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The London Encyclopaedia 1987 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 914.21(03)
The commodore / Patrick O'Brian O'Brian, Patrick, 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
The Suez Crisis of 56 : 'one of the last of the underwater knife men' /Yorky Wilkinson Wilkinson, Yorky 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 626.02
British royal yachts : a complete illustrated history Traces the succession of vessels designed or adapted for Royal use from the Anglo-Saxons to the decommissioning of the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1998. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the crew, members of the Royal family, the vessels and reproductions of artwork. Appendices list the vessels chronologically by monarch and provide details of the derivation of each name. The book is referenced and indexed and has a bibliography. 2002 • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 929.7.071:629.125
Paint and painting : an exhibition and working studio sponsored by Winsor and Newton to celebrate their 150th anniversary Tate Gallery 1982 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.43(083.83)
The sale of the late King's goods : Charles I and his art collection /Jerry Brotton. Brotton, Jerry. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.074(42)"16"
Whale ships and whaling : a pictorial history Dow, George Francis 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245.1(74)
As-Sufaliyya, The poem of Sofala / by Ahmad Ibn Magid. Ibn Magid, Ahmad 1983. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83(267)
Voyage of the Scotia : the story of Scotland's forgotten polar heroes Brown, R N 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123SCOTIA
Blondie : a biography of Lieutenant-Colonel H G Hasler ; DSO, OBE, Croix de Guerre, Royal Marines 'Blondie' Herbert George Hasler was born in 1913. He was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1932, the year in which he sailed a fouteen foot dinghy single-handed from Plymouth to Portsmouth and back. In 1941 he wrote a paper suggesting the use of canoes and underwater swimmers to take the enemy by stealth. His ideas were used at Bordeaux in 1942, after which he became known as 'the Cockleshell Hero'. After he returned from Ceylon in 1944 he was responsible for establishing the Royal Marines' Special Boat Service. Once retired he became involved in ocean racing yachts. Hasler was determined to design and build the smallest yacht that could be sailed safely and with the minimum of effort. To this end he produced the junk-rigged Jester and the servo pendulum self-steering gear. To publicise his invention he suggested a single-handed trans-Atlantic race, the first of which was held in 1961. This biography gives details of his life and career, and is illustrated with black and white photographs. There are appendices containing technical information and a bibliography. 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 356.168(42)
She-merchants, buccaneers and gentlewomen : British women in India /Katie Hickman. "The first British women to set foot in India did so in the very early seventeenth century, two and a half centuries before the Raj. Women made their way to India for exactly the same reasons men did - to carve out a better life for themselves. In the early days, India was a place where the slates of 'blotted pedigrees' were wiped clean; bankrupts given a chance to make good; a taste for adventure satisfied - for women. They went and worked as milliners, bakers, dress-makers, actresses, portrait painters, maids, shop-keepers, governesses, teachers, boarding house proprietors, midwives, nurses, missionaries, doctors, geologists, plant-collectors, writers, travellers, and - most surprising of all - traders. As wives, courtesans and she-merchants, these tough adventuring women were every bit as intrepid as their men, the buccaneering sea captains and traders in whose wake they followed; their voyages to India were extraordinarily daring leaps into the unknown. The history of the British in India has cast a long shadow over these women; Memsahibs, once a word of respect, is now more likely to be a byword for snobbery and even racism. And it is true: prejudice of every kind - racial, social, imperial, religious - did cloud many aspects of British involvement in India. But was not invariably the case. In this landmark book, celebrated chronicler, Katie Hickman, uncovers stories, until now hidden from history: here is Charlotte Barry, who in 1783 left London a high-class courtesan and arrived in India as Mrs William Hickey, a married 'lady'; Poll Puff who sold her apple puffs for 'upwards of thirty years, growing grey in the service'; Mrs Hudson who in 1617 was refused as a trader in indigo by the East Indian Company, and instead turned a fine penny in cloth; Julia Inglis, a survivor of the siege of Lucknow; Amelia Horne, who witnessed the death of her entire family during the Cawnpore massacres of 1857; and Flora Annie Steel, novelist and a pioneer in the struggle to bring education to purdah women. For some it was painful exile, but for many it was exhilarating. Through diaries, letters and memoirs (many still in manuscript form), this exciting book reveals the extraordinary life and times of hundreds of women who made their way across the sea and changed history."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92-055.2
