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Merchant sailing ships 1775-1815 : their design and construction MacGregor, David R.-(David Roy) 1980 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.13"17/18"
Difficult and dangerous roads : Hugh Clapperton's travels in Sahara and Fezzan 1822-25 Bruce-Lockhart, Jamie 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(926.2)"1822/1825"
Social media and library services / Lorri Mon. "The rise of social media technologies has created new ways to seek and share information for millions of users worldwide, but also has presented new challenges for libraries in meeting users where they are within social spaces. From social networking sites such as Facebook and Google+, and microblogging platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr to the image and video sites of YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, and to geotagging sites such as Foursquare, libraries have responded by establishing footholds within a variety of social media platforms and seeking new ways of engaging with online users in social spaces. Libraries are also responding to new social review sites such as Yelp and Tripadvisor, awareness sites including StumbleUpon, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Reddit, and social question-and-answer (Q&A) sites such as Yahoo! Answers--sites which engage social media users in functions similar to traditional library content curation, readers' advisory, information and referral, and reference services. Establishing a social media presence extends the library's physical manifestation into virtual space and increases the library's visibility, reach, and impact. However, beyond simply establishing a social presence for the library, a greater challenge is building effective and engaging social media sites that successfully adapt a library's visibility, voice, and presence to the unique contexts, audiences, and cultures within diverse social media sites. This lecture examines the research and theory on social media and libraries, providing an overview of what is known and what is not yet known about libraries and social media. Chapter 1 focuses on the social media environments within which libraries are establishing a presence, including how social media sites differ from each other, yet work together within a social ecosphere. Chapter 2 examines how libraries are engaging with users across a variety of social media platforms and the extent to which libraries are involved in using these different social media platforms, as well as the activities of libraries in presenting a social "self," sharing information, and interacting with users via social media. Chapter 3 explores metrics and measures for assessing the impact of the library's activity in social media sites. The book concludes with Chapter 4 on evolving directions for libraries and social media, including potential implications of new and emerging technologies for libraries in social spaces."-- [2015]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 004.773.7
British shipping fleets / editors Roy Fenton and John Clarkson ; contributors David Burrell ... [et al.]. 2000. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 347.792
A bibliography of books on naval architecture, rigging and seamanship printed 1600-1919 / Lars Bruzelius. Bruzelius, Lars H., 1991. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 016:629.12
One hundred years as East India merchants : Harrisons & Crosfield 1844-1943 Harrisons & Crosfield 1943. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.72Harrisons & Crosfield
1941 : the Second World War at sea in photographs /Phil Carradice. "At the beginning of 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The Battle of the Atlantic was in full swing. Hitler's U-boats were operating in packs, descending on convoys and sinking many millions of tons of shipping. In May, the formidable German battleship Bismarck left port, heading out into the North Atlantic. After sinking the battlecruiser HMS Hood off Iceland, she was eventually cornered by the Royal Navy in the Bay of Biscay and sunk herself. A major breakthrough came when a naval Enigma code machine was captured from the U-boat U-110. With the attack by Hitler on Russia in June, convoys began to be sent up the coast of Norway to the northern ports of Murmansk and Archangel, carrying war material to support the struggling Soviets. December 1941 saw the war become a truly global conflict, with the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Indonesia bringing the United States into the war."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(42)"1941"
Masters under God : makers of empire: 1816-1884 ;Richard Woodman. General history of British merchant shipping, covering subjects such as emigration to Australia and to various newly discovered gold fields, the opening of China, the Opium Wars and the birth of cruise companies. Also examines technological developments such as the construction of the Suez canal, the laying of submarine telegraph cables and the birth of steam. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(42)
The Sutton Hoo ship-burial : a handbook / Bruce-Mitford, Rupert. 1972. Bruce-Mitford, Rupert Leo Scott, 1972 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 930.26(426.4)
Government and shipbuilding : the politics of industrial change Hogwood, Brian W 1979 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 338.98:629.12(42)
Jack's war : lower-deck recollections from World War II Connell, G G 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.548.1(42)
Two red stripes : a naval surgeon at war Wallis, R Ransome 1973 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.548.1(42)
Migrant ships to Australia and New Zealand, 1900 to1939 / Peter Plowman. "In the early years of the twentieth century notable British companies providing passenger services to Australia included P&O, the Orient-PSNC joint service, and the Aberdeen Line, as well as North German Lloyd and the French company, Messageries Maritimes, while Shaw Savill & Albion, White Star Line and the New Zealand Shipping Company were the main operators to New Zealand. The first ten years of the new century saw the regular introduction of new and larger tonnage to both Australia and New Zealand. The most notable of these vessels was the 'Athenic' trio built for the New Zealand passenger trade of the White Star Line, while from 1903 P&O took delivery of ten 'M' class liners for their Australian service. New shipbuilding culminated with five ships of the 'Orsova' class for the Orient Line in 1909, while the New Zealand Shipping Company got three new ships during 1909/10. A year later, the P&O Branch Line got five vessels designed