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The master's role in collecting evidence / compiled by a special working group of the North East Branch of The Nautical Institute Anderson, Phil. 1989. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 343.096

Principal ports in Japan 1952. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.2(52)

Thinking Black : Britain, 1964-1985 /Rob Waters. "It was a common charge among black radicals in the 1960s that Britons needed to start "thinking black." As state and society consolidated around a revived politics of whiteness, "thinking black," they felt, was necessary for all who sought to build a liberated future out of Britain's imperial past. In Thinking Black, Rob Waters reveals black radical Britain's wide cultural-political formation, tracing it across new institutions of black civil society and connecting it to decolonization and black liberation across the Atlantic world. He shows how, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, black radicalism defined what it meant to be black and what it meant to be radical in Britain."--Provided by publisher 2019 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.896/04109045

K boat catastrophe : eight ships and five collisions : the full story of the 'Battle of the Isle of May' /N.S. Nash. "On 31 January 1918 nine K Class steam-powered submarines sailed with the Grand Fleet to Exercise in the North Sea. The ships left the Firth of Forth at a speed of 21 knots on a cold winter night with the flagship HMS Courageous leading the way. Following in her wake was HMS Ithuriel and the K Class submarines of the 13th Submarine Flotilla and then 5 nautical miles astern of them, four more capital warships. As they approached The Isle of May navigational confusion broke out, caused by the misinterpretation of ship's steaming lights and mayhem followed. During the next couple of hours five collisions occurred involving eight ships and resulting in the death of 105 officers and ratings. This fiasco and the resulting naval investigation and court marshal [sic] were shielded from the general public and kept in secret files until the full details were released in 1994. From this official report, the author now tells the full story of that dreadful night and the proceedings that followed. Background information on the evolution of the ill-fated and much hated K Class submarines is also included together with the investigation and court marshal [sic] proceedings of the events surrounding that tragic night."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.54/5941

A fisherman of Greenwich / Julie Tadman. The biography of William Bracegirdle, born around 1782 and apprenticed as a fisherman in 1795 under John Mann of Greenwich. As a fisherman, boat builder and businessman Bracegirdle lived and worked in the area throughout his life, a tenant for a time of Ballast Quay owned by Morden College. Much of the text concerns a court case concerning the use of the Quay. The author is a descendant of Bracegirdle. An extract of the list of apprenticeship records from St Alfege church showing the names of Master Fishermen and their apprentices 1703-1816 is provided. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

A dangerous enterprise : secret war at sea /Tim Spicer. "Between 1942 and 1944 a very small, very secret, very successful clandestine unit of the Royal Navy, operated between Dartmouth in Devon, and the Brittany Coast in France. It was a crossing of about 100 miles, every yard of it dangerous. The unit was called the 15th Motor Gunboat Flotilla: crewed by 125 officers and men, it became the most highly decorated Royal Naval unit of the Second World War. The 15th MGBF was an extraordinary group of men thrown together in the most secret of adventures. Very few were regular Royal Naval officers: instead the unit was made up of mostly Royal Naval Volunteer Officers and 'duration only' sailors. Their home was a converted paddle steamer and luxury yacht, but their work could not have been more serious. Their mission was to ferry agents of SIS and SOE to pinpoint landing sites on the Brittany coast in Occupied France. Once they had landed their agents, together with stores for the Resistance, they picked up evaders, escaped POWs who had had the good fortune to be collected by escape lines run by M19, as well as returning SIS and SOE agents. It is a story that is inextricably entwined with that of the many agents they were responsible for - Pierre Hentic, Yves Le Tac, Virginia Hall, Albert Huâe, Jeannie Rousseau, Suzanne Warengham, Franðcois Mitterrand and Mathilde Carrâe, as well as many others. Without the Flotilla, such intelligence gathering networks as Jade Fitzroy and Alliance would never have developed, and SOE's VAR Line and MI9's Shelburne Escape Line would never have been realised. Drawing on a huge amount of research on both sides of the Channel, including private archives of many of the families involved, A Dangerous Enterprise brings the story of this most clandestine of operations brilliantly to life."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545941

