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Eighteenth report : Transport Office Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Finance 1797 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1797"
Coasts of Siam, Indo-China and South China : atlas of tides, tidal streams and currents Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1945 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 551.465
A reanalysis of the original test data for the Taylor standard series Gertler, Morton 1954 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 532.5.074
Handbook of magnetic compass adjustment and compensation Spencer, Nye S 1944 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.1.053.11
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 This updated edition encompasses rare and previously unpublished photographs from across Britain, which provide a timely and important insight into this defining period in British naval history."--Provided by the publisher.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)
The emergence of Britain's global naval supremacy : the war of 1739-1748 /Richard Harding. "The British involvement in the war of 1739-1748 has been generally neglected. Standing between the great victories of Marlborough in the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1713) and the even greater victories of the Seven Years War (1756-1763), it has been dismissed as inconclusive and incompetently managed. For the first time this book brings together the political and operational conduct of the war to explore its contribution to a critical development in British history during the eighteenth century - the emergence of Britain as the paramount global naval power. The war posed a unique set of problems for British politicians, statesmen and servicemen. They had to overcome domestic and diplomatic crises, culminating in the rebellion of 1745 and the threat of French invasion. Yet, far from being incompetent, these people handled the crises and learned a great deal about the conduct of global warfare. The changes they made and decisions they took prepared Britain for the decisive Anglo-French clash of arms in the Seven Years War. In this misunderstood war lie some of the key factors that made Britain the greatest naval power for the next one hundred and fifty years."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1756/1763"
Battle of Dogger Bank : the first dreadnought engagement, January 1915 /Tobias R. Philbin. "On January 24, 1915, a German naval force commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper conducted a raid on British fishing fleets in the area of the Dogger Banks. The force was engaged by a British force, which had been alerted by a decoded radio intercept. The ensuing battle would prove to be the largest and longest surface engagement until the Battle of Jutland the following summer. While the Germans lost an armored cruiser with heavy loss of life and Hipper's flagship was almost sunk, confusion in executing orders allowed the Germans to escape. The British considered the battle a victory; but the Germans had learned important lessons and they would be better prepared for the next encounter with the British fleet at Jutand. Tobias Philbin's Battle of Dogger Bank provides a keen analytical description of the battle and its place in the naval history of World War I."--Provided by the publisher. [2014]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.459(42:43)"1915"
Le port de la libertâe : Brest, au temps de l'Indâependance amâericaine /Jean-Yves Besseliáevre, Alain Boulaire, Olivier Corre, Lenaèig L'Aot-Lombart, Marjolaine Mourot ; prâeface d'Olivier Poivre d'Arvor. "In March 1778, the Scottish privateer John Paul Jones landed at Brest. He is the first officer of the young American navy to whom Louis XVI entrusts a ship. France has just joined the United States in fighting against the British Crown. The freedom of the young American nation gets ready on the docks of Penfeld ..."--Provided by the publisher. [2016] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1778/1781"(42:44)
George Jellicoe : SAS and SBS commander /Nicholas Jellicoe. "George Jellicoe, son of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, commander of the British Grand Fleet at Jutland, was never compromised by his privileged upbringing. In this insightful biography, his son describes a life of action, drama, public service and controversy. George's exploits with the newly formed SAS, as David Stirling's second-in-command, and later commanding the SBS, make for fascinating reading. Over four years it embraced the North African and Mediterranean campaigns and culminated in the saving of a newly-liberated Athens from the communist guerrillas of ELAS. The brutality of Stalinist communism led him to join the post-war Foreign Office. In Washington he worked with Kim Philby and Donald Maclean in the cloak and dagger world of espionage. Resigning in 1958 so he could marry the woman he loved, he turned to politics. Although his ministerial career ended in 1973 after unwittingly become entangled with the Lambton scandal, he continued to sit in the House of Lords becoming 'Father of the House'. He held numerous public appointments including President of the Royal Geographical Society, Chairman of the Medical Research Council, President of the SAS Regimental Association and the UK Crete Veterans Association. Thanks to the author's research and access, this is more than a biography of a significant public figure. It provides fascinating detail of Special Forces operations and the characters of the countless figures with whom he mixed."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.085092
