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The Mediterranean Fleet, 1930-1939 / edited by Paul G. Halpern, Professor Emeritus, Florida State University. "The Mediterranean Fleet entered the 1930s looking back to the lessons of Jutland and the First World War but also seeking to incorporate new technologies, notably air power. Unfortunately in the depression years of the early 1930s there was a lack of funds to remedy deficiencies. The problem became critical during the Abyssinian crisis of 1935. The crisis wound down by mid-1936 but the respite did not last long. In June 1936 the Spanish Civil War broke out and the Mediterranean Fleet was soon involved in evacuations of British and other endangered foreigners from Spanish ports as well as the protection of British flagged merchant ships in the war zone. In addition to the Spanish Civil War there was an increase of tension with Germany in 1938 that culminated with the Czechoslovak crisis in September. The situation of the Mediterranean Fleet and its possible actions had the Munich agreement not been reached are described. The Spanish Civil War ended in 1939 with the victory of the Nationalists and the Mediterranean Fleet was again involved in evacuations. By now the prospect of war with Germany and possibly Italy was quite clear and serious preparations for war continued. The plans for war in the Mediterranean are reproduced in detail." --Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 061.22NRS

Annual accounts of shipbuilding and dockyard transactions, &c.. : including manufactures for the year 1913-1914; with the report of teh comptroller and auditor general thereon Great Britain.-Royal Navy 1915 • GOVTPUB • 1 copy available. 342.537

American light and medium frigates, 1794-1836 / Mark Lardas ; illustrated by Tony Bryan & Giuseppe Rava. Lardas, Mark. 2008. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.823.6"1794/1836"

Britannia's bulwarks : the achievements of our seamen, the honours of our ships /edited by Commander Charles N. Robinson. Robinson, Charles N.-(Charles Napier), 1901. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)

Dictionary of American naval fighting ships : volumes 1-8 United States.-Navy Department 1959-1981 • BOOK • 8 copies available. 623.82(73)(03)

British flag officers in the French wars, 1793-1815 : admirals' lives /John Morrow. "During the French wars (1793-1801, 1803-1815) the system of promotion to flag rank in the Royal Navy produced a cadre of admirals numbering more than two hundred at its peak. These officers competed vigorously for a limited number of appointments at sea and for the high honours and significant financial rewards open to successful naval commanders. When on active service admirals faced formidable challenges arising from the Navy's critical role in a global conflict, from the extraordinary scope of their responsibilities, and from intense political, public and professional expectations. While a great deal has been written about admirals' roles in naval operations, other aspects of their professional lives have not been explored systematically. British Flag Officers in the French Wars, 1793-1815 considers the professional lives of well-known and more obscure admirals, vice-admirals and rear-admirals. It examines the demands of naval command, flag officers' understanding of their authority and their approach to exercising it, their ambitions and failures, their professional interactions, and their lives afloat and onshore. In exploring these themes, it draws on a wide range of correspondence and other primary source material. By taking a broad thematic approach, this book provides a multi-faceted account of admirals' professional lives that extends beyond the insights that are found in biographical studies of individual flag officers. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of British naval history."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.333.3(42:44)"1793/1815"

War and trade in eighteenth-century Newfoundland / Olaf U. Janzen. Janzen, Olaf Uwe, 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. NN 4040

More lives than a ship's cat / Jeremy Stoke. "By any standards Mick Stoke's experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War were remarkable. Aged nineteen, he was 'Mentioned in Despatches' and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his courage during incessant bombing during the Siege of Tobruk. He survived multiple torpedo attacks, firstly serving on the cruiser Glasgow, which was hit twice; on the battleship Queen Elizabeth at sea and blown up by human torpedoes at Alexandria; and on HMS Hardy, struck in January 1944, while escorting Russian Arctic Convoy JW56B. In 1942, he was serving on HMS Carlisle during the fiercely fought Malta convoys and took part in the Battle of Sirte. Later that year he was awarded the MBE 'for outstanding bravery, resource and devotion to duty during very heavy bombing' at the port of Bone during Operation TORCH. He went on to serve at D-Day and later in the Pacific on HMS Rajah. It is a privilege to read Mick Stoke's graphic and modest account of his naval service in the Second World War. Readers will appreciate and understand how he became 'The Most Highly Decorated Midshipman in the Royal Navy'." --Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92STOKE

Home is the sailor / John Whelan Whelan, John 1957 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)"19"

US naval history sources in the United States Allard, Dean C., 1979 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(73):930.253.4

County of Kent, to make certain Allowances to old, infirm, or wounded or disabled Officers in the Royal Navy Great Britain. Laws, statutes etc 1806 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.292Greenwich

