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A POSTcARD HISTORy OF THE PASSENGER LINER

PILOT cUTTERS UNDER SAIL

INSHORE cRAFT

Tom Cunliffe

Christopher Deakes From around 1880 for almost 100 years shipowners commissioned a wealth of paintings that depicted, as well as their magnificent liners, the routes they travelled, their exotic destinations, and life on board. This new paperback edition will be sought after by postcard collectors as well as liner enthusiasts, and by all those with an interest in the vanished world of elegant travel on the finest ships of their day.

The pilot cutters that operated around the coasts of northern Europe until the First World War were amongst the most seaworthy and beautiful craft of their size ever built, while the small number that have survived have inspired yacht designers, sailors and traditional craft enthusiasts over the last hundred years. This new book is both a tribute to and a minutely researched history of these remarkable vessels.

This now classic reference work describes more than 200 types of traditional working vessel, arranged by their geographical distribution, which once fished and traded around our coasts. Detailed descriptions of the types, along with stunning photographs and body and sails plans are supplied by a team of twelve experts. A wonderful evocation of traditional craft.

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‘A spectacular achievement..’ – Wooden Boat Magazine

THE cOMING OF THE cOMET Nick Robins In August 1812 Henry Bell’s comet, a revolutionary paddle steamer, made her first journey on the clyde. This marked the start of extraordinary developments that completely transformed shipping and transport in Britain, Europe and the Americas. In this fascinating new book Nick Robins analyses the remarkable impact of the paddle steamer and goes on to describe its development, both in terms of technology design and in relation to its effects on the transformation of nineteenth-century economies.

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FRENcH cRUISERS 1922–1956

BRITISH cRUISERS

GRAND FLEET

Norman Friedman

D K Brown

John Jordan, Jean Moulin

Gradually evolving from sailing frigates, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but this book starts with the earliest steam paddle warships, covers the evolution of screw-driven frigates, corvettes and sloops, and then the succeeding iron, composite and steel-hulled cruising ships. The story ends with the last armoured cruisers, which were succeeded by the first battle cruisers (originally called armoured cruisers), and with the last Third class cruisers (Topaze class), all conceived before 1906.

The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 ushered in one of the most rapid periods of warship development in history; and only ten years after this all-big-gun battleship was completed, two fleets of Dreadnoughts would meet at Jutland and put the work of the prewar designers to the ultimate test. The renowned warship author, D K Brown, examines the development of these vessels and looks at how wartime experience affected warship design. A classic work again available for historians and enthusiasts.

R A Burt

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The French produced some of the most striking and innovatory interwar cruiser designs. A large amount of new information about these ships has become available over the past twenty years in France, but this book is the first to make this accessible to an English-speaking readership. Like its highly successful predecessor, French Battleships, this beautifully presented book subtly blends technical and historical analysis to produce what must become the standard reference work.

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BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR ONE This superb reference book achieved the status of ‘classic’ soon after its first publication in 1986; it was soon out of print and is now one of the most sought-after naval reference books on the second-hand market. It presents, in one superb volume, the complete technical history of British capital ship design and construction during the dreadnought era. Fully detailed data tables are included for every class, and more than 500 photographs and line drawings illustrate the text. A delight for the historian, enthusiast and ship modeller.

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THE vOyAGES OF THE DIScOvERy

PASSAGE TO THE WORLD

Ann Savours

Kevin Brown

Discovery was built for captain Scott’s first Antarctic expedition of 1901-04 and was launched more than 100 years ago in 1901, at Dundee. She had a long and intriguing career before her final voyage back there in 1986; this book tells the story of that chequered history. Based on a whale ship, she was massively built to withstand ice, and was equipped with a hoisting propeller and rudder.

From the early nineteenth century onwards, literally millions of people left their homes to cross the seas. Some, like the convicts transported to Australia, had no choice; others like the indentured Indian and chinese labourers had almost no alternative; but the vast majority were driven to escape war, famine or grinding poverty in Europe by seeking a new life abroad. This book is centred on the rite of passage that marked the transition from one life to the other, tracing the story of the emigrant, through a fresh look at original sources and first-hand accounts.

