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After Jutland : the naval war in northern European waters, June 1916-November 1918 /James Goldrick. "This is the story of the naval war in northern European waters following the critical if inconclusive battle of Jutland. There is a popular misconception that the battle marked the end of the operational career of the German High Sea Fleet. The reality is much more complex. The German battle fleet may have been quiescent in the North Sea, but it supported an ambitious amphibious campaign in the Baltic while an ever more bitter commerce war was waged by U-boats; and smaller warships of both sides fought a gruelling campaign in the waters of the English Channel and the Belgian Coast. While the book focuses primarily on the Royal Navy as the dominant maritime force, it also analyses the struggles of the beleaguered German Navy as it sought to find ways to break the tightening stranglehold of the Allied blockade. It includes an assessment of the small, but increasingly significant supporting role played by the French Navy from its bases in northern France, while the continuing conflict in the Baltic is explored as the Germans increased pressure on Russian territory and the Russian fleet, despite the descent into revolution, still managed to strike heavy blows at the Imperial German Navy. This period was one of great change. The Royal Navy improved the way that ships and their crews were organised for battle, and there were great leaps in communications and in command and control; aviation and undersea operations, including mine warfare, developed at breakneck pace. Both Germany and Russia undertook far more naval innovation and technological development in the final years of the War than is often realised, and by 1918 the protagonists were fighting what was, in every way, a multi-dimensional maritime war - the forerunner of the form of naval conflict of the remainder of the twentieth century. The author deals with the entry into the conflict of the United States and the increasing commitment of the US Navy to operations in Northern European waters. Many of the foundations of success in the next war were laid by the USN at this time, and there are strong links between the performance of all the navies and their experiences in 1939?45. Not only were doctrine and technology shaped by the events of the First War, so were the cultures of the various services and the characters of the individuals who would go on to serve in the highest ranks in the next. All of this makes the 1916-18 period so significant in naval history. In addition to his huge historical knowledge, the author brings his own extensive personal experience of naval operations and command at sea to this study, and this fusion of history with practical understanding sheds a unique and fascinating perspective on his analysis of the conflict."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.45(4)

The ideological origins of the British Empire Armitage, David 2000 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 301.152.4:941-44

Sailing ship to supertanker : the hundred-year story of British Esso and its ships Mitchell, W H 1987 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 347.792Anglo American

Tarquin's ship : the Etruscan wreck in Campese Bay McKee, Alexander 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.11(=919.94)

The news at the ends of the earth : the print culture of polar exploration /Hester Blum. "From Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 search for the Northwest Passage to early twentieth-century sprints to the South Pole, polar expeditions produced an extravagant archive of documents that are as varied as they are engaging. As the polar ice sheets melt, fragments of this archive are newly emergent. In The News at the Ends of the Earth Hester Blum examines the rich, offbeat collection of printed ephemera created by polar explorers. Ranging from ship newspapers and messages left in bottles to menus and playbills, polar writing reveals the seamen wrestling with questions of time, space, community, and the environment. Whether chronicling weather patterns or satirically reporting on penguin mischief, this writing provided expedition members with a set of practices to help them survive the perpetual darkness and harshness of polar winters. The extreme climates these explorers experienced is continuous with climate change today. Polar exploration writing, Blum contends, offers strategies for confronting and reckoning with the extreme environment of the present."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 910.4(98/99)

Public expenditure to 1979-80 Great Britain. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1976 • GOVTPUB • 1 copy available. 336.5

Ben Line : Fleet list and short history 1985 supplement Somner, Graeme 1985 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.792BEN

Intrepid women : Victorian artists travel /edited by Jordana Pomeroy. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.071-055.2(41)"16/17"

The last windjammers : grain races round Cape Horn /[texts, Gèote Sundberg ; translations, Jocelyn Palmer ; editor, Anita Pensar]. Sundberg, Gèote. 1998. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.123.132

England's glorious revolution, 1688-1689 : a brief history with documents /Steven C. A. Pincus. Pincus, Steven C. A. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Granville Stapylton : Australia Felix 1836 : Second in command to Major Mitchell /Gregory C. Eccleston. "Granville Stapylton Australia Felix 1836 Second-in-command to Major Mitchell is based on the true journals of the pioneer land surveyor Granville Stapylton when he accompanied Major Thomas Mitchell on the famous 'Australia Felix' expedition in 1836, as his second-in-command. This expedition proceeded down the Lachlan, Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers into far western New South Wales, before crossing into what is now Victoria and proceeded south past the Grampians to the coast at Portland, before returning via Mount Macedon to the settled areas near Gundagai. Their continuous survey traverse from Boree (near Molong) to Jugiong (near Gundagai), via south-west Victoria, was found to have a commendably small misclosure of 13/4 miles. Stapylton's journals clarify when and where several natural history discoveries were made, including that of the now extinct Pig-footed Bandicoot, the now extinct White-footed Rabbit-rat, and the first-ever sighting of an australite. Stapylton's journals also describe several first contacts with the indigenous people, the sometimes-fraught relationship between himself and Mitchell, and Stapylton's concern for the welfare of the young girl Ballandella, whom Mitchell took home to raise with his family: one of the first instances of the 'stolen generation'. Being of the aristocracy, Stapylton found it hard to fraternise with the convicts in the team, but by the end of the expedition he had warmed to them sufficiently to praise them for always treating Turandurey (the female in the party) with respect. The book later describes the attack on Stapylton's survey camp in far north-eastern New South Wales, inland from Mount Warning, in 1840, resulting in the murder of Stapylton and one of his men. The farcical criminal trial in Sydney in 1841 is described in detail, with the men adjudged guilty being brought back to the infant Brisbane Town to be publicly hanged from the vanes of the windmill. Also revealed is Mitchell's assuming responsibility for Stapylton's baby son, including his care and schooling until he was old enough to become employed."--Dust Jacket 2018. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92STAPYLTON

The empire strikes back? : the impact of imperialism on Britain from the mid-nineteenth century /Andrew Thompson. Thompson, Andrew,-1968- 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44(42)"18"

Watch and clock making and repairing : dealing with the construction and repair of watches, clocks and chronometers Gazeley, W J 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11

Lost landscapes of Plymouth : maps, charts and plans to 1800 Stuart, Elisabeth 1991 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 912.43(423.5)

Roster of valor : the Titanic Halifax legacy /by Arnold and Betty Watson. Watson, Arnold 1984 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 656.61.085.3Titanic

Charco Harbour : a novel of unknown seas and a fabled shore ... Blunden, Godfrey 1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(93/96)"1768/1771"

South Wales tugs in colour / Andew Wiltshire "In this book, the author, Andrew Wiltshire takes a close look at tugs in the South Wales ports of Newport, Cardiff, Barry, Port Talbot and Swansea. He follows the changes as tug ownership has moved from local companies to national and multinational companies."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.124.2(410.3)

La mesure du temps en mer et les hologers Suisses Fallet, Estelle 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.282

Export of works of art 1974-1975 : twenty-first report of the Reviewing Committee appointed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in December 1952 Great Britain. Parliament 1976 • GOVTPUB • 1 copy available. 382.6:7

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