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Early naval air power : british and german approaches /Dennis Haslop "This work provides new insights as to how two naval air services were influenced by internal and political interventions, and how each was integrated into the organizational structures of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserlichemarine (KM). Both the Admiralty and the KM made substantial alterations to their organizations and doctrine in the process. Principal air doctrines employed are examined chronologically and the application of operational doctrine is described. While they adopted similar air doctrines, there were differences in operational doctrine, which they addressed according to their different requirements. This book is a comparative study about the development of organization and air power doctrine in the RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) and the IGNAS (Imperial German Naval Air Service). It investigates public and political interventions and early concepts of air power, placing into context the factors which contributed to how naval theorists came to think about the best means of controlling its working medium, air space. Ultimately, it examines the similarities, and differences, between the RNAS and IGNAS understanding of naval air power, within the broader strategic and theoretical framework of their parent organizations."--Provided by the publisher 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.74(42:43)

Ocean yachtmaster: the essential coursebook for the RYA Ocean Yachmaster certificate Langley-Price, P 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 797.144

British battleships of the Victorian era "This is a companion volume to Friedman's highly successful British Battleship 1906-1946 and completes his study of the Royal Navy's capital ships. Beginning with the earliest installation of steam machinery in ships of the line, the book traces the technological revolution that saw the introduction of iron hulls, armour plate, shell-firing guns and the eventual abandonment of sail as auxiliary propulsion. This hectic development finally settled down to a widely approved form of pre-dreadnought battleship, built in large numbers and culminating in the King Edward VII class. As with all of his work, Friedman is concerned to explain why as well as how and when these advances were made, and locates British ship design firmly within the larger context of international rivalries, domestic politics and economic constraints. The result is a sophisticated and enlightening overview of the Royal Navy's battle fleet in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is also well illustrated - a comprehensive gallery of photographs with in-depth captions is accompanied by specially commissioned plans of the important classes by A D Baker III, and a colour section featuring the original Admiralty draughts, including a spectacular double gatefold."--Provided by the publisher. 2018 [2017] • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.821.2(42)

Approaches to the archaeological heritage : a comparative study of world cultural resource management systems 1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 577.4:930.26

The head in Edward Nugent's hand : Ranoke's forgotten Indians /Michael Leroy Oberg. Oberg, Michael Leroy. c2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Astronomers at Herstmonceux: in their own words Herstmonceux in Sussex was the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory between 1958 and its relocation to Cambridge in 1990. Centred around a medieval castle and the unique buildings known as the 'Equatorial Group', at its height more than 200 people worked at the observatory and lived in the local community. An informal history, this book records the personal recollections of those who spent much of their working lives at Herstmonceux, with contributions by Peter Corben, Dorothy Hobden, Derek Jones, Bill Nicholson, Brian Scales, Rosemary Selmes, Roy Wallis and Dr George Wilkins. The book covers the Astronomers Royal, night observing and associated instruments, the time service, chronometer department and the nautical almanac office. 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 52:92

Art and war in the Pacific world : making, breaking, and taking from Anson's voyage to the Philippine-American War /J.M. Mancini. "The Pacific world has long been recognized as a hub for the global trade in art objects, but the history of art and architecture has seldom reckoned with another profound aspect of the region's history: its exposure to global conflict during the British and US imperial incursions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Art and War in the Pacific World provides a new view of the Pacific world and of global artistic interaction by exploring how the making, alteration, looting, and destruction of images, objects, buildings, and landscapes intersected with the exercise of force. Focusing on the period from Commodore George Anson's voyage to the Philippine-American War, J. M. Mancini's exceptional study deftly weaves together disparate strands of history to create a novel paradigm for cultural analysis."--Provided by publisher. 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.044

George Chambers 1803-1840 : his life and work : the sailor's eye and the artist's hand Russett, Alan 1996 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 75.047(26:42)"18"

Captain Francis Crozier : Last man standing? /Michael Smith. "Francis Crozier was a major figure in the epic quests of nineteenth-century Polar exploration - navigating the North West Passage, reaching the North Pole and mapping Antarctica. His remarkable story embraces six daring voyages to the world?s most hostile regions and extraordinary feats of endurance, tragedy and failed romance. The groundbreaking expeditions with legendary explorers like Parry, Ross and Franklin lifted the veil from the frozen wastes and were crucial to the exploits of Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton. Crozier's personal tragedy was an unhappy love affair with Franklin's niece which drove him back to the ice one last time as second-in-command on Franklin's North West Passage expedition in 1845. All 129 men vanished on the ice. Crozier took command when the ships were crushed and the expedition was on the brink of disaster. For several years Crozier led a courageous battle trying to lead his men to safety. According to legend, Crozier was last to die - the last man standing. But Crozier never received recognition for his great feats and became another of exploration's Irish unsung heroes."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92CROZIER

Dream spaces : memory and the museum /Gaynor Kavanagh. Kavanagh, Gaynor 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069.62

H.M.S. Belfast 1938-2018 : 80th anniversary. Warship to ambassador for peace A compilation of captioned drawings and paintings of HMS Belfast and various other naval vessels, which also includes a brief career history of the HMS Belfast. 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)

Holland America line Haws, Duncan 1995 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 347.792Holland-America