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BRITISH NAvAL SWORDS AND SWORDSMANSHIP John McGrath & Mark Barton This new publication is intended to bring together a mass of research dealing with all aspects of British naval swords. Unlike the much sought after Swords and Sea Service by May and Annis, this work offers a far broader coverage and, for the first time, the complete story of swords and swordsmanship is presented in one concise volume. The comprehensive nature of the work has not been attempted before and the work will appeal to a wide range of naval enthusiasts and historians, collectors of NEW weapons, fencers publishEd and re-enactors.

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BROADSIDES James Davey & Richard Johns Broadsides explores the political and cultural history of the Navy during the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries through contemporary caricature. This was a period of intense naval activity. The text, like the caricatures themselves, balances humour with the more serious nature of the content. The emergence of this popular new form of graphic satire culminated in the works of James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, both here well represented, but a mass of other contemporary illustration makes this work a hugely important source book for those with any interest in the wars and history of this era.

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seafarers’ voices – buy any 3 books on this page for £30.00 SEAFARERS’ vOIcES 1: GALLEy SLAvE

SEAFARERS’ vOIcES 5: LIFE OF A SAILOR

Jean Marteilhe

Frederick Chamier

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Captain George Shelvocke

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SEAFARERS' vOIcES 9 SEAFARERS' vOIcES 10, ROLLING HOME MAN OF WAR LIFE

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Charles Nordhoff

William Morris Barnes

SEAFARERS’ vOIcES 7: cAPTAIN’S WIFE

Like many a restless teenager before him, charles Nordhoff craved excitement and in 1844, when barely 14, he managed to talk his way into the US Navy. A bookish lad who had been apprenticed to a printer, Nordhoff was better educated than most of his fellow seamen, and was well equipped to describe what became a three-year round-the-world adventure. Apart from its descriptions of exotic climes, much of the interest in the book lies in a boy’s view of naval life and how the ship was run.

Barnes was born in 1850 into a ship owning family in St Johns, Newfoundland, and first went to sea while still a schoolboy. His career seemed predestined, and by the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a Liverpool company, serving in their sailing ships working a triangular passage to St Johns, the Brazil's and back to Liverpool. Even though he was 64, on the outbreak of the First World War he promptly volunteered for service. He does not seem to have regretted it, even after being mined or torpedoed three times.

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SEAFARERS’ vOIcES 3: SLAvER cAPTAIN John Newton

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Abby Jane Morrell

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SEAFARERS’ vOIcES 4: LANDSMAN HAy Robert Hay

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FROM THE DREADNOUGHT TO ScAPA FLOW vOL I: THE ROAD TO WAR 1904–1914

FROM THE DREADNOUGHT TO ScAPA FLOW vOL II: TO THE EvE OF JUTLAND

Arthur Marder

This first volume covers many facets of the history of the Royal Navy during the pre-war decade, including the economic and political background such as the 1906 Liberal Government hostility towards naval spending. Inevitably, however, attention moves to the German naval challenge, the arms race and the subsequent Anglo-German rivalry, and, finally, the British plans for the blockade of the German High Seas Fleet.

This second volume begins with the embarrassing escape of the German ship Goeben, before moving on to the defeat at coronel, soon avenged off the Falkland Islands. Marder then turns his attention to the humiliation of the Dardenelles and the submarine menace, before looking in detail at the whole question of British strategy and at how the High Seas Fleet was to brought to battle and dealt the crushing blow which the British public felt so confident of.

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FROM DREADNOUGHT TO DARING

HISTORIcAL DREADNOUGHTS

Edited by Peter Hore

This is the extraordinary story of the remarkable,intersecting careers of the two greatest writers on British naval history in the 20th century – the American Professor Arthur Marder and Royal Navy captain Stephen Roskill. Friendly rivalry was to deteriorate into a stormy academic feud fought outing newspaper columns and the footnotes of their books, but out of it emerged some of the best naval writing of the era. Both writers were best-sellers in their day and their masterpieces, Marder’s From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow and Roskill’s The War at Sea, are still read widely today.

