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The journals of Sir Thomas Allin 1660-1678 Allin, Thomas, Sir 1939-1940 • BOOK • 6 copies available. 92Allin
U-Boat pens of the Atlantic battle / Philip Kaplan. "In the opening years of the Second World War, Germany's U-boat (submarine) fleet was tasked with attacking and destroying the supply ships that Britain depended upon for its survival. The U-boats were under the command of Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz who, for much of the war, effectively guided that strategy. There was a very real possibility that the British people would starve if the U-boats succeeded in their campaign. When France fell to the German forces in 1940, Hitler's Ubootwaffe gained a significant asset in five important ports along the Brittany coast - Brest, Lorient, St. Nazaire, La Palace and Bordeaux. The use of these ports put Germany's submarine force hundreds of miles closer to the action in the North Atlantic, the routes of the Allied supply convoys which were operating mainly between Halifax, Nova Scotia and various English port cities. This afforded the U-boats several more days at sea on their deadly patrols than was possible while they had been based in Germany and German-occupied Norway. In this new publication from Philip Kaplan, the massive bunkers or 'pens' constructed in Brittany by the labourers of the German Organisation Todt are revisited. These giant structures, some of which sheltered more than a dozen submarines at a time, still exist because they were built with concrete ceilings more than three metres thick. With equally impressive supporting walls, they suffered relatively little damage in the wartime bombing raids of the Royal Air Force and the US Eighth Army Air Force. Illustrated with more than 150 rare and compelling photo images, this book is a richly rewarding journey back across time to some of the most intriguing and electrifying sites from the war years. The story of the pen shelters and their part in that war is both fascinating and enduring."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.1
Seaforth World naval review 2018 / editor, Conrad Waters. "Now firmly established as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months, this annual combines regional surveys with one-off major articles on noteworthy new ships and other important developments. Besides the latest warship projects, it also looks at wider issues of importance to navies, such as aviation and weaponry, and calls on expertise from around the globe to give a balanced picture of what is going on and to interpret its significance. Features of this edition include an analysis of the Republic of Korea Navy and the response to its aggressive northern neighbour. Significant Ships will cover the USN's revamped Arleigh Burke class destroyer design, German F125 class frigates, and the RNZN's Otago class offshore patrol vessels. There are also technological reviews dealing with naval aviation by David Hobbs, RN missile programmes by Richard Scott, while Norman Friedman turns his attention to new generation weapons technology. The World Naval Review is intended to make interesting reading as well as providing authoritative reference, so there is a strong visual emphasis, including specially commissioned drawings and the most up-to-date photographs and artists' impressions. For anyone with an interest in contemporary naval affairs, whether an enthusiast or a defence professional, this annual has become required reading."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353"2018"
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 trial of the Honble Admiral Byng at a court-martial held on board His Majesty's ship the St George in Portsmouth harbour, Tuesday Dec 28 1756 for an enquiry into his conduct while he commanded in the Mediterranean ... Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Byng : 1756 1757 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Byng
Britain and the mine, 1900-1915 : culture, strategy and international law /Richard Dunley. "This book examines Britain's complex relationship with the mine in the years 1900-1915. The development of mine warfare represented a unique mix of challenges and opportunities for Britain in the years before the First World War. The mine represented the antithesis of British maritime culture in material form, and attempts were made to limit its use under international law. At the same time, mine warfare offered the Royal Navy a solution to its most difficult strategic problem. Richard Dunley explores the contested position occupied by the mine in the attitudes of British policy makers, and in doing so sheds new light on the overlapping worlds of culture, strategy and international law."--Provided by the publisher. 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.465.1
To crown the waves : the great navies of the First World War /edited by Vincent P. O'Hara, W. David Dickson, Richard Worth. [2013] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1915/1918"
Pedestal : the Malta convoy of August 1942 /by Peter C. Smith. "In the summer of 1942 one of the main issues in the balance was the fate of Malta. The island was still a bastion of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and a constant threat to the supply route for the enemy land forces in North Africa. It bravely resisted every onslaught of the Axis powers, but food supplies were desperately short and fuel oil running low. In August of that year Operation Pedestal was launched - a last attempt to relieve Malta. Fourteen merchant ships were allocated to it and the Royal Navy provided the most powerful force ever to escort a convoy including four aircraft carriers. Operating from Sardinia and Sicily, the Germans and Italians let fly with their shore-based aircraft on an unprecedented scale. The losses on the British side were appalling, but the objective was achieved and the blockade of Malta was finally lifted." 1987. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1942"
