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Merchant navy week, Southampton, 1937 : official souvenir handbook and programme of events 1937 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 394.46(422.7)"1937"
Specification of armament for a torpedo boat destroyer for the Brazilian navy Armstrong Whitworth (Firm) ca1910 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.823.1(81)
Our Navy for a thousand years : a concise account of all the principal operations in which the British Eardley-Wilmot, S, Sir 1911 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42)
The minesweepers' victory : a silent service of the Royal Navy Hardy, Hilbert 1976 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.829.3:940.545
US commanders of World War II : 2 : Navy and USMC Arnold, James R. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.333(73)"1939/1945"
The navy as a fighting machine / Fiske, Bradley A. 1988. Fiske, Bradley A 1988 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02
The German navy in World War II / Jackson, R. 1999. Jackson, Robert 1999 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49(43)
Graf Spee's raiders : challenge to the Royal Navy 1914-1915 Yates, Keith 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Spee
All hands : the lower deck of the Royal Navy, 1939 to the present day /Brian Lavery. "Brian Lavery examines the world of the sailor from the outbreak of war in 1939 through 70 years of change up to his place in the modern Royal Navy. He illuminates the inherent adaptability of the professional sailor, as new technologies demanded increased professionalism, specialization and training. He also focuses on the changing social structure of the Navy, and the periods of expansion as the service coped with great demands made through two World Wars and innumerable other conflicts across the globe." 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)"1939/..."
Order and disorder in the British Navy, 1793-1815 : control, resistance, flogging and hanging /Thomas "Churchill once famously remarked that he would not join the navy because it was "all rum, sodomy and the lash". How far this was true of the navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars is the subject of this important new book. Summary punishments, courts martial, flogging and hanging were regularly made use of in this period to establish order in the navy. Based on extensive original research, including a detailed study of ships' captain's logs and muster tables, this book explores the concepts of order and disorder aboard ships and examines how order was preserved. It discusses the different sorts of disorder and why they occurred; argues that officers too sometimes pushed against the official order; and demonstrates that order was much more than the simple enforcement of the Articles of War. The book argues that the behaviours that were punished, how and to what degree reveal what the navy saw as most resistive or dangerous to its authority and the order it wanted established. In addition, it considers the role of patronage in shaping order, outlining how this was affected by Admiralty moves to centralise appointments, and shows that acts of disorder were plentiful, and increasing, in this period, and that the imbalance in court martial outcomes for sailors, marines and warrant officers, in comparison to commissioned officers, points to a flawed system of justice. Overall, the book provides an extremely nuanced picture of order and how it was preserved. Thomas Malcomson is a Professor in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario. He completed his doctorate in history at York University, Toronto." --Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133(42)"1793/1815"
Fittest of the fit : health and morale in the Royal Navy, 1939-1945 /Kevin Brown "'Fittest of the fit' was the Royal Navy's boast about its personnel, a claim based on a recruitment process that was effectively self-selection. This book examines that basic assumption and many of the issues that followed from it. Beginning with the medical aspects of recruitment, it looks at how health and fitness was maintained in the adverse environment of sea service, including the particularly onerous extremes of Arctic and Tropical conditions, and life for its submariners and airmen as well as those in the surface fleet. The massive mid-war expansion of personnel was a particular challenge to accepted wisdom and how the Navy coped is a major aspect of the story. Beyond the purely physical, the importance of psychological factors and the maintenance of morale is another theme of the book, taking in everything from entertainment to tolerance of onboard pets. Inevitably, the effects of battle, injury and stress dominated naval medicine, and action experience led to rapid changes in everything from basic preparations to protective clothing. In a conscious search for improvement, the Navy became an early adopter of many medical innovations, driven by a permanent committee created to study personnel issues. To put this all into context, comparisons are made with the other British services as well as US Navy practice. From this emerges a rounded picture of a crucially important factor in the wartime success of the Senior Service."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 613.68
The Royal Navy in the Cold War years, 1966-1990 : retreat and revival /Edward Hampshire "During the period covered by this new book the Royal Navy faced some of its greatest challenges, both at sea confronting the increasingly capable and impressive Soviet Navy, and on shore when it faced policy crises that threatened the survival of much of the fleet. During this remarkable period, the Navy had rarely been so focussed on a single theatre of war - the Eastern Atlantic - but also rarely so politically vulnerable. The author sets out to analyse shadowing operations and confrontations at sea with Soviet ships and submarines; the Navy's role in the enormous NATO and Warsaw Pact naval exercises that acted out potential war scenarios; individual operations from the Falklands and the 1990-91 Gulf War to the Beira and Armilla patrols; the development of advanced naval technologies to counter Soviet capabilities; policy-making controversies as the three services fought for resources - including the controversial 1981 Nott defence review; and what life was like in the Cold War navy for ratings and officers. The book, the first to cover this subject in depth for more than thirty years, will make use of the full range of archival sources that have been publicly available over the last two decades, but of which little use has been made by historians. This work is destined to become a definitive naval history of the period, and also provide a fascinating and gripping narrative of a navy under threat from many directions but which survived and eventually prospered, winning a remarkable victory in the far South Atlantic more than 7,000 miles from its expected battleground in the North Atlantic. Elegantly written for a wide audience, it will be a very significant volume for professional and enthusiast alike."--Provided by the publisher. 2024 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Medals to the Navy, 1588 to 2013 : including the Dieppe Raid of 1942 /Roger Perkins. "This is the story of England's maritime power from the decades of Queen Elizabeth I to Queen Elizabeth II."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.134.22(42)"15/20"
The Royal Navy and the projection of British power 1863-1900 Collins, B W ca1980 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.02(42)"18"
Certificates of competency in the merchant navy : marine engineer officer requirements Great Britain. Department of Trade 1981 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 656.61.09
Britannia's bulwarks : our first line of defence: the Royal Navy, 1896 1896 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"189"
The Russian navy and Australia to 1825 : the days before suspicion Barratt, Glynn 1979 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"18"(47:94)
British bluejacket, 1915-1940 : a social study of the Royal Navy Edwards, A Trystan 1940 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)"1915/1940"
History of the modern American navy : from 1883 through Pearl Harbor Mitchell, Donald W 1947 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(73)
Ships of the Royal Navy with forces of British dominions overseas McMurtrie, Francis E 1945 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(41-44)"1945"
From dark to dawn in the King's Navy : the Nelson influence Hewitt, T 1930 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)
The frigate Constitution : the central figure of the navy under sail Hollis, Ira N 1900 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.6(73)
Supplementary estimate of Her Majesty's Navy for the year 1872-3 Great Britain.-Admiralty 1873. • • 1 copy available. 336.121
The Royal Navy as a career and how to join it Great Britain.-Admiralty 1936 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.211(42)