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HMS Trenchant at war : from Chatham to the Banka Strait Hezlet, Arthur 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.827(42)

The survivor : the true story of the sinking of the Doggerbank Herlin, Hans • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Kuert, Fritz

Warspite Ballantyne, Iain 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.827(42)

Unravelling Enigma : winning the code war at Station X Freedman, Maurice 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.548.6

Mediterranean naval battles that changed the world / Quentin Russell. "Focusing on seven decisive naval engagements from the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in the fifth century BC to the Siege of Malta during the Second World War, this book tells the story of the Mediterranean as a theatre of war at sea. Each of these fiercely fought battles were to change the balance of power and shape the course of history. Before telling the story of each battle in detail the history of the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean and the effect of the development of naval architecture and design on the outcomes is outlined: Lepanto was the last major battle fought between galleys; Navarino was the last major battle to be fought entirely by sailing ships; and Cape Matapan (where a young Duke of Edinburgh saw action) was the first operation to exploit the breaking of the Italian naval Enigma codes. The battles included are: Salamis (480 BC), Actium (31 BC), Lepanto (1571), the Nile (aka Aboukir Bay, 1798), Navarino (1827), Cape Matapan 1941 and the Siege of Malta 1940-42."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.009163/8

Catalogue of old English silver and silver-gilt presentation plate, enamelled gold boxes, gold sword Christie, Manson & Woods. 1895. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92Hood

Warspite : from Jutland hero to Cold War warrior /Iain Ballantyne. Ballantyne, Iain. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82WARSPITE

Blunders and disasters at sea Blackmore, David 2004 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3

Queen Mary and the cruiser : the Curacoa disaster Thomas, David A 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Curacoa

Churchill's anchor : the biography of Admiral of the fleet Sir Dudley Pound Brodhurst, Robin 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Pound, Dudley

Earl Bathurst and the british empire Thompson, Neville 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Bathurst, Earl (3rd)

Malta : the last great siege 1940-1943 Wragg, David 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1(458.2)

Walcheren : operation infatuate Rawson, Andrew 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542(492.912)"1944"

Saint-Nazaire / James Dorrian. Dorrian, James. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1942"

Towers of strength : the story of the Martello Towers Clements, W H 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.134(100)"18"

British admirals of the fleet : a biographical dictionary Heathcote, T A Sept 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:355.333.3(42)"1734/1995"

Tracing your Second World War ancestors / Phil Tomaselli. Tomaselli, Phil. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.5:940.53/.54

Tracing your First World War ancestors / Simon Fowler. Fowler, Simon. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.5:940.3/.4

Starvation blockades : the naval blockades of WW1 Hawkins, Nigel 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.45

Carriers at war, 1939-1945 / Adrian Stewart. Stewart, Adrian. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.822.7"1939/1945"

Lost at sea in mysterious circumstances : vanishings and undiscovered shipwrecks /Richard M Jones. "When you think of something being lost at sea, you imagine a ship sinking gracefully, the survivors being rescued or a tragedy being caught on camera. But what if a ship is lost at sea without trace? What if an aircraft takes off on a routine flight and is never seen again? This book details over fifty of the most mysterious vanishings, ships that have made headlines but have never been found, both famous and forgotten cases that have left an outward ripple of tragedy and mystique. Most people have heard of the Mary Celeste crew vanishing, but how many knew that this was not the last case of an entire crew going missing? What about the three Scottish lighthouse keepers who were never seen again? Or the world famous aviation pioneers who took flight to never return? This book will tell you that MH370 was not the first airliner to disappear over the sea, nor was the Bermuda Triangle actually the cause of so many disappearing ships. How could six airplanes disappear in one day? Why did a ship with over 300 people on board not send a single distress call? Which ships vanished and then later messages in a bottle suddenly turn up, not just once but two separate shipwrecks? Lost at Sea in Mysterious Circumstances will cover all these and more as we reveal the stories of some of the most fascinating incidents above and below the waves."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.452

RHNS Averof : thunder in the Aegean /John C. Carr. "Built at Livorno in 1910, the 10,000-ton RHNS Averof had the distinction of being the flagship, and by far the biggest warship, of the Royal Hellenic Navy until 1951. More than a century after its construction, she is still afloat, one of just three armoured cruisers still in existence in the world. Originally intended for the Italian navy, the ship was bought by Greece and soon saw her first action in the Balkan Wars. In the Battle of Cape Helles (3 Dec 1912) Averof inflicted heavy casualties on the Turkish fleet, following it up with a victory in the Battle of Lemnos (5 Jan 1913). In the 1920s the ship underwent a major refit in France, which included modernizing her armament by replacing her obsolete torpedo tubes with more anti-aircraft guns. When the Germans overran Greece in World War Two, Averof made a dramatic escape to Alexandria, dodging attacks by the Luftwaffe, despite Admiralty orders that she be scuttled. In 1941 she escorted a convoy to India, being the first Greek vessel to enter Indian waters since the time of Alexander the Great, and continued to serve on escort duties throughout the war. In 1945 Averof was laid up on the island of Poros and neglected until 1984 when the Greek Admiralty decided to resurrect the ship. After years of slow refitting and preservation, the ship is now moored at Phaleron on the coast of Athens as a floating naval museum. As well as giving full technical specifications and operational history, including details of her restoration, John Carr draws on first-hand accounts of the officers and men to relate the long and remarkable career of this fine ship."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.822.3AVEROF

Cruise ships : the world's most luxurious vessels /Peter C. Smith. Provides colour photographs and technical specifications of all cruise ships over 45,000 Gross Registered Tonnage in service at the time of publication. Also provides chapters on building, operating and travelling on the ships, and a section on future trends. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3"198/201"

The escort carrier in World War II Wragg, David 2005 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823"1939/1945"

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