Founded in 1912 by some of the Royal Navy’s brightest officers, the quarterly Naval Review has never been subject to official censorship, and its naval members do not need official permission to write for it, so it has always provided an independent, lively and at times outspoken forum for service debate. A correspondence section provides an important barometer of service opinion, while extensive book reviews, written by those with real knowledge of the NEW subject, carry publishEd considerable may 2013 weight.

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THE ROMAN NAvy

MUSSOLINI’S NAvy

KAIGUN

Michael Paul Pitassi

Maurizio Brescia

David C Evans & mark R Peattie

The Roman Navy was remarkable for its size, reach and longevity. As significant as the Royal Navy was to the British Empire in the nineteenth century, the Roman Navy was crucial to the extraordinary expansion of Imperial power and for its maintenance over a period of more than 800 years. The fabric and organisation of this maritime force is at the core of this new book. In these pages the author looks at all the aspects of the Navy in turn.

This book is a complete guide to the Regia Marina, the navy with which Italy fought the Second World War. Starting with the historical background, it describes how the navy developed, how it was organised, the facilities that supported it, and the operations it conducted both before and after the armistice in 1943. It also details all its ships, with full technical particulars, plans and photos. The reference value of the book is enhanced by a comprehensive bibliography and guide to sources.

One of the great spectacles of recent naval history was the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire, stridently confronting, in 1941, the world's most powerful nation. years of painstaking research of previously untapped Japanese-language sources have produced this remarkable study of the navy's dizzying development, tactical triumphs, and final humiliating defeat. Unrivalled in its breadth of coverage and attention to detail, this important history explores the foreign and indigenous influences on the navy's thinking about naval warfare and how it planned for war.

“Valuable introduction to one of the first navies. Reveals how little we know about Roman vessels.” Naval History.net

“A much needed boost for the often maligned Italian Navy. Also comprehensive, well laid-out and lavishly, if not beautifully illustrated.” Naval History.net

“… a pleasure to read, comprehensive, excellent and well-used illustrations.” Naval History.net

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SHIP MODELS FROM KITS

THE SAILING FRIGATE

Dr David Griffith

Robert Gardiner

New techniques in resin casting and photo-etched brass have transformed the humble kit, resulting in a new form of the hobby, mid-way between traditional build-from-the-box and the time-consuming demands of fabricating everything from scratch. The innovative techniques now required are comprehensively demonstrated in this new manual which is written for those wishing to achieve the best results in the 1:700 to 1:350 range of scales. Written by an award-winning ship modeller, it is a showcase for the modern approach to the hobby.

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. This book is the first of a series which will take selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types – in this case, the evolution of the cruising ship under sail.

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X.1: THE ROyAL NAvy’S MySTERy SUBMARINE Roger Branfill-Cook The ‘X’ stood for experimental, but it might equally have meant extraordinary, exotic or extravagant, as this giant submarine attracted superlatives – the world’s largest, most heavily armed, and deepest diving submersible of the day. X.1 was a controversial project conceived behind the backs of the politicians, and would remain an unwanted stepchild. This book explores the historical background to submarine cruisers, the personalities involved in X.1’s design and service, the spy drama surrounding her launch, the treason trial of a leading RN submarine commander, the ship’s chequered career, and her political demise.

INvADING AMERIcA David Childs Within a generation of columbus’s first landfall in the caribbean, Spain ruled an empire in central and south America many times the size of the home country. In stark contrast, after a century of struggle, and numerous disasters, English colonising efforts further north had succeeded in settling the banks of one waterway and the littoral of several bays. How and why progress was so slow and laborious is the central theme of this thought-provoking new book. Using documentary evidence and vivid first-hand accounts, it describes from a new perspective the often tragic, sometimes heroic, attempts to settle on the American coast.

