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North Sea battleground : the war and sea 1914-1918 /Bryan Perrett. "During the First World War the North Sea became the principal battleground between the navies of Britain and Germany. This book explains in chronological order the major encounters between Kaiser Wilhelm II's High Seas Fleet and the Royal Navy. It also includes other important operations such as mine laying and sweeping, the Zeppelin Offensive, the bomber offensive against the UK and complete background operational information within the area. Engagements of special note include The Battle of Heligoland Bight, the attempted first German Bombardment of Yarmouth, the German bombardments of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool, together with the Scheer's escape and the Battle of Dogger Bank. Other actions include the Zeppelin raids, unrestricted U Boat Warfare, the Battle of Jutland and its consequences, the second Battle of Heligoland Bight, the climax and defeat of the German heavy bomber air offensive against the UK and in 1918 the Zeebrugge and Ostend raids, North Sea mine barriers and the mutiny of the High Seas Fleet."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.45
The magnetism of Antarctica : the Ross expedition 1839-1843 /John Knight. "This under-documented expedition was a pivotal moment in the annals of polar exploration and was the starting point, in historical terms, of revealing the great unknown continent of Antarctica. It was the first time in nearly 70 years, since Captain James Cook had circumnavigated Antarctica, that a Royal Naval voyage of discovery had ventured so far south. They set a new 'furthest south' record in the process beating the one set up by James Weddell in a whaling ship in 1823. The expedition set sail from Greenwich in 1839. It consisted of two wooden sailing ships commanded by Captain James Clark Ross and Commander Francis Crozier. The ships were manned exclusively by Royal Naval personnel and each ship had a complement of 64 men and officers. Their primary task was of a scientific nature to study the Earth's magnetic field and build up a set of results that could provide a greater understanding of the effects of magnetism on compasses and their use in navigating the world's oceans. This voyage had a set of planned targets and all were accomplished. In the process a vast amount of scientific information was collected. Many exotic places were visited during the voyage amongst them Madeira, St. Helena, Cape Town, Kerguelen Island, New Zealand, Australia and the Falkland Islands but the pinnacle was the discovery of the Ross Sea, the Ross Ice Shelf and the mighty volcanoes of Erebus and Terror (named after the two ships). The crews experienced the dangers of navigating in ice-strewn waters and narrowly escaping being crushed by icebergs. Illness was kept at bay although several lives were lost due to accidents. It would be another 60 years before the scenes of their greatest discoveries were visited again and then the Golden Age of Discovery was ushered in with the likes of Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
The honourable women of the Great War : and The women's (war) who's who /[edited by] P. Campion. Originally published in 1919, this facsimile reproduction records the wartime contribution of (as the Foreword describes it) 'women of distinction, of gentle birth and cultured tastes [who abandoned] gladly the ease and amenities of their sheltered lives to devote days and nights to strenuous, rough and unaccustomed work, in order that our scarred and maimed fighting men home from the battle fronts might be given the care and attention which was their due.' Brief biographical details of over two hundred women are provided along with a summary of their wartime work often with the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). Photographs accompany many of the biographies. A list of all women receiving the Royal Red Cross Decoration for nursing services is also included with the name of the hospital in which they worked. A further list of the names of women brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for valuable services rendered in connection with the war is also provided, also with details of the hospital in which they worked. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.315-055.2
Empire of ice and stone : the disastrous and heroic voyage of the Karluk /Buddy Levy. "The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it. In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again. Twenty-two men and an Inuit woman with two small daughters now stood on a mile-square ice floe, their ship and their original leader gone. Under Bartlett's leadership they built makeshift shelters, surviving the freezing darkness of Polar night. Captain Bartlett now made a difficult and courageous decision. He would take one of the young Inuit hunters and attempt a 1000-mile journey to save the shipwrecked survivors. It was their only hope. Set against the backdrop of the Titanic disaster and World War I, filled with heroism, tragedy, and scientific discovery, Buddy Levy's Empire of Ice and Stone tells the story of two men and two distinctively different brands of leadership: one selfless, one self-serving, and how they would forever be bound by one of the most audacious and disastrous expeditions in polar history, considered the last great voyage of The Heroic Age of Discovery."--Provided by publisher 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 919.804
Dickens's dictionary of the Thames, from its source to the Nore, 1892 : an unconventional handbook with maps Dickens, Charles (comp) 1892. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
A complete set of nautical tables: with explanations of their use Norie, J. W.-(John William), 1926 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 527(083.5)
Instructions for the Royal Marine forces Great Britain.-Admiralty 1902 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.353.4:355.51
