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Memoirs of the Admiral the Right Hon the Earl of St Vincent, GCB etc Tucker, Jedediah Stephens 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"17"(42)

Abstract of regulations, on the subject of pay ... to commence from the first of January, 1817 Great Britain.-Admiralty 1816 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:355.51

Regulations to be observed by any commission or marine officer who may apply for a pension Great Britain.-Admiralty 1816 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.51

Captain Radford's diary The personal recollections of George Radford who went to sea as an apprentice with the British Tanker Company in 1929. Rising through the ranks to become Chief Officer, Radford served throughout the Second World War in naval vessels as an RNR officer. At the end of the war, he returned to the Merchant Navy, sailing as master of an early roll-on/roll-off ferry before joining the Trinity House pilotage service. A member of the Nautical Institute, Radford was a frequent contributor to the Institute's journal Seaways. 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Radford(093.32)

Story of my working life "Embark on a riveting juourney of ambition and valour that takes a young sailor from the humblest beginnings in the Merchant Navy to the apex of the marine world. This tale of ascent is punctuated by thrilling perils at sea: accidents, collisions, blazes, and even the perils of war."-- 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

The Keith papers : selected from the letters and papers of Admiral Viscount Keith Elphinstone, George Keith 1927-1955 • BOOK • 6 copies available. 92Elphinstone

The Wager disaster : mayhem, mutiny and murder in the south seas /C.H. Layman. "In 1741, Britain and Spain were at war. Commodore Anson and his small squadron battled round Cape Horn into the Pacific to take the war to the Spanish possessions in the South Seas. It was a notable moment in British naval history, when far-sighted men were beginning to realise the great benefits to British trade from a strong Navy with a worldwide reach. There were no accurate charts of the west coast of South America. The marine chronometer had not been invented, so longitude was largely a matter of guesswork. And before the value of lime juice had been recognised, the dreaded scurvy took a grim toll on the health of ships' companies. One of the squadron, HMS Wager, a 6th rate of 28 guns, was driven onto a lee shore in vicious hurricane-force winds and wrecked on an uninhabited island off the coast of what is now Chilean Patagonia. About 140 Wager men reached the land, most of them then to be lost through starvation, exhaustion, hypothermia, drowning, and sometimes violence. Gunner Bulkeley led a party who mutinied against an unpopular captain, and set off in an open boat with no chart. No one approves of mutiny, but his 2500 nautical-mile journey from Chilean Patagonia to Brazil, through the world's worst seas, was an epic feat of navigation, and one of the greatest castaway survival voyages in the annals of the sea. Only 36 men (including Midshipman Byron, grandfather of the poet) eventually made it back to Britain, where their tales of fearful ordeals in a far country caught the imagination of the public. This book uses their accounts to piece together the story of a dramatic fight for survival under extreme conditions. The wrecking of the Wager had surprisingly lasting effects on both the history of Chile and the administration of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, as this book tells. Anson, justly called the Father of the Navy, saw to it that the lessons of the Wager disaster were learned and some important reforms implemented. In 2006 the wreck was discovered by a British expedition, and it is now being studied by Chilean marine archaeologists. Here in the Wager's extraordinary story, is a record of human endurance and perseverance in the face of almost superhuman adversity."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3WAGER

The naval miscellany : volume 3 1928 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49

The Polar sale : Scott & Amundsen centenary :Friday 30 March 2012 at 2 pm, Knightsbridge, London. Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Science, utility and maritime power : Samuel Bentham in Russia, 1779-91 /Roger Morriss. "During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. His influence stemmed from his passion for science, from his desire to achieve improvements based on a belief in the principle of Utility, and from experience gained over eleven years in Russia, a large part in the service of Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin. Having travelled extensively throughout the north and south of Russia, Poland and Siberia, he managed Potemkina (TM)s industries at Krichev, built fast river galleys, armed the Russian flotilla of small craft at Kherson and served with the flotilla that defeated the Turks in the Black Sea. His main ambition was to open river communication in Siberia and develop trade into the Pacific. However he returned to England and in 1796 became Inspector General of Naval Works, a post in which he fought for innovations in the technology and management of the British royal dockyards. Regarded then by the Navy Board as a dangerous maverick, this book reveals the experiences, creativity and thinking that made him a major figure in British naval development."--Provided by the publisher. [2015]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BENTHAM

