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The bye-laws and regulations of the Marine Society, incorporated in M.DCC.LXXII : containing an historical account of this institution, with remarks on the usefulness of it Marine Society (London, England) 1820. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

Sundials : history, theory and practice / Rohr, Rene R J. 1996. Rohr, Rene R J 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 529.78

Mountbatten, Cold War and empire, 1945-79 / Adrian Smith. "Mountbatten, Cold War and Empire 1945-79 focuses upon Admiral Lord Mountbatten as a commanding - if controversial - figure in the history of Britain and its empire, from Churchill's wartime coalition through to the Labour governments of the 1960s, and forms a sequel to Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord. Written in three parts, focusing on the premierships of Churchill and Attlee; Eden, Macmillan, Douglas-Home; and Wilson, this book examines the debates over Mountbatten's record in Southern Asia in 1943-6 and 1947-8. Additional chapters focus on Mountbatten's position at the heart of the British state and his pivotal role at key moments in the immediate post-war era, most notably the partition of India, the Suez Crisis and the renewal of an ostensibly independent nuclear deterrent. This book also considers Mountbatten's relationship with Anthony Eden, both during and following the Suez Crisis, as well as detailing Mountbatten's achievements as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Defence Staff under Harold Macmillan and his immediate successors. Smith acknowledges Mountbatten's centrality to the history of Britain and its empire in the immediate post-war era and, in doing so, presents a fascinating picture of one of the most prominent figures of the 20th-century. Smith's scrupulous examination of primary sources, including those available in the Broadlands Archives, results in a thorough examination of a controversial figure: by eschewing often baseless speculation about Mountbatten's personal life Smith creates the first comprehensive overview of Admiral Lord Mountbatten's career from 1943 to the mid-sixties." -- provided by the Publisher 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.082092

Scotland's lascar heritage : investigating the lives of South Asian mariners Malcolm, Emily 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.45

About the house : changing approaches to the Queen's House /Pieter van der Merwe. Merwe, Pieter van der 2008. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 725(421.6)

Irish emigrants in North America : consolidated edition, parts one to ten /by David Dobson ; with an index compiled by Jana Broglin. Dobson, David 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.373

Unsettled : the culture of mobility and the working poor in early modern England /Patricia Fumerton. This book attempts to elucidate the everyday lives of the working poor in early modern England, with a particular emphasis on seamen. Much of the book is built around a case study of Edward Barlow, whose extensively illustrated journal recounts his experiences as a merchant sailor in the late 17th century. Includes black and white illustrations. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BARLOW, EDWARD

US Navy gun destroyers 1945-88 : Fletcher class to Forrest Sherman class /Mark Stille ; illustrated by Adam Tooby. "Fully illustrated with superb new artwork and archive photos, this study explores the careers, modernisations, and roles of these unsung Cold War stalwarts, the last all-gun destroyers of the US Navy."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.8254097309045

Edward Lear : moment to moment Bevis, Matthew et al 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 741.942

The Trafalgar Roll : the ships and the officers /Robert Holden Mackenzie ; introduction by Colin White. Originally published in 1913, the Roll records the names of some 1250 officers present at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The lists, organised by ship, include surgeons, clerks, boatswains and carpenters and provides details of their careers. A brief service history of each ship is also included. An index of individual names is provided. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:355.49"1805"(42:44)

Tracks on the ocean : a history of trailblazing, maps and maritime travel /Sara Caputo. "From their first appearance on Renaissance maps, linear tracks representing maritime voyages have shaped the way we see the world. But why do we depict journeys as lines, and what is their deeper meaning? Ferdinand Magellan's route to the Pacific embodied the promise of adventure and colonisation, while the scientific charts of the Royal Navy inspired others to plan conquests, navigate treacherous waters and establish settlements across the oceans. In Tracks on the Ocean, prize-winning historian Sara Caputo charts a hidden history of the modern world through the tracks left on maps and the sea. Taking us from ancient Greek itineraries to twenty-first-century digital mapping, via the voyages of Drake and Cook, the decks of Napoleonic warships and the boiler rooms of ocean liners, Caputo reveals how marks on maps have changed the course of modernity." 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.509

