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Spanish warships in the age of sail, 1700-1860 : design, construction, careers and fates /Rif Winfield, John Tredrea, Enrique Garcâia-Torralba Pâerez, Manuel Blasco Felip. "This book is the latest contribution to a unique series in a common format documenting in great detail the warships of the major naval powers during the age of sail. To date, four volumes have covered the British Navy, two have been devoted to the French Navy and one each to the Dutch and Russian Navies. This volume on the Spanish Navy, for much of its history the third largest in the world, fills the final gap in the ranks of the major maritime powers. This book is the first comprehensive listing of these ships in English and covers the development of all the naval vessels owned or deployed by Spain during the period of the Bourbon monarchy from 1700 to 1860 (including the period of French control during the Napoleonic Wars), but it also sets the scene for that period by summarising the origins of Spanish naval development under the preceding Habsburg regime. As with previous volumes in the series, the main chapters list all the naval vessels from 1700 onwards (including those 16th century ships which survived into the new regime in 1700) by type, with the first chapters listing the ships of the line (navâios in Spanish terminology) and frigates in descending order of firepower, and subsequent chapters covering minor and ancillary vessels. Where available, a brief service history of each individual ship is given. A comprehensive introductory section includes a group of background essays designed to provide the reader with a deep understanding of how Spanish naval forces operated, and the context within which they were organised. Certain to become the standard English-language reference work, its publication is of the utmost importance to every naval historian and general reader interested in the navies of the sailing era."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 359.8320946

Letters and papers of admiral of the fleet Sir Thos Byam Martin GCB Martin, Thomas Byam, Sir 1898-1903 • BOOK • 6 copies available. 92Martin

Warship 2021 / editor: John Jordan ; assistant editor: Stephen Dent. "For over 40 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 for 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."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82505

Channel pilot : vol 2 comprising the north-west and north coasts of France from Pointe de Penmarc'h to Dunkerque and the Franco-Belgian frontier including the Channel Islands Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1965 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 527.83

Memoirs of the life and achievements of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson Captain of the British Navy, A 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:92Nelson

The answer of the Commissioners of the Navie to a scandalous pamphlet published by Mr Andrewes Burrell Great Britain. Admiralty. Commissioners of the Navy 1646 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:355.49"1639"(261.2)

Sight reduction tables for air navigation / Great Britain. Admiralty. Nautical Almanac Office. 1959-1962. Great Britain. Admiralty. Nautical Almanac Office 1959-1962 • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 527.62(083.5)

The naval miscellany 1902-1952 • BOOK • 9 copies available. 355.49

Naval Leadership in the Atlantic World : the Age of Reform and Revolution, 1700-1850 /edited by Richard Harding and Agustâin Guimerâa. "The naval leader has taken centre stage in traditional naval histories. However, while the historical narrative has been fairly consistent the development of various navies has been accompanied by assumptions, challenges and competing visions of the social characteristics of naval leaders and of their function. Whilst leadership has been a constant theme in historical studies, it has not been scrutinised as a phenomenon in its own right. This book examines the critical period in Europe between 1700 -1850, when political, economic and cultural shifts were bringing about a new understanding of the individual and of society. Bringing together context with a focus on naval leadership as a phenomenon is at the heart of this book, a unique collaborative venture between British, French and Spanish scholars. As globalisation develops in the twenty-first century the significance of navies looks set to increase. This volume of essays aims to place naval leadership in its historical context."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133.4(4)"1700/1850"

Atlantic linchpin : the Azores in two world wars /Guy Warner. "On a map the Azores appear as nine tiny specks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but their location was to prove strategically vital in two world wars. The Atlantic became a crucial battleground twice within the space of 25 years, as the US 'arsenal of democracy' sent firstly stores, arms and equipment, followed by many thousands of troops to fight in Europe. In both desperate and closely fought struggles at sea, Germany sought to stem the flow and thereby win the war, by cutting this vital lifeline, using a new weapon - the ocean-going submarine. In the First World War the Azores became a mid-Atlantic refuelling location, a base for US and Portuguese naval vessels and - in a hugely innovative contribution to the anti-submarine war - for the patrol seaplanes and flying boats of the US Marine Corps. Portugal was neutral during the Second World War but when Winston Churchill invoked a treaty dating from 1373, permission was given in 1943 for an RAF Coastal Command base to be very rapidly established at Lagens. From there convoys could be protected and U-boats could be harried and sunk, so closing the notorious mid-Atlantic gap. Later, it also became an important staging post for US aircraft, as it had been in the previous conflict. The significance of the Azores has been overlooked in most military histories, but this extensively researched and copiously illustrated book from historian Guy Warner provides a detailed but balanced appraisal. The author has had access to archives and photographic collections in the UK, USA, Portugal and the Azores, consulting with local historians to produce a book that sheds much new light on a hitherto under-appreciated facet of twentieth-century history."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 946.9/9004