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SHIPcRAFT 6: GERMAN S-BOATS

SHIPcRAFT 10: BISMARcK AND TIRPITz

SHIPcRAFT 13: NEW ORLEANS cLASS cRUISERS

Roger Chesneau

Steve Backer

Lester Abbey

The five battleships of the class covered by this volume were the most modern British capital ships to serve in the Second World War.

The subject of this volume is the World War Two German Navy’s motor torpedo boats called Schnellboote, known to the Allies as E-Boats.

This volume covers the famous German sister-ships whose fates were so very different.

The subject of this volume is the seven-ship New Orleans class, probably the US Navy’s most hardfought heavy cruisers of the War.

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SHIPcRAFT 4: TyPE vII U-BOATS

SHIPcRAFT 9: KONGO cLASS BATTLEcRUISERS

SHIPcRAFT 12: ESSEX cLASS cARRIERS

Steve Wiper

Steve Backer

The subject of this volume is the Japanese Kongo class, four ships built during the First World War as battle-cruisers, but extensively modified and reconstructed between the wars as fast battleships.

The latest volume covers the hugely important American carrier of the Second World War.

Roger Chesneau This volume is devoted to the largest class of submarines ever built, the Type vII.

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SHIPcRAFT 5: JAPANESE HEAvy cRUISERS Steve Backer This volume is devoted to the largest cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Steve Wiper

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SHIPcRAFT 16: ADMIRAL HIPPER cLASS cRUISERS Steve Backer The subject of this volume is the largest and most sophisticated German cruiser class of WW2.

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SHIPcRAFT 17: IOWA cLASS BATTLESHIPS Lester Abbey The Iowa class were the largest, fastest and most modern US battleships of the war, and the formal surrender of Japan was signed on the deck of one of them, USS Missouri.

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buy any 3 books on pages 10 and 11 for £35.00 SHIPcRAFT 18: TITANIc Peter Davies-Garner This is the first volume in the series not devoted to a naval vessel, but the most famous liner of all time is a suitable subject as one of the most popular ship modelling subjects.

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SHIPcRAFT 19: cOUNTy cLASS cRUISERS Les Brown This volume covers the British 10,000-ton ‘Treaty cruisers’, thirteen

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of which were built to three slightly varying designs between the wars.

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SHIPcRAFT 20: ScHARNHORST AND GNEISENAU Steve Backer The two German ships which form the subject of this volume were among the first products of rearmament under Hitler.

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SHIPcRAFT 7: BRITISH BATTLEcRUISERS

SHIPcRAFT 14: yAMATO cLASS BATTLESHIPS

Steve Backer

Steve Wiper

The latest in this series covers the three ships of this First World War type, Hood,Repulse and Renown, which survived to fight in the Second. Still the fastest capital ships in the world in 1939, their protection was not up to contemporary standards and two were famously lost in action.

The yamato class battleships were the largest warships of the Second World War and the largest battleships ever constructed, displacing 78,800 tonnes. They also carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship -18.1in guns. Musashi was sunk during the battle of Leyte Gulf while yamato, deployed in a deliberate suicide attack at the battle of Okinawa, was sunk by US carrier-based aircraft. Not 300 of her 3,330 crew survived.

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SEAFORTH WORLD NAvAL REvIEW Edited by Conrad Waters Launched in 2009, this annual has rapidly established a reputation as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months. It combines the standing features of regional surveys with one-off major articles on noteworthy new ships and other important developments. Besides the latest warship projects, it also looks at wider issues of importance to navies, such as aviation and electronics, and calls on expertise from around the globe to give a balanced picture of what is going on and to interpret its significance.