Captain Kidd : the hunt for the truth /Craig Cabell, Graham A. Thomas and Allan Richards. A re-examination of the life of Captain Kidd focusing on the ambiguities surrounding his final voyage, and subsequent trial for piracy. Officially made a privateer by Royal Commission in 1696 and charged with capturing and plundering pirate ships as well as French ships, Kidd is said to have turned pirate himself. Following his arrest, Kidd maintained his innocence in the face of overwhelming evidence against him and a changing political climate. Kidd was found guilty and executed by hanging in 1701. Includes a list of some crew members who served with Kidd on the Blessed William, Adventure Galley and Adventure Prize. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1:92KIDD
The Thames Ironworks : a history of East London industrial and sporting heritage /Brian Belton ; [with a foreword by Iain Dale]. "Located in the heart of London's East End, the Thames Ironworks might be described as characteristic of the industrial and social landscape of the Victorian era. This successful enterprise, headed by the respected Hills family, undertook projects in shipping, civil engineering, electrical engineering and motoring. But as well as providing employment, the ironworks was also central to the social lives of its workers. Its football team, founded by Arnold Hills in 1895, was destined to become world famous as West Ham United. Author Brian Belton explores how the Victorian values of commercialism, religion, philanthropy and patriarchy that made this giant of industry a success were inextricably linked with a sense of fair play, competitive spirit and the growth of football as a national obsession. Peppered with the songs and memories of a treasured cockney region, this is an entertaining portrait of ships, industry, sport and, most of all, the people of the Docklands communities that relied on the ironworks for their daily bread."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12THAMES IRONWORKS
Collectable clocks 1840-1940 : reference and price guide /Alan and Rita Shenton. Shenton, Alan. 2001, 1994. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.11
The English idea of history from Coleridge to Collingwood Parker, Christopher 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 930.2(42)
The antiquarian astronomer : the journal of the Society for the History of Astronomy. 2004- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available. 522.194105
The terminology of British canals and waterways Smith, Donald J 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 626.1(42)(038)
Mrs Cook : the real and imagined life of the captain's wife Day, Marele • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92COOK, Elizabeth
The West Highland galley Rixson, Denis 1998 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.123.11(411.7)
Clocks : an owner's handbook Good, Richard 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11
Nelson Forester, C. S.-(Cecil Scott), 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Nelson, Horatio
The Royal Navy day by day / Lieutenant-Commander Lawrie Phillips. "The Royal Navy Day by Day, the splendid history of the Senior Service across 500 years, presented as a diary of daily events, has become a familiar and much-loved part of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. It is the standard naval history reference book employed daily throughout the Fleet. Here are recorded not just great battles but also minor actions by small ships, and the service of men and women, sailors, Royal Marines, the WRNS, aircrew, submariners, and RFA and Merchant Navy personnel, down the generations. It is also the Royal Navy's own story - what was done to it by the sea, the enemy and the Admiralty - and the traditions and customs, the quirks and eccentricities it has gathered around itself. This book is a tribute to the Royal Navy but it is not a company history; it records just a few of the Navy's dropped catches and own goals which give added credibility to this very fine record. The Royal Navy Day by Day is highly regarded in the Royal Navy and it is issued to all HM ships and establishments. First published in 1979, this expanded fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, and contains many fresh images."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49(42):930.24
George Gissing's American notebook : notes - G.R.G - 1877 Gissing, George 1993 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Gissing
Convoys to Russia : allied convoys and naval surface operations in Arctic waters 1941-1945 /by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague. Ruegg, Bob. 1993. • BOOK • 4 copies available. 940.542.1(47)