HMS Rorqual : commanded by Lennox Napier DSO DSC June 1941 - December 1943 /compiled by Christopher Napier OBE. "HMS Rorqual, commanded by Lennox Napier DSO DSC, June 1941-December 1943 focuses on both the tactically important missions of HMS Rorqual and Napier's character and approach to submarine command in a sea dominated by Axis sea and air forces. HMS Rorqual not only brought the first submarine relief to the beleaguered island of Malta, but cut off the supply of Tiger tanks to the German Afrika Korps in North Africa, and sank one of the last remaining Axis tankers in the Mediterranean - an act which, according to Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, made Hitler go red in the face, something considered by Lennox as a lifetime achievement. With much success, but after several narrow escapes Lennox Napier successfully brought HMS Rorqual home when many other submarines did not return."--Provided by the publisher. 2017?]. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Conservation and care of archive and library collections. BS4971:2017. "It specifies current best practice in managing archive and library collections to ensure their long-term preservation. Note: BS 4971 covers the exhibition and storage aspects of conservation formerly found in PD 5454. Together with BS EN 16893:2017 Conservation of Cultural Heritage. New sites and buildings intended for the storage and use of collections, which is in preparation, this standard replaces PD 5454, which is withdrawn. Who is this standard for? Libraries, museums and galleries Curators Conservationists Conservators Private collectors Purchasers and users of PD 5454 Why should you use this standard? It reflects the sector's current needs by addressing the wide range of collection materials now held in archives and libraries. Its clauses relate to conservation policy and planning, preventive conservation and remedial conservation."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. txt

Spice : the 16th-century contest that shaped the modern world /Roger Crowley. "When the Portuguese finally reached the Spice Islands of the Moluccas in 1511, they set in motion a fierce competition for control. With great storytelling verve, Roger Crowley shows how this struggle shaped the modern world. From 1511 to 1571, European powers linked up the oceans, established vast maritime empires, and gave birth to global trade, all in the attempt to control the supply of spices. Taking us on voyages from the dockyards of Seville to the vastness of the Pacific, the volcanic Spice Islands of Indonesia, the Arctic Circle and the coasts of China, this is a narrative history rich in vivid eyewitness accounts of the adventures, shipwrecks, and sieges that formed the first colonial encounters - and remade the world economy for centuries to follow." 2024 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382/.41383

The longcase clock reference book / John Robey. Robey, John A.-(John Albert) 2001. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 681.113.1

The last days of HMS Warspite in Cornwall, 1947-1956 Holme, Richard 2023 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

British battleship vs German battleship : 1941-43 /Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Ian Palmer. "At the outbreak of World War II, the four key Capital German ships comprised the Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Their primary threats where the Royal Navy's King George Vclass battleships, the most modern British battleships in commission during World War II and some of the Navy's most powerful vessels. Five ships of this class were built: HMS King George V, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Howe (late 1942) and Anson (late 1942). The powerful vessels in this class would clash with the pride of the Kriegsmarine in two major engagements: first, during the Battle of the Denmark Strait and subsequent pursuit of the Bismarck between 24 and 27 May 1941, and again at the Battle of the North Cape on 26 December 1943. This addition to the Duel series compares and contrasts the design and development of these opposing capital ships, and describes the epic clashes on the high seas that ended with the destruction of the Kriegsmarine's major naval assets."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545941

Lusitania : an epic tragedy /Diana Preston. An account of the sinking of RMS Lusitania, as a result of a German U-Boat attack, whilst on a transatlantic crossing to Liverpool from New York in May 1915. 1,199 passengers and crew lost their lives. The event helped to change American attitudes against Germany and was a factor in the declaration of war by the United States two years later. The author describes the wartime context of the sinking, the development of transatlantic passenger liners and submarine warfare as well as the sinking itself and its aftermath. The author seeks to tell the story of all those involved wherever possible, using their own words taken from the personal accounts of survivors, court records and archive material from Germany, the United States and United Kingdom. The text is supported by detailed notes and a bibliography. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3LUSITANIA

All parts bearing an even strain : an engine room artificer in the Royal Navy (1928-1945) :remembering 'D/MX.47428' (aka John Hornabrook Smith DSM, RN) /[Raymon J. Batkin]. A biography of Royal Navy sailor John Hornabrook Smith, who served from 1928 to 1946 as an engine room artificer, chiefly on destroyers on commission to East Asia. The book is based almost entirely on Smith's own service notebook, and includes brief accounts of his service in ships including HMS Devonshire, HMS Greenwich, HMS Kempenfelt, HMS Hermes, and HMS Obdurate, descriptions of daily life in Navy service, extensive notes on ship movements and convoys, details of Smith's record during the Second World War, and further information on certain vessels and events mentioned in the text. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs, mostly from Smith's own collection. 2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92SMITH

The art of naval portraiture / Katherine Gazzard "From privileged officers to working-class sailors, the representation of naval personnel has been a significant branch of British art for over 500 years. The Art of Naval Portraiture unpacks the complex hisory of the genre through key examples in the National Maritime Museum's collection. It charts the historical evolution of the Royal Navy's image and explores the meaning of common naval symbols, from anchors, cannons and swords to uniforms, medals and badges. The book also tells the stories of artists, sitters, and collectors and of the places where portraits were made and displayed, including private homes, public exhibitions and ultimately the Museum itself."--Provided by the publisher. 2024. • BOOK • 2 copies available.

