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Camouflage. Alan Raven. Raven, Alan. Ã2001. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.773(941-44)"1942"

Conservation of leather and related materials / [edited by] Marion Kite, Roy Thomson. 2006. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 069.44:675

Oceanic : White Star's 'ship of the century' /Mark Chirnside. "Oceanic was the largest ship in the world when she was launched in 1899. The White Star Line's 'Ship of the Century', she was their last express liner before the Olympic and Titanic and her lavish first-class accommodation became renowned among Atlantic travellers. Serving on the company's express service for fifteen years, she earned a reputation for running like clockwork. Days after the outbreak of war, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. However, her new-found status was not to last -- she grounded on the rocks off Foula, in the Shetlands, within weeks and became a total loss. When she was wrecked, she had on board Charles Lightoller, Titanic's senior surviving officer. Oceanic: White Star's 'Ship of the Century' is the first book that looks at the entire career of this one-of-a-kind flagship. With human anecdotes, hitherto unpublished material and rare illustrations, Mark Chirnside's book is a beautiful tribute to a unique ocean liner."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123OCEANIC

Mutuality : the story of the UK P & I Club Young, Peter 1995 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 368.23

20th century ceramic designers in Britain Casey, Andrew-(Andrew John) 2001 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 738"19"

The archaeology of boats and ships : an introduction "This book brings together all the archaeological knowledge on the world's boats and ships which is now available [...]. It is far more than a catalogue of the world's boat finds; it is an evaluation of all that evidence on the evolution of boat- and shipbuilding through the ages and it examines the boat as part of the development of changing civilisations. The book has two central themes: the classification of boats according to their structures, and the problems associated with building these boats and the solutions which were discovered. Having described the four principal roots of shipbuilding - the raft boat, skin boat, bark boat and dugout - the author describes all the aspects of their evolution up to the fifteenth century and the beginning of written records. In addition, he looks at those traditions which survive today in some parts of the world. In the last generation, since the earlier edition of this book was published, more has been excavated and learnt than in all the preceding generations, and this amazing pace of discovery is reflected in the exciting pages of this new edition. The new discoveries at Roskilde and at the Nydam site, at Red Bay, Labrador and Bermuda; the building of the classical trireme and the replicas of Columbus's ships; and the many cog finds in recent years are just some of the fresh subjects which are brought to life in these pages."--Provided by the publisher. 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 930.26(204)

People, place and power on the nineteenth-century waterfront : sailortown /Graeme J. Milne. "This book explores the tenuous existence of seafarers, divided between their time on the ocean and their residence in sailortown economies geared to exploit them. Particular attention is given both to the contribution of seafarers as a global workforce into the nineteenth century, and to their help in creating vibrant multicultural enclaves in port cities worldwide. In addition, research explores the scandalized opinions of outside observers, challenging ideas about public behavior and relationships. Sailortown myths persisted far into the twentieth century, to the detriment of older waterfront districts and their residents, and readers will find this book is invaluable in casting new light on forgotten communities, whose lives bridged urban, maritime and global histories."--Provided by the publisher. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.071.22"18"

Adams the pilot : the life and times of Captain William Adams : 1564-1620 A comprehensive biography of William Adams, believed to have been the first English speaker to live in Japan, from his birth in Gillingham in 1564 to his death in Japan in 1620. Adams spent a decade in the service of the Dutch, with time aboard the ill-fated Mahu and de Cordes fleet which in 1598 set out to circumnavigate the world but ended in disaster with only Adams's ship the Liefde reaching Japan in 1600. Later Adams acted as an unofficial advisor to shogun Togukawa Ieyasu, and worked as a shipwright and cartographer. 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(52)"1598/1600"

Allied submarines of World War Two "Relates the historical evolution of the innovative submarine and examines in detail the Allied war effort as it was undertaken via the respective submarine fleets. [...] looks at the principal theatres of action in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in the Mediterranean Sea and in lesser waters and discusses the relatively minor Allied fleets."--Provided by the publisher. 1990 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.545.1

