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"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

A Clear Case of Genius : Room 40's Code-breaking Pioneer /Admiral Sir Reginald 'Blinker' Hall This book produces the surviving chapters of an autobiography by Sir Reginald Hall, who served as the Royal Navy's Chief of Intelligence throughout the First World War, after the Admirality originally banned their publication in 1933. Presented alongside extensive commentary on the text by Philip Vickers, Hall's memoir provides unique insight into the critical role played by intelligence during the war, particularly in reference to the Zimmerman Telegram. Includes 32 pages of black and white plates. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HALL, REGINALD

Catalogue of zodiacal stars for the epochs 1900 and 1920 reduced to an absolute system Hedrick, Henry B 1905 • RARE-FOLIO • 3 copies available. 527.093T

The Tomlinson papers : selected from the correspondence and pamphlets of Captain Robert Tomlinson, RN, and Vice-Admiral Nicholas Tomlinson Tomlinson, Robert 1935 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92Tomlinson

Index to James' Naval history : edition 1886 James, William 1895 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 355.49"1793/1820"

Frigates, sloops & brigs / [James Henderson] Henderson, James. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1815"(42:44)

Citizen sailors : chronicles of Canada's naval reserve /edited by Richard H. Gimblett and Michael L. Hadley. "This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation's service, while also living out the demands of their civilian occupations in their home communities. The perspectives of the part-time citizen-sailors who have made up Canada's Naval Reserve over the past century provide an interesting, valuable, and timely alternative history of the Canadian Navy."--pub. desc. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1910/2010"(71)

Maritime sources in the library of the Society of Genealogists / compiled by John Hailey. Hailey, John 1997. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 929.3

British Ironclads 1860-75 : HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet' /Angus Konstam. "In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year - HMS Warrior - which, when she entered service, became the most powerful warship in the world. Just like the Dreadnought half a century later, this ship changed the nature of naval warfare forever, and sparked a frantic arms race. The elegant but powerful Warrior embodied the technological advances of the early Victorian era, and the spirit of this new age of steam, iron and firepower. Fully illustrated with detailed cutaway artwork, this book covers the British ironclad from its inception and emergence in 1860, to 1875, a watershed year, which saw the building of a new generation of recognisably modern turreted battleships."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(42)"1860/1875"

Scapa : Britain's famous wartime naval base /James Miller. "Through two world wars, Scapa Flow was the main anchorage of the world's greatest battlefleet - the British Home Fleet. This magnificent setting saw some of the great dramatic events of the 20th century take place, including Kitchener's last farewell before setting sail on the 'Hampshire' to his death, the sailing of the fleet to Jutland, and the surrender and scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet. Less remarked but equally extraordinary is the raising of the battlefleet between the wars in one of the greatest salvage operation in history. World War II opened with the sinking of the 'Royal Oak', still commemorated in the oil stain that floats over her wreck, and the construction of the great Churchill barriers which now link the islands. Perhaps most poignant of all is the little Italian chapel, constructed by prisoners of war on Lamb Holm. This text tells the story of Scapa through photographs. Culled from local collections, the Imperial War Museum, newspapers and many other sources this is a portrayal of the life and times of one of the world's great naval bases."--Provided by the publisher. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.132082

Where Empires collide: dockyards and naval bases around the Indian Ocean, and, Dockyards and Baltic campaigns (1721-2021): comparisons and transformations. Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society. Volume 16, March 2022 ; Conferences of 31 October 2020 and 27 March 2021. The Naval Dockyards Society. 2022. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Naval courts martial : 1793-1815 /edited by John D. Byrn. 2009. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 061.22NRS

Warship 1989 / edited by Robert Gardiner. Gardiner, Robert, 1989. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82"1989"

A deck boy's diary The book is John Richardson's account of the day-to-day events onboard his first ship, the Willesden, which he joined in 1953, aged 16. He was born in Liverpool in 1937 and was interested in joining the navy from a young age. Before joining, he completed two years at the Wellesley Nautical School. His diary is inspired by a book he read there; a nineteenth century boy's account of his first trip to sea. In the same way he wanted to leave 'a record of the times'. The diary reveals a lot about the period, a time in which Britain relied more heavily on shipbuilding and the Merchant Navy. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Richardson, John

Pacific Islands pilot : vol 2: the central groups comprising New Caledonia and Iles Loyalty; the New Hebrides group and Santa Cruz Islands; the Fiji Islands; and the Tonga, Samoa, Ellice, Gilbert, Marshall, Phoenix, and Tokelau Islands Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Pacific Islands pilot : vol 1: the western groups comprising the territory of Papua including the Louisiade Archipelago, the north-east and north coasts of New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Caroline and Marianas Islands Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Channel pilot : the Isles of Scilly and the south coast of England, from Cape Cornwall to Selsey Bill; the north-west and north coasts of France, from, but excluding, Pointe de Penmarc'h to Cap d'Antifer Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

The squadron of Admiral Cervera Concas y Palau, Victor M 1900 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.48"1898"(46:73)

Minutes of a court martial holden on board His Majesty's ship Prince of Wales, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Monday the 23rd day of December 1805 and the three following days, for the trial of Sir Robert Calder Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Calder : 1805 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:344.4"1805"Calder

Minutes of a court martial, holden on board His Majesty's ship Gladiator, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Tuesday, the 10th day of July 1807, and the following days, for the trial of Captain Laroche ... Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Laroche : 1807 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:344.4"1807"Laroche

The proceedings at large of the court-martial on the trial of the Honourable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue. Held on board his Majesty's ship the Britannia ... Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Keppel : 1779 1779 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 92Fraser:094:340.96"1746"

Minutes of a court martial holden on board His Majesty's ship Gladiator, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Tuesday the 10th day of February 1807, and the two following days, for the trial of Captain Edward Hawkins Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Hawkins : 1807 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:344.4"1807"Hawkins

Copies of all the minutes and proceedings taken at and upon the several tryals of Captain George Burrish, Captain Edmund Williams, Captain John Ambrose, Lieutenant Henry Page, Lieutenant Charles Davids, Lieutenant William Griffiths and Lieutenant Cornelius Smelt ... at Chatham ... Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial : 1745 1746 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92Ambrose

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