The Crinoline church, Eastney Barracks : the story of the Royal Marine Artillery church, its chaplains and its baptisms, 1866-1905 /Dennis Bill Named after the shape of the building, the Crinoline Church was founded in Southsea in 1858 before moving to its St George's Road site in 1866. It remained there until 1905 when it was superseded by the permanent Royal Marine Artillery church dedicated to St Andrew, which was built in Henderson Road, Eastney. This book provides a history of the building, explores the link with the Crimean War and identifies the likely architects. Details of the memorials moved to St Andrew's from the original church are included and those named on memorials are listed along with brief biographies. A full list of baptisms performed at the church, transcribed from the original register held at The National Archives, is included and covers the period from 21 July 1866 to the end of 1905. The details provided in this are the baptism date, birth date and name of the child, and parents' names and rank when given. The author has also provided brief biographies of those baptised in the church and who were awarded gallantry medals (including the Meritorious Service Medal) or named on memorials. The author also provides short biographies of the Chaplains who performed baptisms in the church. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
As affecting the fate of my absent husband : selected letters of Lady Franklin concerning the search for the lost Franklin expedition, 1848-1860 /edited, with an introduction and notes, by Erika Behrisch Elce. A collection of Jane, Lady Franklin's letters written following the disappearance of her husband, Sir John Franklin, in 1845 while searching for the North West passage. Jane Franklin's letters inspired others to continue searching for her husband and kept his memory alive in the public imagination. Her correspondence, a private appeal to public figures including politicians, entrepreneurs and Lords of the Admiralty, was largely responsible for the expedition that discovered Franklin's fate and resurrected her husband's reputation. Lady Franklin became a symbol of faith and fidelity and transformed a tragedy into a celebration of fortitude, faith and heroism. Her letters provide a timeline and emotional record of the search. All letters included were signed by Lady Franklin and sent to national and international leaders both before and after the announcement of her husband's death. The letters are supported by an informative introduction about the letters and the time in which they were written, comprehensive annotations, maps and a descriptive timeline. c2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92FRANKLIN, JANE
Fleet annual and naval year book Yexley, Lionel 1906-1918. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.
The Royal Navy's anti-slavery campaign in the western Indian Ocean, c. 1860-1890 : race, empire and identity /by Lindsay Doulton. Doulton, Lindsay 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
On savage shores : how indigenous Americans discovered Europe /Caroline Dodds Pennock. "We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the Old World encountered the New, when Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock conclusively shows in this groundbreaking book, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others - enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants, traders - the reverse was true: they discovered Europe. For them, Europe comprised savage shores, a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. The story of these indigenous Americans abroad is a story of abduction, loss, cultural appropriation, and, as they saw it, of apocalypse - a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times. From the Brazilian king who met Henry VIII to the Aztecs who mocked up human sacrifice at the court of Charles V; from the Inuk baby who was put on show in a London pub to the mestizo children of Spaniards who returned 'home' with their fathers; from the Inuit who harpooned ducks on the Avon river to the many servants employed by Europeans of every rank: here are a people who were rendered exotic, demeaned, and marginalised, but whose world views and cultures had a profound impact on European civilisation. Drawing on their surviving literature and poetry and subtly layering European eyewitness accounts against the grain, Pennock gives us a sweeping account of the indigenous American presence in, and impact on, early modern Europe."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.048997
The mercantile marine magazine and nautical record. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.
The camp magazine : being the periodical of the 1st Royal Naval Brigade, interned in Holland. 1915-1918. • JOURNAL • 4 copies available.
Marine News : journal of the World Ship Society. World Ship Society. 1948- • JOURNAL • 61 copies available.
Making the ocean visible : science and mobility on the Challenger Expedition, 1872-1895 /Erika Lynn Jones. Jones, Erika 2019. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
Newswriting and satire during the second and third Anglo-Dutch wars, 1665-1674 / by Jack Avery Avery, Jack 2020. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
National Maritime Museum : annual report : 1979. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) [1980]. • PAMPHLET • 6 copies available. 069(26:421.6)
National Maritime Museum : annual report : 1982. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) [1983]. • PAMPHLET • 8 copies available. 069(26:421.6)
National Maritime Museum : annual report : 1971. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) 1972 • PAMPHLET • 7 copies available. 069(26:421.6)
National Maritime Museum : annual report : 1977. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) [1978]. • PAMPHLET • 5 copies available. 069(26:421.6)
National Maritime Museum : annual report : 1973. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) [1974] • PAMPHLET • 8 copies available. 069(26:421.6)
National Maritime Museum : annual report : 1978. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) [1979]. • PAMPHLET • 7 copies available. 069(26:421.6)
The Royal Marines / Coutts-Nevill, Francis Burdett Thomas. 1915. Coutts-Nevill, Francis Burdett Thomas 1915 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.353.4