Uproar! : scandal, satire and printmakers in Georgian London /Alice Loxton. "London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstreets of the capital, on his way to begin his studies at the Royal Academy Schools. Within a few years, James Gillray and Isaac Cruikshank would join him in Piccadilly, turning satire into an artform, taking on the British establishment, and forever changing the way we view power. Set against a backdrop of royal madness, political intrigue, the birth of modern celebrity, French revolution, American independence and the Napoleonic Wars, UPROAR! follows the satirists as they lampoon those in power, from the Prince Regent to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Their prints and illustrations deconstruct the political and social landscape with surreal and razor-sharp wit, as the three men vie with each other to create the most iconic images of the day. Alice Loxton's writing fizzes with energy on every page, and never fails to convince us that Gillray and his gang profoundly altered British humour, setting the stage for everything from Gilbert and Sullivan to Private Eye and Spitting Image today. This is a book that will cause readers to reappraise everything they think they know about genteel Georgian London, and see it for what it was - a time of UPROAR!"--Publisher's description. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.107

The Battle of the Beams : the secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War. "The British believed that, through ingenuity and scientific prowess, they alone have a war-winning weapon: radar. They are wrong. The Germans have it too. They believe that their unique maritime history means their pilots have no need of navigational aids. Flying above the clouds they, like the seafarers of old, had the stars to guide them, and that is all that is required. They are wrong. Most of the bombs the RAF will drop in the first years of the war land miles from their target. They also believe that the Germans, without the same naval tradition, will never be able to find targets at night. They are, again, wrong. In 1939 the Germans don't just have radar to spot planes entering their airspace, they have radio beams to guide their own planes into enemy airspace. Luckily there was one young engineer, Reginald Jones, helping the British government with their own scientific developments. In June 1940, when Jones quietly explained the beams the Germans had devised to a room full of disbelieving sceptics, Churchill later described the moment as like sitting in the parlour while Sherlock Holmes finally reveals the killer. Churchill immediately supported Jones's efforts to develop radar technology that went on to help the Allies win the war."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.396.96(42:43):940.54

Nautical Magazine. 1832-2011. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Dictionary of Indian biography / by C.E. Buckland. Buckland, C. E.-(Charles Edward) 1999. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 920.054

The life and times of Daniel Gooch / Alan Platt. A biography of pioneering British engineer Daniel Gooch. It provides a detailed account of Gooch's life and career, particularly focusing on his pivotal roles as Superintentant of Locomotive Engines, and later Chairman, of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western Railway, and then as chief engineer on board the SS Great Eastern during the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1865-66. It also covers his twenty-year career as an MP. There are black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. 1987. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92GOOCH

Fatal journey : the final expedition of Henry Hudson: a tale of mutiny and murder in the Arctic /Peter C. Mancall. Tells the story of the fourth and final voyage of Henry Hudson (c.1565-c.1611), the English sea explorer and navigator best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the north-eastern United States, and for his search for the North-West passage, a faster route to Asia from the Atlantic. Leaving England in 1610 on the Discovery, this voyage was sponsored by the Company of the Gentleman under the direction of the East India Company. Entering what would become known as Hudson's Bay, the ship became icebound in James Bay until the spring thaw. Provisions growing scarce and tensions mounting amongst the crew, the voyage ended in mutiny on 22 June 1611 with Hudson, his son and seven others cast adrift and never seen again. After the return of the Discovery to London, the High Court of Admiralty considered charges against Robert Bylot, Abacuk Pricket, the surgeon Edward Wilson, Adrian Matter (Moter), Silvanus Bond and Nicholas Syms. Four of the crew (Abacuk Pricket, Edward Wilson, Francis Clemens and Bennet Mathews) were ultimately charged with murder but acquitted. The text is supported by detailed notes. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.92

