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The navy of Edward VI and Mary I / edited by C.S. Knighton and David Loades. 2011. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 061.22NRS
The Elizabethan navy and the armada of Spain Waters, D W 1975 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 355.49"1588"(42:46)
Navy against the Axis : surface combat, 1941-1945 /Vincent P. O'Hara. "The U.S. Navy against the Axis tells the story of the U.S. Navy's surface fleet in World War II with an emphasis on ship-to-ship combat. It advances the thesis that the fleet's role in America's ultimate victory was more crucial than commonly realized and that it holds many lessons for today's Navy and the nation as a whole. The book refutes the widely-held notion that the attack on Pearl Harbor suddenly rendered surface combatants obsolete and that aviation and submarines dominated the Pacific War; it demonstrates that the battleships, cruisers and destroyers made major contributions to America's victory and played decisive roles at critical junctures. The U.S. Navy against the Axis offers a cautionary parable relevant to today's Navy. It demonstrates how swift adaptability and intellectual honesty were fundamental to the Navy's success against Japan. The book's underlying premises is that we cannot assume that in a conflict against conventional or asymmetric enemies, the nation holds title to the same virtues demonstrated by the Navy three generations past. Instead those lessons need to be constantly studied and validated in the face of postwar mythologies, lest they be forgotten."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.54/5973
Royal Navy search and rescue : a centenary celebration /David Morris ; foreword by Eric Brown. "Today, the sight of a helicopter speeding toward some destination is familiar enough, but take a moment to consider: is there a life at stake? Is someone in peril and on a knife edge of survival, and will the helicopter crew be selflessly placing themselves in the most dangerous of situations for the sake of saving others? Ever since the First World War, aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service and later the Fleet Air Arm have operated from land bases and ships at sea, flying search and rescue missions. In this book David Morris, Curator of Aircraft at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, tells the incredible story of Royal Navy search and rescue from the first mission by Sir Richard Bell-Davies VC to the present day."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.38
Desert shield at sea : what the Navy really did Pokrant, Marvin 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1991"(536.8)
Historic ship exhibits in the United States / Naval History Division, Navy Department. United States. Department of the Navy. Naval History Division 1969. • PAMPHLET • 3 copies available. 069(26:73):629.123
Book of remembrance : the Merchant Navy World War Two Stockbridge, Ian • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.546.7(42)
Sailing warships of the US Navy / Donald L. Canney. Canney, Donald L. 2001. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(73)"1775/1861"
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)
Ottoman Navy Warships 1914-18 / Ryan K. Noppen ; Illusrated by Paul Wright "At the start of the 20th century the Ottoman Navy was a shadow of its former might, a reflection of the empire as a whole - the "Sick Man of Europe". Years of defeat, nepotism, and neglect had left the Ottoman Navy with a mix of obsolete vessels, whilst the list of prospective enemies was ever-growing. An increasing Russian naval presence in the Black Sea and the alarming emergence of Italy and Greece as regional Naval powers proved beyond all doubt that intensive modernization was essential, indeed, the fate of the Empire as a naval power depended on it. So the Ottoman Navy looked to the ultimate naval weapon of the age, the dreadnought, two of which were ordered from the British. But politics intervened, and a succession of events culminated in the Ottoman Navy fielding a modern German battlecruiser and state-of-the-art light cruiser instead - with dramatic consequences. In this meticulous study, Ryan Noppen presents a fresh appraisal of the technical aspects and operations of the warships of the Ottoman Navy in World War I. It is the first work of its kind in the English language - produced with a wealth of rare material with the co-operation of the Turkish Consulate and Navy. Packed with precise technical specifications, revealing illustrations and exhaustive research, this is an essential guide to a crucial chapter in the Aegean arms race."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.82(496.02)"1914/1918"
Anson : Royal Navy commander and statesman, 1697-1762 /Anthony Bruce "George Anson, Baron Anson (1697-1762), circumnavigator and First Lord of the Admiralty, entered the Royal Navy in 1712 and progressed rapidly, achieving his first command in 1722. He benefited from the patronage of his uncle Thomas Parker, later the Earl of Macclesfield, who served as Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor until his impeachment for fraud in 1725. Anson first saw action at the Battle of Cape Passaro (1718) under Admiral Sir George Byng but most of his early career was spent as captain of the station ship based at Charleston, South Carolina. In 1737 he was appointed captain of the 60-gun Centurion and sent on patrol to West Africa and the Caribbean. It was in this ship that he circumnavigated the globe (1740-1744) during the war with Spain. Ordered to attack the Pacific coast of Spanish South America, the expedition almost ended in disaster when half of Anson's squadron disappeared as it encountered 'huge deep, hollow seas' during the passage around Cape Horn. Despite further heavy losses, Anson was able to carry out a limited number of raids against coastal targets, but his capture of the Spanish treasure galleon Nuestra Seänora de Covadonga off the Philippines was a real victory that secured his reputation (and wealth). On his return