Under pressure : living life and avoiding death on a nuclear submarine /Richard Humphreys. "Imagine a world without natural light, where you can barely stand up straight for fear of knocking your head, where you have no idea of where in the world you are or what time of day it is, where you sleep in a coffin-sized bunk and sometimes eat a full roast for breakfast. Now imagine sharing that world with 140 other sweaty bodies, crammed into a 430ft x 33ft steel tube, 300ft underwater, for up to 90 days at a time, with no possibility of escape. And to top it off, a sizeable chunk of your living space is taken up by the most formidably destructive nuclear weapons history has ever known. This is the world of the submariner. This is life under pressure. As a restless and adventurous 18-year-old, Richard Humphreys joined the submarine service in 1985 and went on to serve aboard the nuclear deterrent for five years at the end of the Cold War. Nothing could have prepared him for life beneath the waves. Aside from the claustrophobia and disorientation, there were the prolonged periods of boredom, the constant dread of discovery by the Soviets, and the smorgasbord of rank odours that only a group of poorly-washed and flatulent submariners can unleash. But even in this most pressurised of environments, the consolations were unique: where else could you sit peacefully for hours listening to whale song? Based on first-hand experience, Under Pressure is the candid, visceral and incredibly entertaining account of what it's like to live, work, sleep, eat - and stay sane - in one of the most extreme man-made environments on the planet."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.93092
Defying empire : trading with the enemy in colonial New York /Thomas M. Truxes. Truxes, Thomas M. c2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.355(73)
Three splendid little wars : the diaries of Joseph Knefler Taussig, 1898-1901 /edited by Evelyn M. Cherpak. Taussig, Joseph K.-(Joseph Knefler), 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.8/9
The rescue ships and the convoys : saving lives during the Second World War /Vice Admiral B.B. Schofield ; edited and expanded by Victoria Schofield. "The Rescue Ships and the Convoys tells the history of one of the least known aspects of Second World War maritime history. In the early months of the war, altholugh encountering heavy losses of ships and lives at sea, there was no organised system to rescue survivors. The provision of hospital ships to accompany the convoys was precluded by the fact that they had to be lit and would therefore betray a convoy?s position. The solution was to create a fleet of 30 small Merchant Navy vessels of about 1,500 registered tons, whose prior occupation was limited to coastal trade. These 'Rescue Ships', commanded and manned by Merchant Navy personnel, carried Royal Navy medical doctors, as well as life-saving equipment, operating theatres, hospital beds, hoists, and lifeboats. Undeterred either by enemy action or atrocious weather conditions, these vessels accompanied close to 800 convoys in the North Atlantic and Arctic, saving over 4,000 lives. During their service, seven Rescue Ships were lost. This is a story packed with suspense, danger, achievement and tragedy. As Vice Admiral Schofield writes, it is a record 'of great humanitarian endeavour, of superb acts of courage, of a display of seamanship of the highest order, of a devotion to duty by medical officers under the most arduous conditions imaginable, of great deeds by men of the Merchant Navy in little ships on voyages they were never designed to undertake.'" 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.5/45941
South and east coasts of Korea, east coast of Siberia, and Sea of Okhotsk pilot : supplement no 8 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1977 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83
Norway pilot : vol 2a: west coast of Norway from Lindesnes to Stattlandet Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1979 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83
The Spanish-American War : a collection of documents relative to the squadron operations in the West Indies United States. Navy Department. Office of Naval Intelligence 1899 • • 1 copy available. 355.49"1898"(46:73)
Half a world away : proceedings of a conference held at the New Zealand Maritime Museum 12-14 September 1997 1998 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 931(26)
Soviet naval developments United States. Department of the Navy 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(47)"19"
Court martial on Commander J C Bailey, late commanding H M steam sloop Medea ... Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Bailey : 1853 1853 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Bailey
Twenty-first report : Office of Ordnance Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Finance 1797 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1797"