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French warship crews 1789-1805 : from the French Revolution to Trafalgar /Terry Crowdy, illustrated by Steve Noon Crowdy, Terry 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(44)"1789/1805"

Maritime matters / Poulsson, Esben ; edited by Stephanie Zarach. "As a sequel to Esben Poulsson's A life in shipping, Maritime matters covers the period from September 2018 to the present day. It has been an eventful four years that have included the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Both have had a highly disruptive effect on shipping : the former on the ability of seafarers to enter ports, let alone effect crew change, which inevitably contributed to an interruption of supply chains; and the latter on the movement of goods around the Black Sea, badly affecting the transportation and price of grain, sunflower oil and other goods that Ukraine supplies so much of to the rest of the world. There are other ongoing matters addressed by Poulsson, ranging from ship emissions to the profile of the shipping industry. With his experience working in both private companies and major international associations - such as the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) - Poulsson is well-placed to make pertinent observations on the state of the maritime industry and its future priorities. The maritime industry does, indeed, matter a great deal and the world needs to recognise it."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Handbook for the 4.7-inch, QF gun, Mark IX++ on CP Mark XVIII mounting Great Britain.-Admiralty 1938 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.422.24:623.94

The fabulous flotilla : Scotland's adventure on the rivers of Burma /Paul Strachan. "The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, known in colonial Burma as the 'Fabulous Flotilla', was the largest privately-owned fleet of ships in the world. It was an entirely Scottish enterprise with nearly all its investors, management and ship's officers drawn from Scotland. Over 1,200 ships were ordered mainly from Clyde yards and each year carried the majority of the population of Burma on its river network without loss of life. The paddle steamers were amongst the largest in the world, innovative in design and technology, and very beautiful. The flotilla began as a naval task force in the 1820s, was commandeered in five wars, and was to end its life with the British evacuation of Burma in 1942, the greatest evacuation in British military history. Fascinating personalities emerge from Strachan's descriptions of Irrawaddy commanders and the flotilla's key players. The ships evolved over a hundred years into riverine versions of ocean liners with plush cabins, restaurants, shops and even post offices on board. The largest class of ships carried 5,000 passengers including royalty, celebrities of the day and famous writers like Somerset Maugham along with early tourists and big game hunters. In the second part of the book, the author takes us on a journey 1,000 miles upriver to explore the different regions of the country often highlighting Scottish connections. Here is a revealing record of this remarkable era in Burma's history and past Scottish endeavour - a jewel of a story that may soon be lost."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 386.09591

The voyage of Mayflower II Charlton, Warwick 1957 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 910.4(73)"1957"

Sailing ships and sailing craft / George Goldsmtih-Carter ; illustrated by Bill Robertshaw. Goldsmith-Carter, George 1969. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 629.123

The merchant sailing ship : a photographic history : 127 photographs from the National Maritime Museum depicting British and North American sailing vessels and the lives of the people who worked in and around them /by Basil Greenhill and Ann Giffard. Greenhill, Basil 1970. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.123.13/.16(42:73)"18/19"

From snotty to sub / by "Heandi," authors of "From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles." The continuing story of the midshipman featured in From Dartmouth to the Dardenelles, compiled by his mother from notes taken during periods of leave during the First World War. Again, the names of the midshipman, his mother and his ships are not revealed in the text. This title covers the period from August 1915 and his return to sea, his experiences in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and then the examinations for promotion to Sub-Lieutenant. The book concludes with his early experiences as a Sub-Lieutenant and his return on leave in late 1917. 1918. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92WELD-FORESTER

Fields of fire : a life of Sir William Hamilton /David Constantine Constantine, David 2001. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Hamilton, William

Fatal passage : the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot /Ken McGoogan. A biography of John Rae (1813-1893). Born in Orkney, Rae qualified as a surgeon working for the Hudson's Bay Company in Ontario, Canada. He developed a reputation for stamina and his use of snowshoes, learning to live off the land while travelling long distances, adopting and learning the ways of indigenous Arctic peoples. Rae went on to explore the Gulf of Boothia and made three voyages along the Arctic coastline from 1848?1851. In 1854, back in the Gulf of Boothia, he obtained credible information from local Inuit peoples about the fate of the Franklin Expedition which had disappeared in 1848. His report to the Admiralty included evidence that cannibalism had been a last resort for some of the survivors. Franklin's widow Lady Jane Franklin was outraged and recruited many important supporters, including Charles Dickens, to condemn Rae for daring to suggest Royal Navy sailors would have resorted to cannibalism. Rae's reputation was ruined and although he had discovered the final link in the North-West passage, he was shunned by the establishment at the time and his achievements never recognised. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92RAE