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A BIOGRAPHIcAL NELSON TO DIcTIONARy OF THE vANGUARD TWENTIETH-cENTURy D K Brown ROyAL NAvy The third volume in D K Brown’s Alastair Wilson Despite its recent decline in size and influence, for much of the twentieth century the Royal Navy was a major player in world history. Its senior officers carried out – and sometimes made – British policy in peace and war, but with the exception of a few star figures the details of their careers have never been published. This book is the first volume of a major study intended to provide a resumé of the service lives of every flag officer, in the style of the great nineteenth century biographical dictionaries of Marshall and O’Byrne.

best-selling series on warship design and development looks at the Royal Navy’s response to the restrictions placed on it by the Washington Naval Treaties in the inter-war years, and analyses the fleet that was constructed to fight the Second World War. Illustrated throughout with a superb collection of contemporary photographs and numerous line drawings, this now classic work is required reading for naval historians and enthusiasts.

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MASTER AND MADMAN Peter Thomas & Nicholas Tracy Anthony Lockwood’s story is at the heart of the Georgian Navy though the man himself has never taken centre stage in its history. His naval career – described by himself as ‘twenty five years’ incessant peregrination’ – followed a somewhat erratic course but almost exactly spanned the period of the French wars and the War of 1812. Truly a dramatic rise and a tragic fall. “This is a book that is difficult to put down until the final page.” Firetrench Reviews

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BIG GUN MONITORS

THE END OF GLORy

TyPE vII

Ian Buxton

Bruce Taylor

Marek Krzystalowicz

In the history of naval warfare probably no type of ship has provided more fire-power per ton than the monitor – indeed they were little more than a huge gun mounting fitted on a simple, selfpropelled raft. Designed and built rapidly to fulfil an urgent need for heavy shore-bombardment during World War I, they were top secret in conception, and largely forgotten when the shortlived requirement was over.

There have been many fine books written on HMS Hood, the glory of the Royal Navy, while television and cinema have also taken the subject to their heart. No book, however, has ever offered the combination of in-depth research and thrilling narrative to be found in The End of Glory. A brilliant behind-the scenes exposé of a warship in peace and war. This coverage, based on so many original sources, makes for a truly compelling story which neither historian, enthusiast nor general reader will find easy to put down.

First conceived in the mid-1930s, the Type vII was still in production in the closing stages of the Second World War a decade later. Subject to continuous improvement through six major variants and with around 650 completed, it was built in larger numbers than any other submarine design in history. This encyclopaedic work combines a technical description of the type in all its variations with a history of its development and an overview of its most significant operations.

“The End of Glory is a very welcome addition to the Hood story. It is beautifully written and brings both the men and the machine vividly to life.” Navy News

“This large format book is very well produced and presented with crisp text supported by lavish illustration.” Firetrench Reviews

“Ian Buxton’s work has set the standard in celebrating these big gun ships. It is richly embellished with pictures and diagrams and is of special interest because of the photographs included.” Warships International

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WAR AT SEA Marcus Faulkner In the vast literature of the Second World War there has never been a naval atlas showing graphically the complexities of the war at sea, a war which spread across every ocean. This new book will fill the gap. No other work has attempted such an ambitious coverage of the war at sea in this period and it is destined to become a definitive reference work for naval enthusiasts and historians as well as general readers fascinated by the naval war that extended from the coldest Arctic seas to the tropical islands of the Pacific.

THE BATTLESHIP BUILDERS NEW Ian Johnston & Ian Buxton

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BRITISH BATTLESHIPS REBUILDING THE 1919–1945 ROyAL NAvy R A Burt

D K Brown & George Moore

The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world’s first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the Royal Navy’s numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. Already locked in an arms race with Germany, Britain urgently needed to build an entirely new battle fleet of these larger, more complex and more costly vessels. This heroic achievement, and how it was done, is the central theme of this book.

British Battleships 1919-1939 is a masterpiece of research and the comprehensive text is accompanied by tabular detail and certainly the finest collection of photographs and line drawings ever offered in such a book. For this new edition the author has added some 75 new photographs, many of them having never appeared in print before, and the book has been completely redesigned to fully exploit the superb photo collection. A delight for the historian, enthusiast and ship modeller, it is a volume that is already regarded as an essential reference work for this most significant era in naval history and ship design.