British Fiji class cruisers and their derivatives : design, development and performance /Conrad Waters "A follow-up to the author's highly regarded history of British 'Town' class cruisers, this book takes the same approach, combining coverage of the development, design details and career highlights of the original class as well as the Uganda, Minotaur and Tiger designs that were derived from them. Often called the 'Colony' class, they were an attempt to incorporate the characteristics of the preceding 'Town' class within the reduced 8,000-ton limit agreed under the 1936 London Treaty. In general layout, they resembled the earlier class but adopted upright rather than raked funnels and masts. The use of a flat, transom stern conferred both hydrodynamic and internal space advantages. Not surprisingly, they turned out to be very cramped ships which struggled to accommodate all the wartime additions of extra electronics and light AA guns, as well as the increased crew needed to man them. Many of the later modifications to existing ships and alterations to the succeeding designs were attempts to alleviate these issues, most visibly the reduction of the main armament from four to three turrets. Nevertheless, they were available in significant numbers and gave sterling service across all theatres of the naval war. In this major study, Conrad Waters makes extensive use of archive material to provide a technical evaluation of the Fiji class design and its subsequent performance. He outlines the class's origins in the context of inter-war cruiser policy, explains the design and construction process, and describes the characteristics of the resulting ships and how these were adapted in the light of wartime developments. An overview of service focuses on major engagements, assessing the extent to which the class met its designers' expectations and detailing the consequences of action damage. Later chapters continue the story into the Cold War era, examining the various post-war modernisation programmes and concluding with the radical redesign of the Tiger class that produced the Royal Navy's last conventional cruisers. Heavily illustrated with contemporary photographs, original plans and drawings by Dave Baker, John Jordan and George Richardson, British Fiji Class Cruisers provides a definitive reference to one of the Royal Navy's most important Second World War warship designs."--Provided by the publisher. 2024 • FOLIO • 2 copies available.

Crushing the Japanese surface fleet at the Battle of the Surigao Strait : the last crossing of the T /Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr. "In late 1944, the Second World War in the Pacific was going badly for Japan. The U.S. Pacific fleet had moved to the Mariana Islands in support of General MacArthur's army, which had landed on the east coast of Leyte in October. The U.S. 7th Fleet was near the Surigao Strait off Leyte. The Japanese strategy was to entrap the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet by its naval forces from the north in the Sibuyan Sea, and with assault from the south from Surigao Strait. On the afternoon of 24 October, 7th Fleet torpedo-boats moved through Leyte Gulf and Surigao Strait into the Mindanao Sea south of Leyte, and by dusk were in position on their patrol-lines. Covering the northern part of the strait, were posted the destroyer squadrons, cruisers, and battleships to form the horizontal bar to a T of vast fire power which the enemy would be forced to approach vertically as he moved forward. With overwhelming force, the impenetrable gauntlet defeated the Japanese at Surigao Strait and played a significant in winning the Battle of Leyte Gulf and in so helping to secure the beachheads of the U.S. Sixth Army on Leyte against Japanese attack from the sea." 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.54/25

Bering Sea and Strait pilot : comprising the north-western and northern coasts of Alaska from Cape Douglas to Demarcation Point, the northern coasts of Canada from Demarcation Point to Cape Bathurst, the Aleutian Islands, and the north-eastern coast of Siberia from Mys Shipunskiy to Mys Otto Shmidta, ... Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1966 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Dover Strait pilot : south-east coast of England, Bognor Regis to Southwold and north-west coast of Europe Cap d'Antifer to Scheveningen Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1981 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 527.83

British Columbia pilot : vol 1 comprising the coast of the United States of America from Cape Flattery to Point Roberts, including Admiralty Inlet and Puget Sound; the coast of British Columbia from Point Roberts to Cape Caution; and Vancouver Island and the passages between it and the mainland Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1964 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Africa pilot : vol 3 comprising the south and east coasts of Africa from Cape Hangklip to Ras Hafun Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1967 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 527.83

Pacific coasts of Central America and United States pilot : Pacific coasts of panama (west of Punta Mariato), Costa Rica including Isla del Coco, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and United States of America; off-lying islands between latitudes 4 deg N and 48 deg 25' N Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1975 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

China Sea pilot : vol 1: the west side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Chelang Chiao in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hai-nan Tao, and the islands and banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1978 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden pilot : Suez Canal; Gulf of Suez and Gulf of 'Aqaba; Red Sea; Gulf of Aden; south-east coast of Arabia from Ra's Ba Ghashwah to Ra's Junayz; coast of Africa from Raas Caseyr to Raas Binna; Suqutra and adjacent islands Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1987 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

China Sea pilot : volume 1 : the west side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, and the islands and banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1987 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

China Sea pilot : vol 1 comprising the western shore of the China Sea from Tanjong Penawar on the eastern side of Johore, to Fu-chi chiao, Ta- ya wan; Anambas Eilanden and Hai-nan tao, also the islands and banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1964 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

The minutes of a court-martial held on board His Majesty's ship the Lenox in Portsmouth harbour on the 31st of January last; enquiring into the conduct of the commanders of the Hampton-Court and Dreadnought for not engaging the Fleuron and Neptune, two French men of war ... Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Mostyn, Fowke : 1744 1745 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Fowke

Warship 1993 / edited by Robert Gardiner. Gardiner, Robert, 1993. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82"1993"

Tributes to Terence Thornton Lewin : Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Lewin of Greenwich Philip,-Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 2000 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 92Lewin

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