Operation Pedestal : the story of convoy WS21S August 1942 /Brian James Crabb. "This book reveals the true story of Operation Pedestal, the convoy to relieve the desperate plight of Malta in August 1942. Thirteen modern cargo ships and the new American oil tanker Ohio were selected for their speed, size and reliability, protected by a large escort of Royal Navy warships. But on only the second day after their entry into the Mediterranean the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle was struck by four torpedoes and sunk by U-73, followed by crippling damage to HMS Indomitable from the air the next day, reducing the strength of the escort by half at the outset. The convoy was repeatedly attacked by aircraft, submarines and E-boats, resulting in the loss of cruisers HMS Cairo and HMS Manchester and the destroyer HMS Foresight. Nine of the cargo ships were sunk and six naval vessels were crippled. However, HMS Port Chalmers, Rochester Castle and Melbourne Star reached Malta on 13 August. The following day, a damaged Brisbane Star was also nursed into harbour. But the best news of all was the arrival of the crippled oil tanker Ohio on the 15th. She had been bombed to a standstill but was kept afloat by the Royal Navy and towed to Valletta against all odds. Her voyage is legendary. Many brave men were lost during this heroic and most bombarded convoy of the Second World War, and all are recorded in this book. It tells a gripping, heroic story, accompanied by a generous selection of photographs and a host of technical detail. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1(458.2)"1942"

British submarines : in the cold war era /Norman Friedman. "The Royal Navy's greatest contribution to the Allied success in World War II was undoubtedly the defeat of the U-boat menace in the North Atlantic, a victory on which all other European campaigns depended. The underwater threat was the most serious naval challenge of the war so it was not surprising that captured German submarine technology became the focus of attention for the British submarine service after 1945. It was quick to test and adopt the schnorkel, streamlining, homing torpedoes and, less successfully, hydrogen-peroxide propulsion. Furthermore, in the course of the long Atlantic battle, the Royal Navy had become the world's most effective anti-submarine force and was able to utilise this expertise to improve the efficiency of its own submarines. However, in 1945 German submarine technology had also fallen into the hands of the Soviet Union and as the Cold War developed it became clear that a growing Russian submarine fleet would pose a new threat. Britain had to go to the US for its first nuclear propulsion technology, but the Royal Navy introduced the silencing technique which made British and US nuclear submarines viable anti-submarine assets, and it pioneered in the use of passive - silent - sonars in that role. Nuclear power also changed the role of some British submarines, which replaced bombers as the core element of British Cold War and post Cold War nuclear deterrence. As in other books in this series, this one shows how a combination of evolving strategic and tactical requirements and new technology produced successive types of submarines. It it is based largely on unpublished and previously classified official documentation, and to the extent allowed by security restrictions, also tells the operational story - HMS Conqueror is still the only nuclear submarine to have sunk a warship in combat, but there are many less well known aspects of British submarine operations in the postwar era. Although some of the Cold War activities of British submarines have come to light in recent years, this book will be the first comprehensive technical history of the submarines themselves, their design rationale, and the service which operated them."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. txt

More days, more dollars : the universal bucket chain: 1885-1920 /Richard Woodman. General history of British merchant shipping, covering its heyday as the greatest carrier of people, goods and materials and its involvement in the First World War. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(42)

Bosun's call "Describes the author's hilarious experiences during his time spent on the lower deck in the Royal Navy; starting as a Boy Seaman, he slowly makes his uncertain way towards his goal of acting sub Lieutenant. Covering the years between 1949 and 1956, we experience a country still on wartime rationing, low pay, strict discipline and a time of general drabness. Yet despite this, most young people were filled with optimism brought beautifully to life in this tale of eccentric and colourful characters serving on both the lower deck and in the wardroom."--Provided by the publisher. 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124:92Willis

Regulations ... of the rates of His Majesty's ships ... the pay, numbers, and ratings of all the officers and men in the fleet ... Great Britain. Orders in Council 1816 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.51:094

The Gulf and inland waters Mahan, A. T.-(Alfred Thayer), 1898 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1861/1865"(73)

Tars : the men who made Britain rule the waves /Tim Clayton. An account of life in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War (1756-63) dramatised from first-hand archival sources, including logbooks and personal papers in the National Maritime Museum's manuscript collection. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1756/1763"

Confidential Admiralty monthly intelligence report : no. 74 ; 15th June, 1925. Single issue of regular intelligence report. 1925. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.535:359

Warship. editor: John Jordan. Annual publication focusing on the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82"2007"

Britannia to Beira and beyond : one man's humorous experiences of Royal Navy life in the 1960's. Critchley, Mike. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"196"(42)

The naval ascendency of Britain / by William Hillary. A plea for greater investment in the Royal Navy to maintain and extend its international dominance. 1838. • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 355.49"1838"(42)

Bibliography of naval literature Laughton, L G Carr (comp) 1907 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 930.9(26):016

Bay of Bengal pilot : comprising the southern and eastern coasts of Ceylon, the eastern coast of India, the coast of east Pakistan, the coast of Burma, and the western coast of Thailand from Pakchan River to Ko Phuket; also the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1966 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 527.83

A vocabulary of sea phrases and terms of art used in seamanship and naval architecture Captain of the British Navy, A 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 656.61French:094:800.866

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