces the technological revolution that saw the introduction of iron hulls, armour plate, shell-firing guns and the eventual abandonment of sail as auxiliary propulsion. This hectic development finally settled down to a widely approved form of pre-dreadnought battleship, built in large numbers and culminating in the King Edward VII class. As with all of his work, Friedman is concerned to explain why as well as how and when these advances were made, and locates British ship design firmly within the larger context of international rivalries, domestic politics and economic constraints. The result is a sophisticated and enlightening overview of the Royal Navy's battle fleet in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is also well illustrated - a comprehensive gallery of photographs with in-depth captions is accompanied by specially commissioned plans of the important classes by A D Baker III, and a colour section featuring the original Admiralty draughts, including a spectacular double gatefold."--Provided by the publisher. 2018 [2017] • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.821.2(42)

French warships in the age of sail 1786-1861 : design, construction, careers and fates /Rif Winfield & Stephen S Roberts. "In 1786 the French Navy had just emerged from its most successful war of the eighteenth century, having frequently outfought or outmanoeuvred the Royal Navy in battle, and made a major contribution to American independence. The reputation of its ship design and fighting skills never stood higher, yet within a few years the effects of the French Revolution had devastated its efficiency, leading to defeat after defeat. Fine ships continued to be built, but even under Napoleon's dynamic influence the navy never recovered sufficiently to alter the balance of sea power. It was only after 1815 that the navy revived, espousing technical innovation and invention, to produce some of the most advanced ships of the age. This book is the first comprehensive listing of these ships in English, and follows the pattern set by the companion series on British warships in the age of sail in providing an impressive depth of information. It is organised by Rate, classification and class, with significant technical and building data, followed by a concise summary of the careers of each ship in every class. Thus for the first time it is possible to form a clear picture of the overall development of French warships in the latter half of the sailing era."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.82(44)"1786/1861"

"Blinker" Hall : spymaster : the man who brought America into World War I /David Ramsay. "Admiral Sir Reginald 'Blinker' Hall, the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) for most of the First World War, described as 'a genius in his own sphere and brilliantly successful', was one of the outstanding if largely unrecognized naval leaders of that war. Naval intelligence's ability to read and analyse German naval and diplomatic signals on a daily basis was a significant factor in the allied victory. The Germans never realized that their codes had been broken. The revelation of the Zimmermann Telegram, surely one of the most exciting and significant events in the history of intelligence, astutely handled by Hall, was the catalyst that brought America into the war in April 1917. [...] Hall's dynamic leadership, talent for lateral thinking and force of personality were essential to these successes. Above all he was endowed with the guile and ruthlessness which kept him one step ahead of a formidable and determined enemy and their widespread espionage and subversion operations. In Blinker Hall: The Man who Brought America into World War I, David Ramsay examines this fascinating man and his invaluable legacy."--Provided by the publisher. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BLINKER HALL:355.40

Hard fought ship : the story of HMS Venomous /Robert J Moore & John A Rodgaard "HMS Venomous was a destroyer of the V & W Class, the most advanced in the world when built at the end of World War I and arguably the most successful ever. By the end of World War II they had all been sunk or scrapped but during those thirty years thousands of men served on them as convoy escorts on the East Coast, during the Battle of the Atlantic, on arctic convoys to Russia and in the Mediteranean. A Hard Fought Ship is the most detailed study yet of the contribution made by a typical 'old warrior' of this class to winning World War II. HMS Venomous brought back the troops from Boulogne and Dunkirk, fought off the U-boat that sank HMS Hecla while rescuing 500 survivors and escorted the invasion fleet to Sicily as well as escorting convoys to Nova Scotia, Russia and in the Mediterranean. The story of HMS Venomous is told by its officers and crew and illustrated with 258 of their unique photographs taken in the heat of the action plus paintings, drawings and maps."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82VENOMOUS

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

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