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Captain of the Carpathia : the seafaring life of Titanic hero Sir Arthur Henry Rostron /Eric L. Clements. A biography of Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, captain of the Carpathia which rushed to the aid of the Titanic and rescued some 700 survivors. Rostron went to sea in 1887 as an apprentice, gaining his master's certificate in 1894, and joined the Cunard Steamship Comapny the following year, eventually retiring in 1931 as commodore of the Cunard Line. He participated in the Gallipoli campaign and commanded the Mauretania as a hospital ship during the First World War, continuing as master of the Mauretania through most of the 1920s. Supporting tables list his ships and commands and the text is illustrated with photographs. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ROSTRON

Austro-Hungarian naval policy 1904-1914 An academic study exploring the naval policy which the leaders of Austria-Hungary set in motion between 1904 and 1914. The book provides a detailed context to 1904, stretching back to 1882 to explain, for example, the Adriatic Question, the dominance of the Adriatic Sea and the alliances between nations concerning the Mediterranean. A comparison between Italy and Austro-Hungary is used to demonstrate their progress during the decade. Tables with information showing the number of ships built during this period are also included. 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02(436:439.1)"1904/1914"

The Durham papers : selections from the papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, G.C.B. (1763-1845) /edited by Hilary L. Rubinstein "Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763?1845) was one of the most distinguished and colourful officers of the late Georgian Navy. His lucky and sometimes controversial career included surviving the sinking of HMS Royal George in 1782, making the first conquest of the tricolour flag in 1793 and the last in 1815, and having two enemy ships surrender to him at Trafalgar. A Scot distantly related to Lord Barham, Durham entered the Navy in 1777, serving initially on the American and West Indies stations. He was Kempenfelt's signal officer on HMS Victory during the second battle of Ushant in 1781 and on the Royal George. Making his reputation initially as the daring young master and commander of HMS Spitfire early in the French Revolutionary War, he became a crack frigate captain with a fortune in prize money, and commanded HMS Defiance at Trafalgar, where he was wounded. He ended his war service as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands. En voyage he artfully captured two brand-new French frigates which were subsequently taken into the service of Britain, and during his tenure he won the heartfelt gratitude of local merchants by ridding the surrounding seas of American privateers preying on British trading vessels. True to form, he clashed with the judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court on Antigua and with the general with whom he led a combined naval and military assault on Martinique and Guadeloupe following Napoleon's escape from Elba. He later served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth having resigned his parliamentary seat to do so. Married first to the sister of the Earl of Elgin, of 'Marbles' fame, and secondly to a cousin of 'sea wolf' Lord Cochrane, he was well-known to George III, who as a result of Durham's amusing yet improbable anecdotes, dubbed any tall tale he heard 'a Durham'. This collection of his papers consists mainly of letters and despatches relating to his service in the Channel Fleet, the Mediterranean, and the Leeward Islands. Correspondence with his parents during 1789?1790 reflects his anxieties relating to employment and prospects for promotion when he was a young lieutenant with an illegitimate child to support. The collection, featuring items from and to him, comprises a fascinating and informative set of documents."--Provided by publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22NRS

The Beken album A tribute to the work of the famous Cowes-based marine photographers Frank and Keith Beken, this album contains a selection of duotone images primarily of yachts. Arranged by decade and covering the period 1880-1939, each decade is placed in the context of its yachting epoch, showing developments in design and the sailing world at that time. Supporting text provides a brief history of each yacht, ownership and racing success. 1999 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 797.14:77

Ocean to cross : daring the Atlantic, claiming a new life Fordred, Liz 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.124.6

Blue funnel line / Clarkson, John. 1998. Clarkson, John, 1998 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.792Holt

Clan Line : illustrated Fleet history /John Clarkson, Roy Fenton and Archie Munro. A fleet history of cargo vessels carrying a Clan name and owned by The Clan Line Steamers Ltd or regularly used on Clan Line services. This includes ships nominally owned by the Houston Line (British and South American Steam Navigation Co Ltd) and Scottish Shire Line (Turnbull, Martin & Co), both acquired in 1918; later ships of the King Line (a subsidiary of Union-Castle) and four reefers with Clan names owned by Union-Castle but chartered by Houston and used on Clan Line services. The ships covered comprise the major part of the fleet managed by Cayzer, Irvine and Co Ltd, and a substantial part of the tonnage controlled by the British and Commonwealth Group. The vessels themselves are primarily arranged in groups of similar ships although a chronological list is also included. The history covers the Line's foundation by Sir Charles W Cayzer and Captain Alexander Irvine in 1878 to establish a direct service to Bombay, its evolution into the partnership Clan Line Association Steamers formed in 1881 and the limited liability company Clan Line Steamers Ltd in 1890 and its ultimate merger with Union-Castle in 1955, creating British and Commonwealth. In 1950, Clan set up the Scottish Tanker Co Ltd and bought the Thompson Steamshipping Co Ltd. Also includes a listing of ships built by The Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd following its acquisition by Clan in 1918. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the vessels, general arrangement drawings and cargo documents. Crew stories and narratives highlighting cargoes, routes, specific voyages and key events are profiled. c2007. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.792CLAN