Amrit Mahotsav : 1947-2022 "As part of AMRIT MAHOTSAV - Maritime fraternity, trained as ex cadets of Dufferin, and to date, are bringing out this coffee table book to record the glorious traditions of Maritime India, especially the training of seafarers, that formally commenced with training ship Dufferin in 1927, after the ship was converted from World War I troop ship, anchored off Mazgon in Mumbai harbour. It is interspersed with photographs, from then to now - some formal, some informal and some to make the reader smile."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Antarctic days with Mawson : a personal account of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929-31 The author served as Assistant Zoologist on the ship Discovery as part of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) led by Sir Douglas Mawson in 1929-1931. Based on his own diaries of the time, the author recounts details of the planning of the expedition, conditions on board, the voyages and the discoveries made. The book is illustrated with Frank Hurley's photographs. 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Mawson

Richard Wright : 2010-20 /with texts by Will Bradley ... [et al.] "This comprehensive monograph on Richard Wright surveys works made by the artist between 2010 and 2020, documenting projects produced for both well-known public spaces and otherwise inaccessible private residences around the world. Wright is known for large-scale and site-specific painted and applied metal-leaf installations that incorporate graphic and decorative elements. Among the works pictured and discussed are Wright's permanent installations at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; Queen's House, London; and Tottenham Court Road station (Elizabeth Line), London. Featured, too, are all his works in leaded glass, and almost all his works on paper of the past decade. Significantly, the publication functions as an important record of many temporary works that no longer exist, including installations at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Volksbèuhne, Berlin; and Gagosian, Britannia Street, London. The book includes essays by Wright; Martin Clark, director of Camden Art Centre, London; and social anthropologist Tim Ingold, and features an in-depth conversation between the artist and Will Bradley, director of Kunsthall Oslo."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 700.411

The Navy and Anglo-Scottish Union, 1603-1707 / Colin Helling. "This book examines the union of England and Scotland by weaving the navy into a political narrative of events between the regal union in 1603 and the parliamentary union in 1707. For most of the century the Scottish crown had no separate naval force which made the Stuart monarchs' navy, seen by them as a personal not a state force, unusual in being an institution which had a relationship with both kingdoms. This did not necessarily make the navy a shared organisation, as it continued to be financed from and based in England and was predominantly English. Nevertheless, the navy is an unusually good prism through which the nature of the regal union can be interrogated as English commanded ships interacted with Scottish authorities, and as Scots looked to the navy for protection from foreign invaders, such as the Dutch in the Forth in 1667, and for Scottish merchant ships trading with the Baltic and elsewhere. These interactions were often harmonious, but there were also many instances of tensions, particularly in the 1690s. The book illustrates both the ambiguous relationship between England and Scotland in the seventeenth century and also the navy's under-appreciated role in creating the political union of Britain."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.06

Running the gauntlet : how three giant liners carried a million men to war 1942-1945 /Alister Satchell "Between the entry of the US and the end of the Second World War in Europe, the three huge Cunard liners Aquitania, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth carried a million GIs and British Empire troops across the North Atlantic at up to 16,000 men per voyage - without either naval or air escort. What became known as the 'Shuttle Service' was a great gamble, but it was considered a risk worth taking since it was the only way so many men could be transported to the theatre of war so quickly: indeed, Churchill reckoned they shortened the war by a whole year. The ships themselves were very fast, and were armed for self-defence, but to avoid potential U-boat traps they relied heavily on intelligence, now known to be the product of 'Ultra' (decoded Enigma traffic). The author, as a young Australian naval reservist, served as a cipher officer on these ships, so was at the centre of this work. Although he was not supposed to, he kept a private journal, and his attendance at sailing conferences allowed him to record details that would otherwise have been lost. His book combines a personal account of these years, with a knowledgeable analysis of how this feat was organised, both ashore and aboard the ships themselves. Conditions were so tight that soldiers slept in shifts (the original 'hot bunking'), while so much water was consumed that the ships became dangerously unstable as the double-bottom tanks were emptied during the voyage. By way of contrast with the testing environment afloat, the author also provides some entertaining observations of life in wartime London and New York."--Provided by the publisher. 2001 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.123Queen Mary