This design history of post-war British warship development, based on both declassified documentation and personal experience, is the fourth and final volume in the author’s masterly account of development of Royal Navy’s ships from the 1850s to the Falklands War. In this volume the author covers the period in which he himself worked as a Naval constructor, while this personal knowledge is augmented by George Moore’s in-depth archival research on recently declassified material.

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THE US NAvy AND THE WAR IN EUROPE

GERMAN cAPITAL SHIPS OF THE SEcOND WORLD WAR

GERMAN NAvAL cAMOUFLAGE

Robert C Stern

Siegfried Breyer, M Skwiot

John Asmussen and Eric Leon

It is not surprising that the Pacific campaign should have received so much attention from naval historians, but as a result the European effort has been undervalued and largely sidelined. This book is intended to redress the balance – not just to chronicle the many little-known US operations in the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean, but to reach a more rounded judgement of the US Navy’s contribution to victory in Europe.

Few warship types have had as much written about them as the Kriegsmarine’s capital ships – Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck and Tirpitz continue to generate intense interest among warship enthusiasts, despite the fact that no new source of information has been unearthed in decades. What has come to light, however, is a growing number of photographs, many from private albums and some that lay forgotten in obscure archives. These include many close-ups and on-board shots, of great value to modelmakers, and rare action photos taken during wartime operations. This book is a careful selection of the best of these.

For half a century German warship camouflage has been something of a mystery for warship enthusiasts and model-makers. The widespread destruction of naval archives at the end of the war left little documentation, while the ad hoc application of ‘unofficial’ schemes in theatres like Norway led to many variegated and frequently altered patterns. This book, therefore, is based on close scrutiny of all available photos, including many only recently discovered, collated with the first-hand testimony of Kriegsmarine survivors.

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HMS WARRIOR IRONcLAD FRIGATE 1860

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HMS vIcTORy FIRST- SS GREAT BRITAIN RATE 1765 Wynford Davies

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HMS Belfast, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. One of ten Town-class cruisers she saw service on the icy Arctic convoys during the Second World War and was also present for the bombardment of the D-Day beaches in 1944. Later, she saw service during the Korean War. As is the case for many historic ships, however, there is a surprising shortage of informative and well illustrated guides, for reference during a visit or for research by enthusiasts - ship modelers, naval buffs, historians or students. This new series redresses the gap.

HMS victory is probably the bestknown historic ship in the world. A symbol of the Royal Navy’s achievements during the great age of sail, she is based in Portsmouth and seen by tens of thousands of visitors each year. As is the case for many historic ships, however, there is a surprising shortage of informative and well illustrated guides, for reference during a visit or for research by enthusiasts - ship modellers, naval buffs, historians or students. This new series redresses the gap.

HMS Warrior, launched in 1860, was the first iron-hulled, sea-going armoured ship, and for many years was the most powerful warship in the world. Rescued a century later from her role as a refuelling hulk, she became the object of the most ambitious ship restoration project ever mounted and is now afloat and open to visitors at Portsmouth. As is the case for many historic ships, however, there is a surprising shortage of informative and well illustrated guides, for reference during a visit or for research by enthusiasts – ship modellers, naval buffs, technical historians or students. This new series redresses the gap.

The SS Great Britain, designed by Isambard Brunel, was the first oceangoing vessel to be screw-driven and built entirely of iron. When she was launched in 1843 she was twice the size of any previous ship and her revolutionary design heralded a complete break with traditional ship construction. As is the case for many historic ships, however, there is a surprising shortage of informative and well illustrated guides, for reference during a visit or for research by enthusiasts - ship modellers, naval buffs, historians or students. This new series redresses the gap.

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BLIGH: MASTER MARINER

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The Eighteenth century was an era when brave mariners took their ships beyond the horizon in search of an unknown world. Those chosen to lead these expeditions were exceptional navigators, men who had shown brilliance as they ascended the ranks in the Royal Navy. They were also bloody good sailors. From ship’s boy to vice-admiral, discover how much more there was to captain Blight than his infamous bad temper.

