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Warrior without weapons : an army medic's life aboard the Queen Mary during World War II Copeland, Robert R 1989 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(42)

British Ironclads 1860-75 : HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet' /Angus Konstam. "In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year - HMS Warrior - which, when she entered service, became the most powerful warship in the world. Just like the Dreadnought half a century later, this ship changed the nature of naval warfare forever, and sparked a frantic arms race. The elegant but powerful Warrior embodied the technological advances of the early Victorian era, and the spirit of this new age of steam, iron and firepower. Fully illustrated with detailed cutaway artwork, this book covers the British ironclad from its inception and emergence in 1860, to 1875, a watershed year, which saw the building of a new generation of recognisably modern turreted battleships."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(42)"1860/1875"

British battleships : Warrior 1860 - Vanguard 1950 : a history of design, construction and armament Parkes, Oscar ca1957 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(42)"18/19"

The merchant-warrior pacified : the VOC (the Dutch East India Company) and its changing political economy Winius, George D 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.71Dutch East India

British battleships : Warrior 1860 to Vanguard 1950 : a history of design, construction and armament Parkes, Oscar 1970 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(42)"18/19"

Notes on the ancient model of a boat, and warrior crew found at Roos, in Holderness Sheppard, Thomas 1901 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.123.11(427.4)

British battleships : Warrior 1860 to Vanguard 1950 : a history of design, construction and armament Parkes, Oscar 1966 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(42)"18/19"

The Battle of Jutland : an appreciation given by Admiral of the Fleet, annual Jutland dinner in HMS Warrior Mountbatten, Louis 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.456(489)

HMS Warrior (1860) returns to Portsmouth / pub. by Portsmouth City Council in association with the Ships [1984?]. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.82Warrior:069

Henrietta Maria : conspirator, warrior, phoenix queen /Leanda de Lisle. "Henrietta Maria, Charles I's queen, is the most reviled consort to have worn the crown of Britain's three kingdoms. Condemned as that 'Popish brat of France', a 'notorious whore' and traitor, she remains in popular memory the wife who wore the breeches and turned her husband Catholic - so causing a civil war - and a cruel and bigoted mother. Leanda de Lisle's White King was hailed as 'the definitive modern biography about Charles I' (Observer). Here she considers Henrietta Maria's point of view, unpicking the myths to reveal a very different queen. We meet a new bride who enjoyed annoying her uptight husband, a leader of fashion in clothes and cultural matters, an innovative builder and gardener and an advocate of the female voice in public affairs. No bigot, her closest friends included 'Puritans' as well as Catholics, and she led the anti-Spanish faction at court linked to the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years' War. When civil war came, the strategic planning and fundraising of his 'She Generalissimo' proved crucial to Charles's campaign. The story takes us to courts across Europe, and looks at the fate of Henrietta Maria's mother and sisters, who also faced civil wars. Her estrangement from her son Henry is explained, and the image of the Restoration queen as an irrelevant crone is replaced with Henrietta Maria as an influential 'phoenix queen', presiding over a court with 'more mirth' even than that of the Merry Monarch, Charles II"--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HENRIETTA MARIA

An illustrated chronicle of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior : her voyages and campaigns around Whitelaw, Ian 1989 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 629.123Rainbow Warrior

Leather and the warrior : an account of the importance of leather to the fighting man from the time of Waterer, John W 1981 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 675

The breath of angels This book relates the author's attempt, as a novice sailor, to circumnavigate the world in his yacht Warrior Queen. He set out in September 1992 and encountered many problems including bad weather and problems with his crew, who were an ever-changing group of volunteers. When he reached the Canary Islands he was forced to abandon his plan to complete a full circumnavigation, but decided to undertake a transatlantic passage alone. The book describes the voyage and its many problems in detail. There are colour photographs, a sail plan of the Warrior Queen and a plan of her layout. 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.125Warrior Queen

Before the Ironclad : warship design and development 1815-1860 /D K Brown, RCNC. "In the massive revolution that affected warship design between Waterloo and the Warrior, the Royal Navy was traditionally depicted as fiercely resisting every change until it was almost too late, but these old assumptions were first challenged in this authoritative history of the transition from sail to steam. Originally published in 1990, it began a process of revaluation which has produced a more positive assessment of the British contribution to the naval developments of the period. This classic work is here reprinted in an entirely new edition, with more extensive illustration. Beginning with the structural innovations of Robert Seppings, the book traces the gradual introduction of more scientific methods and the advent of steam and the paddle fighting ship, iron hulls and screw propulsion. It analyses the performance of the fleet in the war with Russia (1853-1856), and concludes with the design of the Warrior, the first iron-hulled, seagoing capital ship in the world. The author presents a picture of an organisation that was well aware of new technology, carefully evaluating its practical advantage, and occasionally (as with its enthusiastic espousal of iron hulls) moving too quickly for the good of the service. Written by an eminent naval architect, Before the Ironclad is both a balanced account of general developments, and an in-depth study of the ships themselves."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"18"