P&O Princess : the cruise ships /Roger Cartwright. The story of P&O Princess's history as a cruise line from the Vectis, the world's first dedicated cruise ship to the newer Grand class ships. The section on the history of the line includes black and white and colour photographs and advertisements of the time. Section two gives an alphabetical list of ships that have sailed for P&O companies with coloured photographs of the interior and exteriors of a number of the ships. Accompanying text details the building date, history and gross registered tonnage. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792P&O

The SeaFrance years / by John Hendy. The author traces the post Second World War development of the ships and English Channel routes with which SNCF (Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais) was involved. It gives historical accounts of the routes from Newhaven to Dieppe, Dunkirk to Dover and Calais to Folkestone. A fleet list in chronological order is included with a brief history of each of the ships. Coloured and black and white photographs are used throughout for illustration. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792SEAFRANCE

The liner : retrospective and renaissance /Philip Dawson. Dawson, Philip. 2005. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.1

English maritime books printed before 1801 : relating to ships, their construction and their operation at sea : including articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society /a compilation by Thomas R. Adams and David W. Waters Adams, Thomas R.-(Thomas Randolph) 1995. • FOLIO • 5 copies available. 016:656.61

Twenty-eighth annual report and accounts 2000-2001 British Library 2001 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 027.54(047)

Astronomy Mahoney, Terry 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 520

Glen and Shire Lines Haws, Duncan 1991 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 347.792Shire

Southern England and the Channel Islands Barton, Keith 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069(422)

The armature of conquest : Spanish accounts of the discovery of America 1492-1589 "The discovery, exploration, and conquest of the New World is here imaginatively treated as a journey from fantasy to reality, from complicity to rejection, from mythification to criticism. Focusing on certain key firsthand narratives of the Spanish conquest, the author views various journals, letters, and other documents not merely as narratives of facts and events but as literary expressions of the dynamics of the writers' experience: recording the transformation of their perceptions of New World realities and showing the gradual development of a critical consciousness that questions their sense of identity and the validity of European cultural models. The author illuminates the conceptual and aesthetic requirements that mark the beginnings of a new literature in the making. Gradually, the aesthetic requirements and canons of Europe are left behind as this new literature begins to convey the new realities of colonial Spanish America that shape the complex poetics of Alonso de Ercilla's great epic poem La Araucana."--Provided by the publisher. 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(46:7/8)"14/15"

Bell Rock lighthouse : an illustrated history /Michael A. W. Strachan "Since its completion in 1811, the Bell Rock Lighthouse has been revered as an industrial wonder of the world. The iconic tower was built on the Inchcape Rock, a submerged reef some 12 miles off the coast of Arbroath, and now stands as the oldest sea-washed tower in the world, surviving over 200 years of violent storms and crashing waves. The construction of the Bell Rock made the name of the Stevenson family, a dynasty of lighthouse engineers who dominated Scottish lighthouse engineering for 150 years. Robert Stevenson was the first man on the reef and the last man off, a personal commitment which saw the Bell Rock's actual Chief Engineer, John Rennie, almost deleted from the building's history. The Bell Rock is, however, more than just Stevenson and Rennie. Not only was it a remarkable feat of engineering, but one which played host to a remarkable way of life. The light-keepers undertook nightly vigils on the rock for 177 years, their often mundane and monotonous duties occasionally being punctuated by technological improvements and world events. The keepers are now all gone but the Bell Rock continues to show its familiar flash for the safety of all."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.715(413.1)

The archaeologist and the laboratory 1985 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 5:930.26

Cochrane shipbuilders : Vol 3 :1940 - 1993 /by Gilbert Mayes and Michael Thompson. Mayes, Gilbert. 2016. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 629.12COCHRANE

Where are the resources for lifelong learning? Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 024.6

The Sealink years 1970-1995 Cowsill, Miles 1996 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 656.66(261.2)

Code of safe working practices for merchant seamen. 1998. Great Britain. Department of Environment, Transport and Regions. Maritime and Coastguard Agency 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 354.81MCA

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