Bayly's war : the battle for the western approaches in the first world war /Steve R Dunn "Bayly's War is the story of the Royal Navy's Coast of Ireland Command (later named Western Approaches Command) during World War One. Britain was particularly vulnerable to the disruption of trade in the Western Approaches through which food and munitions (and later soldiers) from North America and the Caribbean and ores and raw materials from the Southern Americas, all passed on their way to Liverpool or the Channel ports and London. After the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915 and the introduction of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans, Britain found herself engaged in a fight for survival as U-boats targeted all incoming trade in an attempt to drive her into submission. Britain's naval forces, based in Queenstown on the southern Irish coast, fought a long and arduous battle to keep the seaways open, and it was only one they began to master after American naval forces joined in 1917. Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly was the man appointed to the Coast of Ireland Command. A fierce disciplinarian with a mania for efficiency, and thought by some of his colleagues to be more than a little mad, Bayly took the fight to the enemy. Utilising any vessel he could muster -- trawlers, tugs, yachts -- as well as the few naval craft at his disposal, he set out to hunt down the enemy submarines. The command also swept for mines, escorted merchantmen and fought endlessly against the harsh Atlantic weather. Relief came When America sent destroyers to Queenstown to serve under him, and Bayly, to the surprise of many, integrated the command into a homogenous fighting force. Along the way, the Command had to deal with the ambivalent attitude of the Irish population, the 1916 Easter Rising, the attempt to land arms on Ireland's west coast and the resurgence of Irish nationalism in 1917. Bayly's War is a vivid account of this vigorous defence of Britain's trade and brings to life the U-boat battles, Q-ship actions, merchant ship sinkings and rescues as well as the tireless Bayly, the commander at the centre."--Provided by the publisher. 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.451(417)

Into the Maelstrom : the wreck of HMHS Rohilla /Colin Brittain. "On 29 October 1914 the hospital ship Rohilla left Queensferry with 234 people on board bound for Dunkirk. Just after 4 a.m. on 30 October there was a tremendous impact as the ship ran onto rocks at Saltwick Nab, a mile south of Whitby. Mortally wounded only 600 yards from shore, she was 'so close to land yet so far from safety'. It was impossible to launch the Whitby No. 1 lifeboat to aid those stranded on the ship, instead the No. 2 boat, John Fielden, was lifted over the sea wall and hauled over the rock Scar to opposite the Rohilla. Despite being holed, the lifeboat reached the wreck after great difficulty and rescued five nurses and twelve men. A further eighteen men were saved in a second trip, but damage to the lifeboat barred any further rescues. This book unfolds the heroic events that transpired as members of the public and lifeboatmen struggled to reach those stranded on the wreck. The final fifty souls were saved in an impressive rescue from a motor lifeboat that had travelled over 40 miles in perilous conditions to reach them. Of the 234 people on board the Rohilla eighty-nine were lost. Such was the effort involved that the RNLI bestowed some of its highest medals on several of those involved in the rescue. The loss of the Rohilla is still regarded as one of the worst tragedies to have occurred amongst the annals of the RNLI."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3ROHILLA

Antarctica / Mike Lucas Photographic book containing extensive colour photographs. Contents include: The frozen continent: Antarctica's white desert; Maritime Antarctica: where the ice meets the sea; Fostering life on sea ice; The Southern Ocean; Lonely arks: island oases of the Southern Ocean; Human influences in Antarctica: from exploitation to conservation. There is also an index, which includes scientific names, and a bibliography. 1996. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 577.4(99)

Cassell's atlas of world history Haywood, John 2001 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 912.44:93/99

Bibliographical catalogue of eighteenth-century British books and periodicals in the RUSI Library of Military History Dumontet, Carlo, 2016 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 017.1(421)

The British Museum materials thesaurus British Museum.-Collections Data Management Section 1997 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 66/67:025.48

Islas Baleares Brandon, Robin 1997 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83(467.5)

The War of 1812 : an annotated bibliography Smith, Dwight L 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812/1815"(42:73):016

Into the blue : boldly going where Captain Cook has gone before /Tony Horowitz. "Two centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain's adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today's Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Confederates in the Attic, works as a sailor aboard a replica of Cook's ship, meets island kings and beauty queens, and carouses the South Seas with a hilarious and disgraceful travel companion, an Aussie named Roger. He also creates a brilliant portrait of Cook: an impoverished farmboy who became the greatest navigator in British history and forever changed the lands he touched. Poignant, probing, antic, and exhilarating, Blue Latitudes brings to life a man who helped create the global village we inhabit today."--Provided by the publisher. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(93/96)"1768/1780"

Flotten-Album der èosterreichischen Marine von Johann B. Rottmayer : 1872-1880 /Wilhelm Donko und Thomas Zimmel. Donko, Wilhelm M., 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 700

Trial of strength : adventures and misadventures on the wild and remote Subantarctic Islands /Shona Riddell. "The subantarctic islands circle the lower part of the globe below New Zealand, Australia, Africa and South America in the 'Roaring Forties' and 'Furious Fifties' latitudes. They are filled with unique plants and wildlife, constantly buffeted by lashing rain and furious gales, and have a rich and fascinating human history. Trial of Strength tells the compelling stories of these islands and will leave you with an appreciation for the tenacity of the human race and the forbidding forces of nature."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 993.1

Melbye : Maler des Meeres = painter of the ocean /edited by Anja Dauschek, Regine Gerhardt, Vanessa Hirsch Altonaer Museum (Hamburg) 2017. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7MELBYE

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