to bring migrants to Australia in large numbers. The vast majority of migrants arriving in Australia and New Zealand came from Great Britain, but there was also a steady flow from Germany and Italy. The Commonwealth Government had no scheme to attract migrants to Australia and this was left to the states. In 1912 Victoria contracted with three shipping lines to bring 24,000 British migrants to Melbourne at ¹12 per person over three years. New South Wales was also seeking nominated immigrants, whose fares would be paid in part or full by relatives or friends already in Australia. To meet the increase in demand for migrant passages to Australia and New Zealand, several companies built large cargo ships fitted with temporary quarters for a thousand or more passengers on the outward voyage. The high cost of a passage to New Zealand discouraged migration, but numbers rose with the start in 1904 of government assistance, and boomed in the six years before World War I, peaking at 12,000 net migration in 1913. The outbreak of war brought the transportation of migrants to Australia and New Zealand to a halt, with many ships being taken for military duty, leaving a skeleton service which gradually reduced to nothing as the war progressed. The end of the war brought about another boom in demand, and the first British government subsidised migration. Starting with a scheme in 1919 to assist ex-servicemen migrating to Australia and New Zealand. During 1922 alone no less than fifteen liners joined the Australian migrant trade, of which twelve were brand new, these being the five 'Bay' ships built for the Australian Government, a second group of five 'B' ships for the P&O Branch Line, and two ships built for the Aberdeen Line, Sophocles and Diogenes, plus three ex-German vessels operated by the Orient Line. The early 1920s also saw one of New Zealand?s major immigration flows. The number of migrants arriving in Australia from Italy rose dramatically and continued steadily through the 1920s. In 1925 the British and Australian Governments announced that over the next ten years they would fund the migration of about 450,000 men and women from Britain to Australia. An economic downturn hit New Zealand in 1927 became a full depression in 1929. The number of migrants seeking passages to Australia dropped in 1930. To attract migrants, in 1938 Australia decided to reintroduce an assisted migration scheme from Britain, but in September 1939 the movement of migrants to Australia and New Zealand stopped with the outbreak of war in Europe." 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(94:931)"1900/1939"
Bibliography of geography : part 1: introduction to general aids Harris, Chauncy D 1976 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 91:016
No Pyrrhic victories : the 1918 raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend - a radical reappraisal /E.C. Coleman ; foreword by Admiral The Lord Boyce, Warden of the Cinque Ports. "In early 1918, it seemed to many that the British people and the Allies were close to defeat. At home, the chief culprit was the German U-boat. Sailing almost unopposed from the North Sea ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend, the submarines were taking a heavy toll on Allied shipping, and no one seemed to be doing anything about it. The job eventually went to Vice Admiral Roger Keyes, 'The Modern Nelson', who had a long record of close action with enemies from China to the Heligoland Bight. Equally, he was unafraid of those senior to him whom he considered to be incompetent. Within days of his appointment Keyes had put together an audacious plan to sink blockships in the enemy-held ports. However, his success, along with the eleven VCs won in the battles, led his detractors to play down his achievement, even by using German propaganda against him. This entirely new account, containing groundbreaking research and rare illustrations throughout, at last sets the record straight about these important engagements."--Back cover. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.458(493.3)
The Polar Roll : (1902 - 2009) "The Roll is in four parts. In the first edition in 2000, the first two parts were devoted to the Silver award and the last two to the Bronze award. In thes second edition this has been reversed [...]. For each kind of medal, there is an alphabetical list of recipients and a chronological list of the expeditions for which awards were made."-- from the Introduction to the second edition. 2010]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.134.22(42)"1902/2009"
The Duncan Group : being a short history of Duncan Brothers and Co Ltd, Calcutta and Walter Duncan & Goodricke Ltd, London 1859-1959 1959. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:663.95(54)
The Polar sale : Scott & Amundsen centenary :Friday 30 March 2012 at 2 pm, Knightsbridge, London. Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
A guide to the history of the Brass Foundry / M J Lewis. Lewis, M J 1998. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
Longitude's legacy : James Harrison of Hull 1789-1875 :turret clockmaker :the last of the Harrison clockmakers /Chris McKay. "The story of John Harrison is well known. How he created an accurate regulator, made the sea clocks H1, H2, H3 and H4, has been documented in academic books, in popular literature, film and how he was the father of the marine chronometer. His quest to win the ¹20,000 prize, as defined in the Longitude Act of 1714, runs through the John Harrison story. However, little has been written about the other members of his family. His brother James was a very skilled and pragmatic person. From him three generations followed all involved with bells and clocks. The third generation, James Harrison of Hull, was the last of the Harrison clockmaking line." 2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92HARRISON
History of the Cunard Steamship Company : (Extracted from "The illustrated naval and military magazine.") /[Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.] 1886]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792CUNARD
Total Germany Luscombe, George 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Manchester
Namen - Bilder - Schatten : Treibgut der Wilhelminischen Marine bis 1918 in Baden und Wèurttemberg :Begleitband zur Sonderausstellung, 28. Juli bis 28. Oktober 2012 im Wehrgeschichtlichen Museum Rastatt /bearbeitet von Alexander Jordan und Winfried Mèonch ; unter Mitarbeit von Guntram Schulze-Wegener ; Herausgeber, Vereinigung der Freunde des Wehrgeschichtlichen Museums Schloss Rastatt e.V. [2012] • BOOK • 1 copy available.
HMS Wellington : one ships war Williams, G J 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.824