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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
Fishing and fishermen : a guide for family historians /Martin Wilcox. Wilcox, Martin Howard 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.5:639.2
The battle of North Cape : the death ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 /Angus Konstam. Konstam, Angus. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545"1943"
British submarines in the great war Gray, Edwyn 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.827(42)"1914/1918"
Fighting admirals of the Second World War / by David Wragg. Wragg, David W. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:355.33"1939/1945"
Bonaparte in Egypt Herold, J Christopher 2005 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1798/1801"(62)
Nelson's hero: the story of his 'sea-daddy', Captain Willian Locker Sharman, Victor T 2005 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON
The story of HMS Revenge : a ship in time /Alexander Stilwell. Stilwell, Alexander. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82REVENGE
Taranto 1940 : a glorious episode Smithers, A J 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1940"
Sea battles in the age of sail / James Grant ; ed. and intr. by Bob Carruthers. Grant, James. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"15/18"(42)
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"
Mussolini's Navy : a reference guide to the Regia Marina : 1930-1945 /Maurizio Brescia. Brescia, Maurizio 2012 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(45)"1930/1945"
The battle-cruiser HMS Renown, 1916-1948 / Peter C. Smith. Smith, Peter Charles, 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82RENOWN.
Smashing the Atlantic wall : the destruction of Hitler's coastal fortresses. Delaforce, Patrick 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545"1939/1945":623.1(43)
The silent service's first hero : the first submariner to receive the medal of honor, /Ryan C Walker Walker, Ryan C. 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
The millennium maritime trade revolution, 700-1700 : how Asia lost maritime supremacy /Nick Collins. "Following the series' first book How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World, this book continues to demonstrate how maritime trade has been the key driver of the world's wealth-creation, economic and intellectual progress. The story begins where the first book ends, when following Roman Empire collapse, 7th-century European maritime trade almost ceased, creating population collapse and poverty; the Dark Ages. In 700 stuttering, hesitant recovery was evident with new ports but Viking and Muslim maritime raiding neutered recovery until the 11th century. In Asia by contrast, short and long-haul trade thrived and accelerated from east Africa and the Persian Gulf all the way to China, encouraging Southeast Asian state formation. The book tells the story of slowly rising, gradually accelerating European maritime trade, which until the 15th century was overshadowed by far more voluminous Asian trade in much larger, more complex ships traded by more sophisticated commercial entities, contributing to innovative tolerant wealth-creating maritime societies. In Europe, Mediterranean maritime trade made most progress from about 1000 to 1450,. But by 1700 north Europeans dominated Atlantic, American and Mediterranean trade and were penetrating sophisticated Asian maritime networks, a complete reversal. This book explains how and why and how destructive continental influences destroyed Asia's maritime supremacy. As in the first book, Nick Collins finds similar patterns; maritime inquisitiveness, invention, problem-solving and toleration and continental political suppression of those maritime traits, most dramatically in China, but destructively everywhere, allowing the millennium maritime trade revolution."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382.094
Luck on my side : the diaries and reflections of a young wartime sailor Palmer, John 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.548.1(447.1)
Britain's future Navy / Nick Childs. Childs, Nick, 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"20/..."(42)
Hitler's Armada : the German invasion plan, and the defence of Great Britain by the Royal navy, April-October 1940 /Geoff Hewitt. Hewitt, Geoff. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1940"
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759 : Admiral Hawke and the defeat of the French invasion /Nicholas Tracy. Tracy, Nicholas, 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1759"(42:44)
The disastrous fall and triumphant rise of the Fleet Air Arm from 1912 to 1945 : Sea Eagles led by Penguins 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.9
Admiral Lord St. Vincent : saint or tyrant ? : the life of Sir John Jervis, Nelson's Patron /by James D.G. Davidson. Davidson, James D. G. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ST VINCENT, JOHN JERVIS
Admiralty salvage in peace & war, 1906-2006 / Tony Booth. Booth, Tony. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.76"1906/2006"