H.M.S. Rodney / Iain Ballantyne. Ballantyne, Iain, 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82RODNEY

British Columbia place names project : A - Royal Naval officers and ships /R.E. Mckechnie. Notes on places in British Columbia named after Royal Navy ships or officers, arranged alphabetically by place name. 19??] • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 971.1

The press gang : naval impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain /Nicholas Rogers. The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was aimed at and how successful it was in achieving its ends. He also shows the limits to its operations and the press gang's need for cooperation from local authorities, who were by no means prepared to support it.--From publisher description. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.212(42)

Cats and cathedrals / by Patrick Boniface. "After nuclear bombs fell on Nagasaki and Hiroshima the world's Navies realised in the future they would be fighting a very different war. In response The Royal Navy started construction of new improved warships. One of the vessels to emerge was a new type of frigate that became the Type 41 Leopard and Type 61 Salisbury classes. Each shared a common hull, but was specially tailored for specific roles within the fleet. The 41 frigates took the names of Big Cats whilst the 61 frigates were given names of Cathedral Cities and each ship played an important role in the post war Royal Navy. This book details the design, construction and service careers of all the ships of the two classes and of three Type 41's constructed for the Indian Navy."--Provided by the publisher 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.6(42)

The Deptford Royal Dockyard and Manor of Sayes Court, London : Excavations 2000-12 /Antony Francis "Deptford Royal Dockyard was established in the early 16th century and closed in 1869. Crucial to the maintenance of the nation's naval power, the dockyard grew from a single storehouse and wet and dry docks to a great complex including stores, slipways, mast docks and other structures supporting ancillary industries, such as sailmaking, timber- and ironworking. Shipbuilding was accompanied by constant repair and rebuilding as the dockyard worked to keep the navy at sea. In its time, the dockyard was visited by royalty and saw the launch of many famous ships. Most of the dockyard buildings were levelled in the 20th century, but important below-ground remains were investigated in 2000-12 in the largest-ever excavation of a naval dockyard. Integrating archaeological evidence with maps and written sources, this book traces the yard's development as it was developed and expanded to keep pace with advances in naval technology and the demands of empire, and throws light on life outside the yard for the workforce."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.81(421.6)

The dawn of carrier strike / David Hobbs. "Among all the celebrations of the RAF's centenary, it was largely forgotten that the establishment of an independent air force came at a cost - and it was the Royal Navy that paid the price. In 1918 it had been pre-eminent in the technology and tactics of employing aircraft at sea, but once it lost control of its own air power, it struggled to make the RAF prioritise naval interests, in the process losing ground to the rival naval air forces of Japan and the United States. This book documents that struggle through the cash-strapped 1920s and '30s, culminating in the Navy regaining control of its aviation in 1937, but too late to properly prepare for the impending war. However, despite the lack of resources, British naval flying had made progress, especially in the advancement of carrier strike doctrine. These developments are neatly illustrated by the experiences of Lieutenant William Lucy, who was to become Britain's first accredited air 'ace' of the war and to lead the world's first successful dive-bombing of a major warship. Making extensive use of the family archive, this book also reproduces many previously unseen photographs from Lucy's album, showing many aspects of life in the Fleet Air Arm up to the end of the Norway campaign. Although it is beyond the scope of this book, in November 1940 the inter-war concentration on carrier strike was to be spectacularly vindicated by the air attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto - it inspired the Japanese to a far larger effort at Pearl Harbor the following year, but the Royal Navy had shown the way."--Provided by the publisher 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.74

contracts are invited for the building or repairing of ships, including their engines, for Her Majesty's Navy Great Britain. Parliament 1884 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.613

With a favouring wind : the story of the Rowley admirals /Sir Richard Rowley, Bt. Rowley, Richard, Sir 2024 • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Warships : international fleet review. 1998- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available. 623.82505

naval biography of Great Britain : consisting of historical memoirs of those officers of the British Navy Ralfe, J 1828 • FOLIO • 9 copies available. 92:355.33(42)"17/18"

The Nelson encyclopaedia / Colin White. White, Colin, 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON(031)

The Naval Institute guide to the ships and aircraft of the U.S. fleet / Norman Polmar. Polmar, Norman. 2001. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 359.9

The nation's thanks to its fighting forces : resolutions of Parliament, October 29th, 1917 /Great Britain, Houses of Parliament The speakers; House of Lords -- House of Commons -- What they said; The navy -- The old army -- The new army -- Both armies -- The merchant navy -- All who have served -- Fact about the navy and the army; The navy -- The army -- Some results achieved 1917 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 940.459(42)

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