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Canada's bastions of empire : Halifax, Victoria and the Royal Navy 1749-1918 /Bryan Elson. "This book offers a fresh perspective on North American history, and the key role played by Halifax and Victoria in ensuring that Canada emerged as an independent country in the 20th century. Brian Elson focuses on the significance of the bases for the all-powerful British navy at Halifax and Victoria through the 19th century and the First World War. As he explains, Halifax gave the Royal Navy the land base they needed to project British power along the whole east Atlantic coast of North America. Victorias Esquimault did the same thing for the Pacific coast. During the 1800s the United States grew dramatically, adding huge swaths of lands west, south and north that had belonged to France, Spain, Mexico, and Russia while pushing aside native peoples. More than once the American government came into conflict with Britain over British territory in North America. There were threats of war and annexation, and American popular support for absorbing Canada was strong. In this book Bryan Elson shows how the British presence in Halifax, and later in Victoria, stood in the way of US designs on Canada. American leaders knew that the British Navy, with its bases on both coasts, had the power to cut them off from the rest of the world with a naval blockade. The American threat to Canada was effectively countered by the British presence in these two cities. The two bastions played their most important role in the early years of the First World War. As Bryan Elson explains, in 1914 the United States stood aside while the British Empire, including Canada, took on Germany. In this situation, the British navy including the Canadian navys first east coast warship mounted a show of force by stopping all incoming and outgoing traffic from the port of New York. This lasted until the US finally opted into the war, on the side of Britain, in 1917. Meanwhile, on the west coast the Equimault naval base was buttressed by the extraordinary action of the B.C. provincial government which at the start of the war bought two new submarines from a shipyard in Seattle for the fledgling Canadian navy."--Provided by the publisher. 2014 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42+71)

Ministry of Defence (Navy). 1971 Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy) 1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.16(42)"1971":355.51

Alfred King Lewis 1818-1860 : barge builder and shipwright, Royal Navy "Five years after Hong Kong became a British Protectorate, a young Carpenter's Mate, Alfred King Lewis became embroiled in the "Canton River Operations" in April 1847. The event was commemorated in a series of 11 hand-coloured lithographs which show the Bay of Victoria at Hong Kong, the British and Foreign Factories in the City of Canton (Guangzhou) China, sampans and junks as well as the Royal Navy paddle ships Vulture, Pluto, Espiegie, Corsair and Lorcha. These 11 prints have been reproduced for the first time in this book. Although written for family history, the book takes a first hand look at the Royal Navy through examining the activities of Ships' Carpenters in the 1840's. It also provides a social history of the London docklands area during the mid-1800's."--Provided by the publisher. 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.223(42)

Aircraft carriers of the United States Navy : rare photographs from wartime archives. "In 1922 the US Navy commissioned its first small experimental aircraft carrier. This was followed into service by two much larger and capable carriers in 1927 with five more being built prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor including three large Yorktown class. To take the offensive against the Japanese Navy, the American Congress funded by far the largest carrier building programme in history based on the Essex class, a larger version of the pre-war Yorktown vessels. Of the twenty-six ordered, fourteen were commissioned in time to see Second World War service. These were joined by many smaller classes of carriers, including light carriers and escort carriers. Post-war ever larger and more capable carriers were commissioned. Since 1975, when the first of a fleet of ten nuclear-powered Nimitz class carriers was commissioned, they have epitomized United States superpower status and worldwide power projection. These are due to be replaced in the decades to come with the even more sophisticated nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford class. Compiled and written by Michael Green, Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy contains superb images of all the different types of classes of carriers employed by the US Navy since 1922. These and its highly informative text and captions give the reader a broad overview of this fascinating subject."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.822.7(73)"19"

The Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy Sokol, Anthony E 1968 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 355.49(436)

A steam manual for the British navy Williams, W J 1843 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:621.12(083.13)

Round the buoy : more songs of the 20th century navy Tawney, Cyril 1990 • SOUND-REC • 1 copy available. 784.4

Two years national service :bRoyal Navy, 1954-1956 Richard Sapey. • CD-ROM • 1 copy available. 355.211.2

England's Medieval Navy 1066-1509 : ships, men & warfare /Susan Rose "We are accustomed to think of England in terms of Shakespeare's 'precious stone set in a silver sea', safe behind its watery ramparts with its naval strength resisting all invaders. To the English of an earlier period - from the 8th to the 11th centuries - such a notion would have seemed ridiculous. The sea, rather than being a defensive wall, was a highway by which successive waves of invaders arrived, bringing destruction and fear in their wake. Deploying a wide range of sources, this new book looks at how English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England, a term which at this time included all vessels whether Royal or private and no matter what their ostensible purpose - to increase and safety and prosperity of the kingdom. The design and building of ships and harbour facilities, the development of navigation, ship handling, and the world of the seaman are all described, while comparisons with the navies of England's closest neighbours, with particular focus on France and Scotland, are made, and notable battles including Damme, Dover, Sluys and La Rochelle included to explain the development of battle tactics and the use of arms during the period. The author shows, in this lucid and enlightening narrative, how the unspoken aim of successive monarchs was to begin to build 'the wall' of England, its naval defences, with a success which was to become so apparent in later centuries."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1066/1509"(42)

Safeguarding the nation : the story of the modern Royal Navy /John Roberts. Roberts, John Arthur, 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)"1957/2009"

The 1914 Star to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines This is a naval medal roll dealing with the 1914 Star to the Royal Navy, which was awarded almost exclusively to the Royal Naval Division (R.N.D.). There are brief historical notes on the R.N.D. The book includes: an analysis of medals and clasps; the pattern of naming on a 1914 star; abbreviations used in medal rolls; Royal Naval Battalions; Royal Marine Battalions; other units including ambulance and hospital units; prisoners of war; the story of how the 1914 Star was created for the R.N.D. (selected extracts from the Admiralty Case File); Fleet Orders published in relation to the 1914 Star. 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.134.22(42)"1914"

Desert shield at sea : what the Navy really did Pokrant, Marvin 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1991"(536.8)

The Royal Navy handbook : the definitive MoD guide Great Britain. Ministry of Defence 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)

Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 Jentschura, Hansgeorg 1977 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(52)"18/19"

The Navy Department in the War of 1812 Eckert, Edward K 1973 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

The rise and fall of the British navy Humble, Richard 1986 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02(42)"19"

The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic age : senior service, 1800-1815 /Mark Jessop. "In 1801 the newly forged United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland commenced life at war with France and her allies and remained so until 1815. After 1812 she had to shoulder the extra burden of a war against the United States of America. With conflict on multiple fronts, hardships continued to be inflicted at home. Trade was made precarious. People became bone-weary of hostilities and the threat of invasion ran high. Napoleon Bonaparte was no ordinary opponent, and the United States navy showed the world the worth of her ships, but what stood in their way was the Royal Navy. Despite notable losses, after the victory of Trafalgar in 1805 she dominated the seas. Although not the only means, her warships were the nation's first line of defence that helped keep British shores safe. As the era ended it was obvious the navy had to change. Steam began to alter perspectives with new opportunities. From the vantage point of later decades it could be seen what the Royal Navy had once been and still was. A naval superpower. Britain's oldest continual military force. The senior service."--Provided by the publisher. 24 cm • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.2745

Men of war : courage under fire in the nineteenth-century navy /David Crane. Crane, David, 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.0092241

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