Eliott's gold : the award of head money after the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1783) claim, rejection and parliamentary petition /Roy Clinton. "The Latin family motto beneath the coat of arms of General George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, reads 'Boldly and Rightly' and so it was that the General Eliott pusued a claim for prize and bounty for the Garrison and Naval department during the Great Siege of Gibraltar 1770-1783. This claim was rejected by the Navy Board as unfounded given a strict interpretation of Naval Prize Statues, but undeterred General Eliott boldly petitioned Parliament and successfully changed the law to obtain 30,000 of Head Money to be rightly distributed amongst the victorious participants. This is the previouslly untold story of how General Eliott, through strategic political manovering and persistence, changed the Navy Board's rejection into gold."--Provided by the publisher. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Warships in the Spanish Civil War / Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Paul Wright. "In July 1936, a pro-fascist coup orchestrated by General Franco tore Spain apart and plunged the country into a bitter civil war. Like Spain itself, the Spanish Navy was torn in two: crews and most ships remained loyal to the Republican government but many of the Navy's officers joined Franco's rebels, and warships under repair or 'mothballed' in southern ports soon fell to the rebel advance. These formed the basis of Franco's 'Nationalist fleet,' and with both Italian and German help, the rebels were able to contest the Republic's control of Spanish waters. Overall the Republican Navy held its own, despite mounting losses, until the collapse of the Republican Army led to the fleet seeking internment in French North Africa. Packed with contemporary photographs and detailed new artwork, this fascinating study examines the ships of the two rival fleets, the motivation and performance of the crews, and the little-known story of how the Spanish Civil War was fought at sea." 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 946.08145
Cape Matapan 1941 : Cunningham's Mediterranean triumph /Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Adam Tooby. "The Battle of Matapan witnessed the first use of significant new technologies to bring about a stunning British victory over the Italian Navy. The Allies had tapped into the Ultra coded messages sent by the Axis powers, and the Italians siffered from not having radar - a technological advanage of which they were largely unaware. Radar would play a major role in the critical night action during the battle, one of the most decisive engagement of the Mediterranean naval war. Written by renowned naval historian Angus Konstam, this book explores the battle in unrivalled visual detail. It also examines why, despite the emphatic Royal Navy victory, the Allies failed to capitalize on their consequent strategic advantage during the months that followed." 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.54/21959
Movements of HM ships and submarines : sunk. Great Britain.-Admiralty 1939-1945]. • FOLIO • 9 copies available. 940.545.9(42)
Admiralty manual of seamanship. Great Britain. Admiralty. Hydrographic Office 1964-1967. • BOOK • 9 copies available. 656.61.052
Victory at sea : naval power and the transformation of the global order in World War II /Paul Kennedy ; with paintings by Ian Marshall. "In this engaging narrative, brought to life by marine artist Ian Marshall's beautiful full-color paintings, historian Paul Kennedy grapples with the rise and fall of the Great Powers during World War II. Tracking the movements of the six major navies of the Second World War - the allied navies of Britain, France, and the United States and the Axis navies of Germany, Italy, and Japan - Kennedy tells a story of naval battles, maritime campaigns, convoys, amphibious landings, and strikes from the sea. From the elimination of the Italian, German, and Japanese fleets and almost all of the French fleet, to the end of the era of the big-gunned surface vessel, the advent of the atomic bomb, and the rise of an American economic and military power larger than anything the world had ever seen, Kennedy shows how the strategic landscape for naval affairs was completely altered between 1936 and 1946"--Provided by the publisher. 2022 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.54/5
Letters and papers relating to the First Dutch War 1652-1654 : volume 6 1930 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1652/1654"
Ships : battleships, cruisers, destroyers, LSTs etc Roberts, Michael L 1997 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.146(73)
The philosophy and conduct of maritime war part 1 1815-1918 Waters, D W 1958 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1815/1918"
Warspite Ballantyne, Iain 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.827(42)
Historical development of the date line (1522- 2012) : first comprehensive survey in 2022 ; 500 years date line /by H.-D. Woreschk. "The book falls into two parts. In the first part, the historical framework conditions that led to the formation of the political-economic dateline are presented. The second part deals with the formation of this variant of the dateline itself - a process which, with the help of the latest chart material from the Hydrographic Department of the British Navy (Royal Navy), also takes into account recent developments in the southern and central Pacific. The question of changing the dateline is also pursued from a legal point of view, since it is precisely in this area that one encounters misconceptions in many places. Focal points: impact of imperialist colonialism on the ownership structure in the Pacific Ocean with Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa; influence of the novel means of transport railway, Steamship and electric telegraph on the formation of the date line; Breakdown of the longitude unification (striving to reduce the zero meridians in the meridian-dependent sciences of nautics, cartography, geography, and astronomy) and its influence on the orbit of the date line (Conference of Venice (1881), Rome (1883), Washington (1884); World and Zone Time); Difficulties due to initial meridian diversity in the meridian-dependent sciences with the emphasis on navigation and railway timetable design; beginning of the exploration of Oceania (scientific expeditions of the 'Novara', 'Challenger', 'Gazelle', 'Tuscarora' and 'Egeria'; deep-sea sounding, laying of submarine, continental telegraph cables and a.); first coordinates of the hydrographic divisions of the 'Royal Navy' and the 'US Navy' to the date line that is being formed; Clarification of the question 'Who determines the path of the date line?' Clarification of the multi-layered term 'dateline'; Summary of the 500-year developmental period of today's dateline in the form of a collection of maps and sketches covering three centuries; Detailed representation of the most recent change of the line by Kiribati, Samoa and Tokelau Outlook at possible further changes in the course of the date line; excursions to clarify the developmental background of the emerging political-economic line of the date change; Original sources from 1790 to 2017 from various countries numerous sketches, illustrations and graphics"--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 2 copies available.
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