A general guide to the India Office Records Moir, Martin 1988 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 347.71East India

Ayahs, Lascars and princes : Indians in Britain 1700-1947 /Rozina Visram. Visram, Rosina, 1986. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942(=1:54)"17/1947"

Anglo-American-Canadian naval relations, 1943-1945 / edited by Michael Simpson. "The account in this volume begins with Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham's assumption of the First Sea Lordship on 5 October 1943, and concludes with the formal surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. This volume is entitled Anglo-American-Canadian Naval Relations, 1943-1945, for the very good reason that, by the end of the war, the Royal Canadian Navy was the third largest in the world, after its two great partners, and Canadian naval and air forces played a major role in anti-submarine warfare in the Atlantic, and rendered important service also in other theatres. The period covered by this volume was the time in which victory was forged and the three major Allies enjoyed an almost unbroken series of maritime triumphs. In Part I, the relationships of the senior commanders, their services and their countries are discussed. Part II deals with the last stage of the fight against the U-boats, a war which by 1943 had spread to most of the world's seas. Part III deals with the Western Allies' eventual return to North West Europe. In Part IV, the final operations in the Mediterranean, including the landings in Southern France and at Anzio in Italy, are covered. Part V recounts the participation of the British Pacific Fleet in the concluding operations against Japan."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.54/5

Ayahs, lascars, and princes : the story of Indians in Britain 1700-1947 /Rozina Visram "People from the Indian sub-continent have been in Britain since the end of the seventeenth century. The presence of princes and maharajahs is well documented but this book, first published in 1986, was the first account of the ordinary people in Britain."--Provided by publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.8/91411/041

Combat divers : an illustrated history of special forces divers /Michael G. Welham. "Combat divers are an elite within an elite. Every special forces combat diver is required to pass selection twice - first into the elite military unit and then a combat diving qualification. The combat dive units themselves are tiny and the operations highly classified. The role of a military diver is inevitably a lonely and a dangerous one, whether clearing mines or striking from the sea against enemy-held targets. Fully illustrated with rare and unusual images, Combat Divers reveals their little-known yet fascinating operations, from Dutch Special Forces combat divers covertly operating against Somali pirates to the actions of Soviet Spetsnaz divers in Swedish territorial waters during the Cold War. It also examines how the most famous units, such as the US Navy SEALs and the Royal Navy's SBS, are currently operating and adapting to threats in a multitude of theatres. Combat Divers gives an insight into specialist kit and vehicles presently used and equipment that is being developed and trialed throughout the world. Covering a variety of kit, from dry deck shelters to mini-submarines and swimmer delivery vehicles, former Royal Marines Commando Michael G. Welham draws on his own extensive diving experience to reveal exactly how this equipment is used by special forces dive teams. As their kit and equipment constantly evolve, so does the nature of their work and even the team element. Combat Divers also details the first female combat divers and includes their own first-hand accounts about their groundbreaking roles within their respective units to create a fascinating history of these elite special forces operatives."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.21:629.024

From Dartmouth to the Dardenelles : a midshipman's log The story of ten months spent as a 16-year-old midshipman during the First World War compiled from a narrative written during a period of shore leave and edited by the boy's mother. Neither the midshipman, his ship, nor his mother are named in the account. The period covers his mobilisation as a Dartmouth Cadet in 1914 and his experience at sea in the early months of the war. This includes his ship's voyage via Gibraltar and Egypt to Mombasa, Zanzibar and Dar-Es-Salaam. The journal concludes with the sinking of his ship during the Gallipoli campaign and his return home. 1916 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.124(42)"1914/1915"

The Baltic 1914 Great Britain.-Admiralty 1922 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.459(42)

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