A is for atlas : wonders of maps and mapping /Megan Barford. "A sumptuous, lavishly illustrated celebration of cartography, featuring charts, maps, globes and atlases. The map collection at Royal Museums Greenwich comprises about 40,000 maps, charts, globes and atlases, covering a time period from the thirteenth century to the present day. Curator of Cartography Dr. Megan Barford explores the variety of stories hidden within the collection, involving the materials, techniques, makers, users, genres and features, to understand more about the different worlds in which maps were produced and consumed. From imperial rule to labour solidarity, and from sumptuous display to scrap paper, A is for Atlas presents the Royal Museums Greenwich map collection as it's never been seen before."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 4 copies available.

Operation Title : sink the Tirpitz /Glyn L. Evans. "Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred to Tirpitz as 'The Beast,' and on 25th January 1942 he wrote, 'The destruction or even the crippling of this ship is the greatest event at this present time. No other target is comparable to it.' With these words the seeds were sown for Operation TITLE, an Allied mission to sink Tirpitz. Harvesting began on 19th October 1942 when the fishing boat, Arthur, sailed from Scalloway with a crew of four Norwegians, a six-man team of Royal Navy divers and two 'chariots' in a brave attempt to tame 'the Beast.' Arduous training of men, fine tuning of the experimental 'chariots,' and the determination of those who undertook this mission all combined in a contest comparable with the biblical tale of David and Goliath. In this case Goliath, in the form of Tirpitz, survived with, sadly, the death of one Able Seaman, Robert Paul Evans RN. This book is a tribute to him and to all those who, undertaking similar dangerous deeds of valour, shared the same fate." 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542/1

The great explorers / edited by Robin Hanbury-Tenison. Short biographies of 40 explorers organised thematically with sections covering the exploration of the ocean, land, rivers, polar regions, deserts, life on earth and new frontiers, including caves, underwater and space. The explorers covered are Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, James Cook, Hernando de Soto, Lewis and Clark, Thomas Baines, Richard Burton, Nain Singh, Nikolai Przhevalsky, Ney Elias, Francis Younghusband, Marc Aurel Stein, Samuel de Champlain, James Bruce, Alexander Mackenzie, Mungo Park, John Hanning Speke, David Livingstone, Francis Garnier, Henry Morton Stanley, Fridtjof Nansen, Edward Wilson, Roald Amundsen, Wally Herbert, Heinrich Barth, Charles Sturt, Getrude Bell, Harry St John Philby, Ralph Bagnold, Wilfred Thesiger, Alexander von Humboldt, Marianne North, Alfred Russel Wallace, Frank Kingdom-Ward, Gino Watkins, Yuri Gagarin, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Andrew James Eavis. The text is illustrated throughout. A guide to further reading is provided. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:910.4"15/..."

The Royal Navy and fishery protection : from the fourteenth century to the present /Jon Wise. "From the first recorded mention of British ships protecting of fishing vessels in the late fourteenth century through to recent controversies over the change in emphasis to border patrols and overseas deployments, the story of the Royal Navy's 'Cinderella Fleet' involves many dramatic incidents; until now, however, there has never been a book dedicated to the subject. Naval historian Jon Wise's new work will rectify this omission. Historically there have been two main reasons why protecting fishing vessels was so important: first, fish have always constituted an essential part of the nation's diet while, secondly, fishermen have been an important source of skilled personnel for the Royal Navy itself. It is claimed that the Fishery Protection Squadron (FPS) is the oldest in the fleet, pre-dating the formal creation of the Navy itself in the early part of the sixteenth century, yet it still remains comparatively little-known. The Squadron's most famous operations were the 'Cod Wars' of 1958-76, but for six centuries it has been engaged in the many important tasks of protection and policing of fishing fleets, though more recently it has turned its attention to patrolling oil and gas fields, overseeing quotas and sustainability, and policing the ongoing disagreements over who can fish where and when. The author covers subjects as diverse as the battles with the Dutch for dominance in the North Sea, the protection of fishing on the eastern seaboard of America, and the role of the Squadron in the two World Wars. Containing many first-hand accounts, this thought-provoking narrative will be of particular interest to all those RN personnel who have served in the Squadron, and is set to become the definitive account of this vital but often unsung component of Britain's naval forces, and its impact on national life."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.00941

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