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The fear of invasion : strategy, politics, and British war planning, 1880-1914 /David G. Morgan-Owen. "The Fear of Invasion presents a new interpretation of British preparation for War before 1914. It argues that protecting the British Isles from invasion was the foundation upon which all other plans for the defence of the Empire were built up. Home defence determined the amount of resources available for other tasks and the relative focus of the Army and Navy, as both played an important role in preventing an invasion. As politicians were reluctant to prepare for offensive British participation in a future war, home defence became the means by which the government contributed to an ill-defined British 'grand' strategy. The Royal Navy formed the backbone of British defensive preparations. However, after 1905 the Navy came to view the threat of a German invasion of the British Isles as a far more credible threat than is commonly realised. As the Army became more closely associated with operations in France, the Navy thus devoted an ever-greater amount of time and effort to safeguarding the vulnerable east coast. In this manner preventing an invasion came to exert a 'very insidious' effect on the Navy by the outbreak of War in 1914. This book explains how and why this came to pass, and what it can tell us about the role of government in forming strategy."--Provided by publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.41

The hood battalion : Royal Naval division: Antwerp, Gallipoli, France 1914-1918 /Leonard Sellers "The Royal Naval Division, of which the Hood Battalion formed part, was raised at the beginning of the First World War and was made up of officers and men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, stokers of the Royal Fleet Reserve and seamen of the Royal Naval Reserve. Its 'father' was Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty; Mr Asquith, the Prime Minister, christened it 'Winston's Little Army'. It was quite unlike any other formation in that these were soldiers who adhered to all the traditions and the practices of the Royal Navy, or if you like, sailors who went to war as soldiers. The Hood Battalion also attracted numerous officers of the highest calibre, among whom may be mentioned 'Oc' Asquith, the Prime Minister's son, Patrick Shaw-Stewart, said to be the most brilliant young man of his generation, Bernard Freyberg, and, most famous of all, the poet Rupert Brooke, who was to die so tragically in a foreign field. The Hood Battalion saw some of the fiercest fighting of the First World War, particularly at Antwerp, in the Gallipoli Campaign and then again on the Western Front at the Ancre, at Gavrelle, and at Passchendaele. Len Sellers, whose interest in the Hood Battalion was first aroused when he discovered that his great-uncle had served with them, lets the participants tell their own story, having expended prodigious labour in unearthing the many first-hand accounts of the Hood's exploits included in this book. It is indeed a tale told by heroes."--Provided by the publisher. 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.459(493)

Tribals, battles & darings : the genesis of the modern destroyer /Alexander Clarke. "The ships that dominate so much of the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War are more often than not the carriers or battleships - Ark Royal, Warspite, Hood - and rarely do ships smaller than cruisers move centre stage. Apart fhat is from one class, the 'Tribal' class destroyers, heroes of the Altmark incident, of the second battle of Narvik, and countless actions across all theatres of operation. Yet there has been surprisingly little written about the origin of these ships, still less about their wartime successors, the 'Battle' class, or their postwar incarnations, the Daring class. Thie book rectifies this by describing the three classes, each designed under different circumstances along destroyer lines but to general-purpose light cruiser form, from the interwar period throuhg to the 1950s, and the author explains the procurement process for each class in the context of the needs and technology of the times. Taken together these classes represent the genesis of the modern general-purpose destroyer, breaking from the torpedo boat destroyer concept into a self-reliant, multi-purpose combatant, capable fo stepping up to the cruiser's traditional peacetime patrol missions whilst also fulfilling the picket and fighting duties of the wartime light cruiser or heavy destroyer. This is the first work to analyse these three classes side by side, to examine their conception, their creation and their operational stories, many heroic, and provide an insight into ship design, operation and culture; and in doing so the book aims to contribute a better understanding of one of the most signidicant periods in the Royal Navy's history. In its clear description of the genesis of the modern destroyer, this book will give the reader a clearer picture of its future developments as well."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.32540941

British 'town' class cruisers : design, development & performance :Southampton & Belfast classes /Conrad Waters. "Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British "Town" class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when World War II began. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the U.S. and Japanese navies and primarily designed for the defense of trade, they saw arduous service in a wide range of roles, playing a decisive part in victories such as the Battle of the Barents Sea and the destruction of the German Navy's Scharnhorst at the North Cape. The cost was heavy: four of the ships were lost and the other six all survived heavy damage, in some cases on more than one occasion. In this major study, Conrad Waters makes extensive use of archive material to provide a technical evaluation of the "Town" class design and its subsequent performance. He outlines the class's origins in the context of interwar cruiser policy, explains the design and construction process, and describes the characteristics of the resulting ships and how these were adopted in the light of wartime developments. Heavily illustrated with contemporary photographs and drawings by A. D. Baker III, John Jordan, and George Richardson, British Town Class Cruisers provides a definitive reference to one of the Royal Navy's most important World War II warship designs."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.825/30941

Supplements nos 4-6 relating to the Pacific Islands pilot vol 3 (8th ed, 1957) Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1965-1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

North Sea (east) pilot : supplement no 1 corrected to 8th May 1978 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1978 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Norway pilot : vol 2b: west coast of Norway from Stattlandet to Risvaerfjorden Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1979 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Japan pilot : volume 3: Seto Naikai (the Inland Sea of Japan) Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1981 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Admiralty manual of hydrographic surveying : volume 2 Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1969 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.47(083.13)

Naval court-martial manual : change no 2 /Ministry of Defence, Naval Lay Division. Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy) 1970. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.992

Naval court-martial manual : change no 3 /Ministry of Defence, Naval Lay Division. Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy) 1971. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.992

Seventh 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":359.6

Operations maritimes de la guerre russo-japonaise : historique officiel ... : premier partie Rouvier, Henri (tr) 1910 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1904/1905"(5-012)

The 1931 international code of signals : American edition : volume 1 United States. Navy Department. Hydrographic Office 1937 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.72(100)"1937"GRE

Muzeul Marinei Romãane. Muzeul Marinei Romãane ca1970]. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 069(26:498.8)

The sword of Damocles Mackenzie, Hugh 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.333.3

A narrative of my professional adventures (1790-1839) Dillon, William Henry, Sir 1953-1956 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92Dillon

Drawings in the possession of the Earl of Dartmouth illustrating battles in the third Dutch War. Legge, William Heneage. 1908. • OVERSIZE • 3 copies available. 74.044:355.49"1672/1673"(42:492)

The journal of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James, 1752-1828 James, Bartholomew 1896 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92James

Admiralty manual of hydrographic surveying : volume 2: chapter 1: marks and marking Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1970 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.47

Norway pilot : volume 3B: offshore and coastal waters of Norway from Andfjorden to Varangerfjorden Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

The story of the men and aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm : 60 years on Royal Navy. Directorate of Public Relations 1973 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 359.38

Visit of their majesties the King and Queen of Afghanistan to the Atlantic fleet, 3rd April 1928 Great Britain. Royal Navy 1928 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.16(422.7)"1928"

Admiralty list of radio services for small craft : the British Isles and European Coast from the Gironde to the Elbe Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1980 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.396.96

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