Royal yachts / A P McGowan McGowan, A P 1977. • PAMPHLET • 4 copies available. 929.7.071:629.125

Whale factory ships and modern whaling 1881-2016. HART, IAN. 2016. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 639.245.1

Furniture history : the journal of the Furniture History Society. 1965- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available. 749.2205

A Challenger's Song / Philip Pearson. "In 1872, HMS Challenger, powered by sail and steam, left Portsmouth for an epic voyage of ocean exploration. A Challenger's Song combines a lifetime reimagined with a fresh account of the voyage seen through the eyes of the crew and scientists, drawing on their own letters and accounts."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.41092

The sail and steam navy list : all the ships of the Royal Navy 1815 - 1889. /David Lyon & Rif Winfield ; [introduction by Andrew Lambert] Lyon, David 2004 • FOLIO • 5 copies available. 623.82(42)"1815/1889"

Boulderson : with brief notes on the related families of Morley, Rogers, Barkworth, Money and Brodhurst Hill /Richard G. Grylls. A family history tracing the ancestry and descendants of three generations of the Boulderson family who were captains of Falmouth Packet ships or East Indiamen during the latter part of the eighteenth and early ninetheenth centuries. Includes family trees of relevant lines of the Boulderson, Morley, Rogers, Barkworth, Money, Brodhurst Hill and Cowell families. Illustrations include portraits and photographs. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Pearl, December 7, 1941 / Daniel Allen Butler. "Pearl: The 7th Day of December 1941 is the story of how America and Japan, two nations with seemingly little over which to quarrel, let peace slip away, so that on that "day which will live in infamy", more than 350 dive bombers, high-level bombers, torpedo planes, and fighters of the Imperial Japanese Navy did their best to cripple the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet, killing 2,403 American servicemen and civilians, and wounding another 1,178. It's a story of emperors and presidents, diplomats and politicians, admirals and generals - and it's also the tale of ordinary sailors, soldiers, and airmen, all of whom were overtaken by a rush of events that ultimately overwhelmed them. Pearl shows the real reasons why America's political and military leaders underestimated Japan's threat against America's security, and why their Japanese counterparts ultimately felt compelled to launch the Pearl Harbor attack."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.5426693

The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder /David Grann. "On 28 January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, which had left England two years earlier on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain and had been wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. Six months, another even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who had landed in Brazil were not heroes - they were mutineers. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court-martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death - for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behaviour at the extremes told by one of our greatest non-fiction writers. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. Most powerfully, he unearths the deeper meaning of the events, showing it was not only the Wager's captain and crew who were on trial - it was the very idea of empire."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.91641

Personnel management in merchant ships / by D.H. Moreby. Moreby, D H 1968. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Der bote : 46 Mèonch, Winfried 2014 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

A history of binnacles / by Pamela Burns-Balogh. Burns-Balogh, Pamela. Ã2011. • CD-ROM • 1 copy available. txt

A pot mess : journals of a Royal Navy cook /by J.A. Parker. Autobiography by J A Parker, a Leading Cook in the Royal Navy between 1949 and 1957, based on the more than 600 letters he wrote his wife in the course of his service. The book provides a detailed first-hand account of everyday Navy life, including Parker's service in HMS Solebay, HMS Barcarole, and HMS Defender, in the training ship HMS Ganges, and particularly while serving as part of the fleet accompanying the Royal Yacht Britannia around Europe in 1956. Black and white photographs throughout. 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92PARKER

Handsome Harry of the fighting Belvedere Burrage, E. Harcourt-(Edwin Harcourt) [187-?] • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Museum of the Sea : Aboard the Queen Mary California Museum Foundation. circa 1960s • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 629.123QUEENMARY:069(26)

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