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The U-boat war in the Atlantic / ed. by Bob Carruthers.
2013. • BOOK • 3 copies available.
940.545.1(43)"1939/1945"
The war of the gun boats / Bryan Cooper.
2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.824"19"
Dover and Folkestone during the Great War / Michael and Christine George.
2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940(410.112)"1914/1918"
Scotland and the sea / Nick Robins.
2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
656.61(411)
The Royal naval air service in the first world war : Aircraft and events as recorded in official documents.
2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
359.38(42)
13 Sharks The Careers of a Series of Small Royal Navy Ships, from the Glorious Revolution to D-day. /John D Grainger
2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.123"1699/1944"SHARK
The Decoys : A tale of three Atlantic convoys 1942 /Bernard Edwards
2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.542.3
Taming the Atlantic : the history of man's battle with the world's toughest ocean /Dag Pike.
2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
656.61(261)
Dictionary of coastal command : 1939-1945 /Geoff Simpson
2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.544.9(42)(038)
Lighter-than-air : the life and times of Wing Commander N.F. Usborne, RN, pioneer of naval aviation /Guy Warner.
2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
92USBORNE
Royal Marines in Russia, 1919 : Battling the Bolsheviks during the Intervention /Alastair Grant.
2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
947.084/1
Mr Midshipman VC : the short accident-prone life of George Drewry, Gallipoli hero /Quentin Falk.
2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
92DREWRY
The Battle for Norway, 1940-1942 / Introduced and compiled by Martin Mace and John Grehan ; with additional research by Sara Mitchell.
2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.5421481
Shipping on the Thames and the Port of London during the 1940s-1980s / Malcolm Batten.
2022. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
386.354094210904
North Sea battleground : the war at sea 1914-18 /by Bryan Perrett.
2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.45
North Sea battleground : the war and sea 1914-1918 /Bryan Perrett.
2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.45
Battleships of the United States Navy : rare photographs from wartime archives /Michael Green.
2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.821.2(73)"1895/1944"
Convoy will scatter : the full story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84 /by Bernard Edwards.
2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.82JERVIS BAY
In pursuit of the Essex : a tale of heroism and hubris in the War of 1812 /Ben Hughes.
2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)
Britain's island fortresses / Bill Clements.
2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.1(42)
The Royal Navy : birth of a superpower 1793-1800 /Mark Jessop.
2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.353(42)"1793/1800"
Convicts in the colonies : transportation tales from Britain to Australia /Lucy Williams.
2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
325.51(94)
Arctic convoy PQ18 : 25 days that changed the course of the war / John R. McKay.
2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.54/5941
Unsung hero of the Falklands War : the life and career of Commodore Michael Clapp CB.
2025. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
359.0092
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