Anson, welcomed as a national hero, soon revealed his political ambitions: he joined the opposition Whigs, was elected MP for Hedon and appointed to the Admiralty Board. Although he entered the Board while still a captain, he secured rapid promotion to Rear-Admiral, Vice-Admiral and then Admiral of the Fleet. Anson returned to sea in command of the Western Squadron in 1746-1747 and his notable victory against the French at the Battle of Cape Finisterre was a rare example of a British naval success after seven years of war. Anson, who was then raised to the peerage, returned to the Admiralty Board, working with the Duke of Bedford as First Lord and with Lord Sandwich on a series of naval reforms, which included ending political interference in courts-martial, introducing compulsory retirement, innovations in ship design and the formation of the Royal Marines under Admiralty control. In 1751, Anson succeeded Lord Sandwich as First Lord of the Admiralty and served until his death in 1762 (except for one brief interruption in 1756-1757 following the loss of Minorca). The reform programme continued, but his main priority on returning to office (and the Cabinet) in the Pitt-Newcastle coalition was the Seven Years War: its strategic direction, planning operations and preparing naval forces. Although he died shortly before the conflict ended, Pitt later said of Anson: 'to his wisdom, to his experience the nation owes the glorious success of the last war.' Horace Walpole inevitably took a more critical view: 'Lord Anson was reserved and proud, and so ignorant of the world, that Sir Charles Williams said he had been round it, but never in it.' Anson's earlier biographers have focused on the story of the circumnavigation, which has largely defined his reputation, as well as his victories at sea. However, other aspects of his career, particularly his roles as a naval reformer and wartime strategist, deserve to be given greater weight in reassessing his position as a leading figure in British naval history. As one commentator has pointed out, 'there is an increasing cultural valuation of administrative skills that allows an Anson to be remembered in the same arena with, but still distinctly from, a Nelson. Whereas Horatio Nelson is certainly the most well-known and enduring example of a naval hero, others followed different paths to success during their lifetimes.'"--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.07092
Restoration warship : the design, construction and career of a third rate of Charles II's navy. Endsor, Richard. 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82LENOX
Arming the Royal Navy, 1793-1815 : the Office of Ordnance and the State /Gareth Cole. Cole, Gareth 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 632.42(42)"1793/1815"
The navy and its chaplains in the days of sail Smith, Waldo E L 1961 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.81(42)
The mysteries of the maladministration of the British Navy revealed... Burton, J Ryder 1852 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 354.71
The tudor navy : from the Mary Rose to the armada Cromwell Publications 2000 • VIDEO-REC • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1485/1603"
Ships on stamps : 2nd series part 1: the Royal Navy Argyle, E W 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.835
: Navy SEAL's stories of combat and adventure Kelly, Orr 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(73)
Benjamin Franklin Tracy : father of the modern American fighting navy Cooling, Benjamin Franklin 1973 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 354.71(73)"18"
Defence : the Royal Navy Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 1976 Great Britain. Statutory Instruments 1976 • GOVTPUB • 1 copy available. 355.21
Mechanical improvements connected with the Royal Navy ... / Bothway, Joseph. 1833. Bothway, Joseph 1833 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12.014
Kings of the sea : Charles II, James II and the Royal Navy /JD Davies. "It has always been widely accepted that the Stuart kings, Charles II and James II, had an interest in the navy and more generally in the sea. Their enthusiastic delight in sailing, for instance, is often cited as marking the establishment of yachting in England. The major naval developments in their reigns on the other hand -- developments that effectively turned the Royal Navy into a permanent, professional fighting force for the first time -- have traditionally been attributed to Samuel Pepys. This new book, based on a wide range of new and previously neglected evidence, presents a provocative new theory: that the creation of the proper 'Royal Navy' was in fact due principally to the Stuart brothers, particularly Charles II, who is presented here, not as the lazy monarch neglectful of the detail of government, but as a king with an acute and detailed interest in naval affairs. The author also demonstrates that Charles' Stuart predecessors were far more directly involved in naval matters than has usually been allowed, and proves that Charles' and James' command of ship design and other technical matters went well beyond the bounds of dilettante enthusiasm. It is shown how Charles in particular, intervened in ship design discussions at a highly technical level; how the brothers were principally responsible for the major reforms that established a permanent naval profession; and how they personally sponsored important expeditions and projects such as Greenvile Collins' survey of British waters. The book also reassesses James II's record as a fighting admiral. It is a fascinating journey into the world of the Stuart navy and shows how the 'Kings of the Sea' were absolutely central to the development of its ships, their deployment and the officer corps which commanded them; it offers a major reassessment of that dynasty's involvement in naval warfare."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)
The screw-fleet of the navy Halsted, E P 1850 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 355.02(42)
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"