Captain Bligh's portable nightmare : from the Bounty to safety 4162 miles across the pacific in a rowing boat This book aims to recount the details missing from the most common accounts of the mutiny on the Bounty and the fate of Captain Bligh. It focuses on the figure of the captain himself, beginning with his role as Master and Chief Navigator of the Resolution on Captain Cook's third and final voyage and his reaction to the death of Cook. There is a short account of events on the Bounty leading to the mutiny, but the majority of the book focuses on the voyage undertaken by Bligh and eighteen of his men in a longboat, from the site of the mutiny near Tofua in the Friendly Islands (Tonga) to their arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia, from where they journeyed back to England. The book includes maps of the routes taken by Cook in his final voyage, the Bounty and Bligh's longboat, as well as a list of the mutineers, as reported by Bligh. There is also a copy of the map made by Bligh of Cape York, northern Australia. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Bligh, William

Ouidah : the social history of a West African slaving port 1727-1892 Law, Robin 2004 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1(668.2)"1727/1892"

Rainbow Warrior : the French attempt to sink Greenpeace Sunday Times Insight Team 1986 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.239:577.4

Quarterdeck Stockwin, Julian 2004 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124

The absent-minded imperialists : empire, society, and culture in Britain /Bernard Porter. Porter, Bernard. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44(42)'18'

The participatory museum / by Nina Simon. "The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to working with community members and visitors to make cultural institutions more dynamic, relevant, essential places"--Provided by the publisher 2010 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069

The world of the battleship : the lives and careers of twenty-one capital ships from the World's navies, 1880-1990 /edited by Bruce Taylor. "This new volume is intended to present a genuinely global vision of the development of world's battleships. In a collection of chapters by experts from around the world, the design, building and career of a significant battleship from each of the world's navies is explored in such a way as to illuminate not just the ships but also the communities of officers and men that served in them and, more broadly, the societies and nations that built them. While ships from the Royal Navy, the US Navy, the Kriegsmarine, the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Marine Nationale and the Regia Navale are given significant coverage, so are those from the smaller navies, for example, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey. Each chapter explains the origins of a particular ship, her importance as a national symbol and her place in the fleet. The genesis of her design along with particulars of her protection, armament and propulsion are covered and the construction process and launching described. The ship's complement and organisation are detailed, and daily routine and watch-keeping explained, and how this varied between peace and war. Life onboard - eating and sleeping for officers and ratings, discipline, pay, morale, pets and mascots - are covered as well as a full account of the ship's career, so that the distinctive character of each vessel and navy emerges. This is a highly original and significant book on the great capital ships of the world."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.821.2

Tracing your ancestors in the Public Record Office / Jane Cox. 1984 Cox, Jane 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.3

Strong to save : maritime mission in Hong Kong, from Whampoa reach to the mariners' club /Stephen Davies. "Tracing its origins back to 1822 in Whampoa, the Mariners' Club in Hong Kong was established to meet a specific need for an Anglo-Chinese society defined by that most dubious of activities, seafaring. Its creation was anything but straightforward, and in this can be seen the mutable and often tortuous relations between the various religious bodies, the local population, the transient sailors, the emerging captains of industry, and the growing regulatory reach of the colonial government. The club evolved through many embodiments and witnessed the growth of Hong Kong from a collection of mat-sheds on the foreshore, through colony to its current status. Throughout its turbulent past it has been occasionally marginalized but has always served as an important base for the key actors in the main commercial activity in Hong Kong: seafarers. This is a history of one of the most enduring institutions of Hong Kong, and the first of its kind. Using the Club's own records as well as a wide range of sources both from within Hong Kong and from the seafaring world at large, this is a comprehensive account of the life of the Missions, the tenancy of the different chaplains, managers, and stewards, the changes in seafaring practices and shipping, and the transformation of Hong Kong itself."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.21(512.317)

The Bright-Meyler papers : a Bristol-West India connection, 1732-1837 /edited by Kenneth Morgan. "These documents illuminate the conduct of British trade in the Caribbean when slavery was at its height and Jamaica was the wealthiest territory in Britain's Atlantic empire. Pertaining to the commercial and plantation interests of two Bristol families connected through marriage and business, the volume sheds light on how fortunes were created by merchants striving for improvement, independence, and social mobility. The documents include correspondence, wills and inventories, partnership agreements, insurance policies and property deeds. The introduction addresses issues of the slave trade and sugar cultivation, capital accumulation, the ways in which a West India fortune was created, the risk environment of the Caribbean, and social, economic and demographic conditions in 18th-century Bristol and Jamaica."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1:382"1732/1837"

Shadow of the Titanic : on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, a spellbinding new book focuses on the dark tales of the survivors - and out endless fascination with history's most glorious shipwreck /by Andrew Wilson Wilson, Andrew, 2012 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3TITANIC

The Clore Gallery : an illustrated account of the new building for the Turner Collection Tate Gallery 1987 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 727.7(421.3)

Portsmouth in the twentieth century : a photographic history /Portsmouth Museums and Records Service. 1999. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 914.227:77

History of Singapore : islands and islanders /Captain Frederick James Francis Francis, Frederick James [2019?] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 959.513

Anti-fouling systems : international convention on the control of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships, 2001 (AFS 2001). International Maritime Organization 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 628.515:667.6(094.2)

The story of the Scoltock family and their journey to Port Phillip settlement in the colony in 1853 / by Joy Shepherd Shepherd, Joy 2019 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92SCOLTOCK

The inviting shore : a social history of New Brighton Miller, Anthony M • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.72"1830/1939"

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