German seaman 1939-45 Williamson, Gordon, 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(43)"1939/1945"

Grey wolf : u-boat crewman of world war II Williamson, Gordon, 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.451(43)

French warship crews 1792-1805 : from the French Revolution to Trafalgar /Terry Crowdy. Crowdy, Terry 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(44)"1789/1805"

Seafaring women / Linda Grant De Pauw Discusses women at sea throughout history in both feminine and masculine roles, including those of pirate, warrior, whaler, trader, and the greatly expanding roles of recent times. 1982. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910/.88042

The sphere : an illustrated newspaper for the home • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Diving for treasure / Vic Verlinden and Stefan Panis "This book recounts the efforts over many years to dive wrecks that contained treasure in one form or another. The often prolonged and sometimes dangerous expeditions tell of dives to many ships that were wrecked while carrying tons of gold or other valuables. Many of the wrecks came to lie at great depths which demanded considerable diving expertise using rebreathers which allowed longer dives to be performed. The authors are both diving experts and in addition to the accounts and historical pictures they have added their own photography to convey to the reader the challenges of the dives undertaken. The technical demands were considerable, from adjusting the camera housing to accommodate the depth to diving at particular times of the year because many of the wrecks were situated in areas of high seas and extreme currents. Many of these wrecks have been the subject of concerted efforts from salvage teams but success could never be assumed. It took several years to visit and photograph the wrecks mentioned in the book which provides a fascinating account of the vessels and their treasure, and the challenges of diving in what can be a dangerous environment. Each entry provides details and a brief history of the vessel and the means of its demise, enhanced by a modern diving account with photographs. As such the book will be of great interest to all divers whether active or armchair, and to anyone with an interest in maritime/military history"--Provided by the publisher. 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.764

RN battleships & battlecruisers in focus / David Hobbs "The latest in our pictorial series featuring the great battleships of the Royal Navy from HMS WARRIOR in 1860 through to the last, HMS VANGUARD."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1860/1960"

Battleships : 1856-1919 /by Antony Preston and John Batchelor. Preston, Antony, 1977. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.821.2

Battle of Jutland 1916 An account of the Battle of Jutland between the German and British fleets off the Danish coast in 1916. The author examines the events before, during and after the battle in which the Royal Navy lost three capital ships (Indefatigable, Queen Mary and Invincible), three heavy armoured cruisers (Black Prince, Warrior and Defence), eight destroyers (Tipperary, Shark, Sparrowhawk, Turbulent, Ardent, Fortune, Nomad and Nestor) and over 6,000 men. The author considers the relative technical strength of the fleets, leadership and decision-making. The text is illustrated throughout with photographs and battle maps. An appendix details the opposing fleets and principal commanders. 2002 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1916"(42:43)

Turret versus broadside : an anatomy of British naval prestige, revolution and disaster, 1860-1870 /Howard J. Fuller. "On the 150th anniversary of the capsizing of Britain's low-freeboard yet fully-masted ironclad, HMS Captain, this widely-researched, intensive analysis of the great 'Turret vs. Broadside' debate sheds new light on how the most well-funded and professional navy in the world at the height of its power could nevertheless build an 'inherently unstable' capital ship. Utilising an impressive array of government reports, contemporary periodicals, and unpublished personal papers this definitive study crucially provides for the first time both a long-term and international context. The 1860s was a pivotal decade in the evolution of British national identity as well as warship design. Nor were these two elements mutually exclusive. 1860 began gloriously with the launch of Britain's first ocean-going ironclad, HMS Warrior, but 1870 ended badly with the Captain. Along the way, British public and political faith in the supremacy of the Royal Navy was not reaffirmed as some histories suggest, but wavered. The growing emphasis upon new technologies including ever heavier guns and thicker armour plating for men-of-war was not 'decisive' but divisive, as pressure mounted to somehow combine the range of Warrior with the unique protection and hitting power of American monitor-ironclads of the Civil War. As the geopolitical debate over rival ironclad proposals intensified, aggressively-minded Prime Minister Lord Palmerston gradually adopted a non-interventionist foreign policy which surprised his contemporaries. Turret versus Broadside traces the previously unexplored connection between an increasingly schizophrenic Admiralty for and against the Captain, for example, and sabre-rattling mid-Victorians sinking into an era of 'Splendid Isolation'."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.00941

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