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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

The blockade and the cruisers Soley, James Russell 1901 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1861/1865"(73)

Submarines / Roberts, Michael. 1997. Roberts, Michael L 1997 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.146(73)

The Byng papers Byng, George, Sir 1930 • BOOK • 6 copies available. 92Byng

Chatham naval dockyard & barracks through time / Clive Holden. Holden, Clive, 2014 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.81(422.3)

H.M.S. Rodney / Iain Ballantyne. "The Royal Navy battleship HMS Rodney was one of the most famous warships of the Second World War and remains a legend in the pantheon of naval history. In May 1941 Rodney turned Bismarck, the pride of Hitler's navy, into twisted metal, then participated in hard-fought Malta convoys and later supported the D-Day landings. Rodney's vital role, via formidable naval gunfire support, in breaking the morale of German troops during the battle for Normandy, is outlined here. Through the eyewitness accounts of her sailors and marines we discover what it was like to live and fight in a battleship at war. We learn of the many famous fighting admirals who served in, or commanded, Rodney, including Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham and Admiral Sir John Tovey. The stories of previous British warships to carry the name Rodney, dating back to the 1750s, are covered too, including the vessel that took on the batteries at Sevastopol during the Crimean War. In addition to a fresh perspective on Bismarck's destruction, the author seeks to present new insights into the inter-war mutiny that saw Rodney dubbed 'the Red Ship' and a bomb hit in 1940 that nearly destroyed her. There is even an account of how a group of HMS Rodney's sailors took part in a trailblazing British commando raid. It all makes for a thrilling, epic account of naval warfare."--Provided by the publisher 2012 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82RODNEY

The Battle of Matapan 1941 : the Trafalgar of the Mediterranean /Mark Simmons. "In March 1941, the Royal Navy scored one of the greatest one-sided victories against the Italian Fleet the Regia Marina at Matapan. It brought to an end six months of remarkable success for the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. When France fell and Italy declared war on Britain, Admiral Dudley Pound had wanted to evacuate the Mediterranean altogether and concentrate on home defence. Churchill overruled him, regarding such a move as the death knell of the British Empire. His decision made the Mediterranean theatre the focus of British land operations for four years, reliant on the Navy. In Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Churchill had a fleet commander in the Mediterranean who would miss no chance of hounding the enemy. Affectionately known as A.B.C. by his men, Cunningham was salty in his language, intolerant of fools and a master of tactics. In "The Battle of Matapan 1941: The Trafalgar of the Mediterranean", Mark Simmons explores the remarkable victories of Taranto and Matapan, as seen through the eyes of the men who manned the ships and flew the aircraft of the Mediterranean Fleet."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1941"

The naval battles of the Second World War : Pacific and Far East /Leo Marriott. "The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott's highly illustrated two-volume account of the struggle sets naval actions in the wider strategic context as well as giving graphic accounts of what happened in each engagement. This second volume concentrates on the epic struggle between the Americans and the Japanese in the vast expanses of the Pacific where for almost four years a great maritime campaign ebbed and flowed and some of the most famous naval battles of the conflict took place. The first part of the book covers the period from Pearl Harbor to Midway while the second covers the long and bloody campaign in the south-west Pacific where the US Navy honed its skills and turned a bloody defeat into a hard-won victory. The final section focuses on naval operations during the American advance across the central Pacific up to the Battle of Leyte Gulf - the greatest naval battle ever fought. Included are other actions involving the Royal Navy which, after early setbacks, would go on to play a major supporting role alongside the US Navy in the Pacific This concise but wide-ranging introduction to the naval war emphasizes the sheer scale of the conflict in every sea and shows the direct impact of each naval battle on the course of the war."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Tsushima / Rotem Kowner. "The Battle of Tsushima was the most decisive naval engagement in the century that elapsed since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Although these two battles are often compared, the Battle of Tsushima, in which the Japanese Imperial Navy defeated the Russian Imperial Navy, was also unprecedented in many ways. It marks the first naval victory of an Asian power over a major European power; the most devastating defeat suffered by the Imperial Russian Navy in its entire history; and the only truly decisive engagement between two battleship fleets in modern times. In addition, the Battle of Tsushima was also the most decisive naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War and one that exerted a major impact on the course of that war. Its impact was so dramatic, in fact, that the two belligerents concluded a peace agreement within three months of the battle's conclusion. At the same time, and because it involved two of the world's largest fleets, the influence this battle exerted was both far reaching and long standing. In subsequent years, the symbolic victory of an "Eastern" power over Tsarist Russia using modern technology was feared and celebrated in both the Western and the Colonial worlds. Similarly, and in both Japan and Russia, the Battle of Tsushima had a prolonged impact on their respective navies as well as on their geopolitical ambitions in Asia and beyond. By relying on a diverse array of primary sources, this book examines the battle in depth and is the first to offer a penetrating analysis of its global impact as well as the way its memory has evolved in both Japan and Russia."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 952.03/1

An admiral for America : Sir Peter Warren, Vice Admiral of the Red, 1703-1752 /Julian Gwyn. "Sir Peter Warren, one of the most imaginative officers in the history of the British Navy, played a key role in the defense and expansion of British naval power in colonial America. In this biography, Julian Gwyn, the preeminent authority on Warren, describes Warren's military vision and sympathetic view of colonial life as well as his frustrated political aspirations and entrepreneurial real-estate ventures in both New York and England. A skillful analysis of the character and ambitions of a man of wide vision who seized the opportunities that luck frequently put in his way. [...] Gwyns's biography aptly describes a quintessential mid-eighteenth century British naval hero who used his fame, position, and connections to emerge as one of the wealthiest and most powerful members of the British Navy."--Provided by the publisher. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92WARREN, PETER, SIR

