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Hilhouse of Bristol : shipbuilder for the Navy, 1749-1822 /Andrew Whitefield. "In this book Andrew Whitefield sets out to rediscover Hilhouse's career and answer the questions that first attracted him to the enigma of Hilhouse. How did he start as a first generation shipbuilder? How did he overcome the Navy's prejudice against merchants and reluctance to build at Bristol? Where was his famous Redclift yard? Why did the Navy cease to place orders? Drawing on hitherto unpublished primary sources and following tantalizing clues, he traces Hilhouse's family's origins, their involvement as Dissenters and Merchant Venturers in Bristol's Golden Age trading in sugar and risking all in privateering ventures. The book describes Hilhouse's shipbuilding career, not without setbacks, with details of his dockyard organization, dealings with the Navy and histories of his warships and also recounts the cultural side of his life and influential artistic friends. The story that emerges provides a fascinating portrait of a shipbuilder, artist and family man, during a vital period of Britain's maritime history and gives James Martin Hilhouse the recognition he deserves."-- 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HILHOUSE:629.12(424.1)
Gunboats, empire and the China Station : the Royal Navy in 1920s East Asia /Matthew Heaslip. "Examining Britain's imperial outposts in 1920s East Asia, this book explores the changes and challenges affecting the Royal Navy's third largest fleet, the China Station, as its crews fought to hold back the changing tides of fortune. Bridging the gap between high level naval strategy and everyday imperial culture, Heaslip highlights the importance of the China Station to the British imperial system, foreign policy and East Asian geopolitics, while also revealing the lived experiences of these imperial outposts. Following their immersion into a new world and the challenges they encountered along the way, it considers how its naval officers were perceived by the Chinese populations of the ports they visited, how the two communities interacted and what this meant at a time of 'peace'. Against the changing nature of Britain's informal empire in the 1920s, Gunboats, Empire and the China Station highlights the complex nature of naval operations in-between major conflicts, and calls into question how peaceful this peacetime truly was."--Provided by publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 359.40951/09042
The Naval Academy illustrated history of the United States navy Potter, E B 1971 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49(73)
Close combat : for use in Royal Navy and Royal Marines Great Britain.-Ministry of Defence? 1942 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 796.8:355.353(42)
Royal Navy: Vol. 1 1773-1792. Vol II 1793-1807 Cripps, Derek 2004 • CD-ROM • 1 copy available. 359(42)(083.812)
The Pennsylvania Navy 1775-1781 : the defense of the Delaware Jackson, John W 1974 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 974.8.03
Blue jackets of '61 : a history of the American navy Abbot, Willis J 1887 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1861/1865"(73)
On a principle of constructing ships in the Mercantile Navy Seppings, Robert, Sir 1820 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.12.011.21
Army and Navy signal book / Great Britain. War Office. 1887. Great Britain. War Office 1887 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.724/.725(42)"1887"
Army and Navy signal book / Great Britain. War Office. 1879. Great Britain. War Office 1879 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.724/.725(42)"1879"
Samuel Pepys : the saviour of the navy /by Arthur Bryant. Bryant, Arthur, 1953. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Pepys
Hearts of oak : a story of Nelson and the navy Stables, William Gordon 1893 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Nelson
The evolution of the sailing navy, 1509-1815 Harding, Richard 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"15/18"(42)
The Royal Navy, rum, rumour and a pinch of salt / by Tom Hayward and Keith Ashton. An autobiographical account of life in the Royal Navy and Coastguard service, with contributions from both authors. 1985. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Hayward
The complete navy list of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815 Marione, Patrick 2003 • CD-ROM • 1 copy available. 359(42)"1793/1815"
Ruling the waves : an unofficial portrait of the Royal Navy Barker, Dennis 1986 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)"198"
Before the Dreadnought : the Royal Navy from Nelson to Fisher Humble, Richard 1976 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"18"
Heroes of the Atlantic : a tribute to the Merchant Navy Halstead, Ivor 1941 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61:940.545
Under the red duster : a study of Britain's Merchant Navy Woddis, Jack 1947 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(42)
Radar observer's handbook for Merchant Navy Officers / Burger, W. 1957. Burger, W 1957 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.396.96(075.8)
Admiral Vernon and the navy : a memoir and a vindication Ford, Douglas 1907 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"17"(42)
The modern Royal Navy : a guide to Britain's sea power Beaver, Paul 1988 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42)
Ye mariners of England : a boy's book of the Navy Hayens, Herbert 1908 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42)
Deeds of naval daring : or anecdotes of the British Navy Giffard, Edward 1852 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"17/18"(42)