China Sea pilot : vol 2: the western and north-western coasts of Borneo, the Philippine Islands from Balabac Island to Cape Bojeador in Luzon, and the outlying islands and dangers in the southern and eastern parts of the China Sea Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1975 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 527.83

Mediterranean pilot : vol 2 comprising the southern coast of France from Cap Cerbere to the Franco-Italian frontier, the island of Corsica, and the western and southern coasts of Italy from the Franco-Italian frontier to Capo Santa Maria di Leuca, including Arcipelago Toscano / Great Britain. Hydrographic Department. 1965. Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1965 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 527.83

South and east coasts of Korea, east coast of Siberia, and sea of Okhotsk pilot : comprising the coast from the south-western extreme of Korea to MYS Shipunsky on the east coast of Kamchatka; and Cheju Do, Tsushima and Sakhalin Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1966 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 527.83

The defence of Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, Bart, at the court-martial lately held upon him, with the court's sentence Palliser, Hugh, Sir 1779 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Palliser

Songs and ditties of the fleet : a miscellany of maritime melodies and memorabilia /written and collected by Richard Barr & Bernie Bruen. "Richard Barr and Bernie Bruen met while serving in the Royal Navy in the 1970s aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark. With other crew members they formed a ship's band, which went on to perform under the unlikely name The Malawi International Airways String Quartet - MIASQ for short, entertaining audiences in various far-flung parts of the world with their lighthearted ditties about nautical life. Many of the songs they performed were penned by Bruen and/or Barr themselves, and it is these original offerings that are preserved here for posterity. From boozy ballads celebrating the joys of alcoholic excess and the delights of female company to laments for the bygone age of sail, they all evoke subjects close to the matelot's heart. In addition there are recollections from both authors of some of the more notable incidents from their naval careers. Other sections record sundry items of nostalgic interest and humorous comments - intentional and otherwise - made or overheard by the authors whilst aboard the various Royal Navy ships on which they served. The end result is an entertaining mixture which contains ingredients that will appeal to any former sailor."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 784.4

The sinking of HMS Royal Oak : in the words of the survivors /Dilip Sarkar. Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, infamously torpedoed at anchor by the German submarine U-47 on 14 October 1939. Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland when she became the first of the five Royal Navy battleships and battle cruisers sunk in the Second World War. The loss of life was heavy: of Royal Oak's complement of 1,234 men and boys, 833 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero out of the German U-boat commander, Gunther Prien, who became the first submarine officer to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. To the British, the raid demonstrated that the Germans were capable of bringing the naval war to their home waters, and the shock resulted in rapidly arranged changes to dockland security. Now lying upside-down in 30 m of water with her hull 5 m beneath the surface, Royal Oak is a designated war grave. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82ROYAL OAK

32 in '44 : building the Portsmouth submarine fleet in World War II /Rodney K. Watterson. "In the 1930s, the U.S. government's Portsmouth Navy Yard built less than two submarines a year, yet in 1944 it completed an astonishing 32 submarines, and over the course of the war produced 37 per cent of all U.S. submarines. This book analyzes the factors behind the small yard's record-setting production, including streamlined operations, innovative management practices, the Navy's commitment to develop the yard's resources as an alternative to private industry, and the yard's ability to adapt quickly to a decentralized wartime shipbuilding environment. The author highlights similarities between Portsmouth's efforts to accelerate production and those of private shipyards. He concludes that private shipyards deviated little from construction plans, while at Portsmouth a continuing dialogue with the Navy resulted in design changes dictated by feedback from the frontlines."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.128.1(73)

Fire & ice: Arctic convoys, 1941-1945 / Britannia Naval Histories of World War II "The Arctic convoys run to the ports of Northern Russia from 1941 to 1945 combined the man-made and maritime horrors of the Battle of the Atlantic with the unforgiving ferocity of one of the most inhospitable of the world's climates. Maintaining that lifeline through the waters of the Arctic circle was essential to the development and maintenance of the Anglo-American alliance with the Soviet Union. With the massive campaign on Germany's Eastern front hanging in the balance in 1941 to 1942, the German Armed Forces deployed significant numbers of submarines, bomber and torpedo aircraft, together with heavy ships such as the Tirpitz and Scharnhorst, against the slow-moving Allied convoys of merchant ships and their escorting forces. The challenge to maintain this lifeline placed a heavy burden on the resources of the Royal Navy. Here, in a contemporary battle summary, prepared by the Naval Staff of the Royal Navy, and supported by academic analysis and an extensive photographic section, those challenges and difficulties, the tragedies and the triumphs of the Arctic convoys, are laid bare." 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

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How Britain took the plunge Turner, E S 1966 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 797.2(210.5)

Life of Stephen Decatur Waldo, S Putnam 1821 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:92Decatur

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden pilot : comprising the Suez Canal, the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the south-eastern coast of Arabia from Ras Baghashwa to Ras al Hadd, the coast of Africa from Ras Asir to Ras Hafun, Socotra and its adjacent islands Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1967 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Indonesia pilot volume 2 : south coast of Jawa, north coast of Jawa eastwards from Tanjung Awarawar including Pulau Madura and Bali, Nusatenggara including Pulau Wetar and Kisar, south coast of Kalimantan eastwards from Tanjung Puting, east coast of Kalimantan as far north as the border with Sabah-Malaysia, Sulawesi, and the west part of Pulau-pulau Sula Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 1999 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Mediterranean pilot : vol 1: the coasts of Spain from Gibraltar to Cap Cerbere; Islas Baleares; the north coast of Africa from Ceuta to Ras Ajdir; Isola di Pantelleria and Isole Pelagie; the Maltese Islands; Isole Egadi; Sicilia and Isole Eolie; the coast of Italy from Capo Suvero to Capo Santa Maria di Leuca Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1978 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

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