James Grant (1822–1887) was a Scottish author. Grant was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was a distant relation of Sir Walter Scott. He was a prolific author, writing some 90 books, including many yellow-backs. Titles included Adventures of an Aide-de-camp, One of "The six hundred", The Scottish musketeers and The Scottish cavalier."Sea Battles In The Age Of Sail" collects Grants work on the subject of sea warfare, from Francis Drake to Trafalgar. containing illustrations and remarkably detailed accounts of key battles and historically defining strategies.

David Kent-Lemon presents us here with a fast paced and dynamic narrative, exploring a fascinating, dramatic and less well known corner of that extraordinary conflict – the American civil War. The characters are finely drawn, with the balance between deceit and morality offset by courage and humour. The realism and historical accuracy of the background complete the picture. As the civil War reaches its climax, so does the drama in Tom's life, heightened by the historical events within which he is embroiled.

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The Straits of Dardanelles that This is the remarkable story of what separates Europe and Asia Anatolia, were known by the British as 'Q' were fortified in the 15th century Ships and by the Germans as 'Decoy with massive bronze bombards and Raiders'.Disguised as harmless history has proved that unwelcome merchant ships, they could be ships have to run a formidable transformed in moments into gauntlet. On 18 March 1915 a powerful killers and were used by powerful fleet of British and French both sides in WW1. The book warships attempted to overwhelm describes the extraordinary lengths the shore defences of the Dardanelles taken to ensure secrecy and to allow minesweepers to clear the deception. Owing to the nature of the Straits. The attack failed at huge cost; game, evidence regarding their work three ships sunk and three more is hard to come by but Tony seriously damaged. By bringing Bridgland has produced a fascinating together many threads of information piece of detective history. this definitive work examines the flaws of Winston churchill’s strategy.

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The Seventh ship to bear the name, the Assault Ship and commando carrier HMS Fearless was first commissioned in 1965. Over the next 37 years she was seldom far from the actions in which British forces were engaged world-wide, be they in Aden, Malaysia and Borneo, Northern Ireland, the cold War (Norway), South Rhodesia, Falklands, the Gulf, Afghanistan and so on. Thousands of sailors, Royal Marines and soldiers served on board over her 19 commissions. Now paid off, Fearless has a great story to tell and the Author, a former senior Royal Marine who knows her well, is superbly qualified to tell it.

The book deals with the origins of Monitors and how they evolved from the bomb ketches of the 18th century. It looks at how the various classes of monitor were designed and built and explores their careers in both World Wars, including the particular impact they had on the various campaigns in which they fought. It attempts to assess their effectiveness as compared to some other classes of ship, and is sure to appeal to a wide range of related enthusiasts.

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The German propaganda kompanien captured the events of Hitler’s war on every front. Their footage was used to produce Die Deutsche Wochenschal, a weekly cinema newsreel detailing the events of World War II on land, sea and air. This amazing range of films captures the events of World War II exactly as they were presented to contemporary cinema audiences while the actions on the battlefield were still unfolding. This volume records the military events between 1939-1942 when the U-boat menace was at its height.

The German Propaganda Kompanien (PK) captured the events of Hitler’s war on every front. Their footage was used to produce Die Deutsche Wochenschau, a weekly cinema newsreel detailing the events of World War II on land, sea and air. For the first time these unique primary source films have been collated, edited and translated into English in order to produce a complete military history of the Third Reich drawn exclusively from German primary sources. This volume records the military events surrounding the decline and defeat of the U-boat fleets.

This incisive DvD tells the story of the U-boat war from the perspective of the men who sailed in the U-boat fleet. Drawing on extensive newsreel footage and rare war time photographs, this is the definitive story of the U-boat war from the inside. Drawing heavily on the accounts of the last remaining survivors, ‘U-boats At War’ traces the grim story of the rise and fall of the grey wolves.

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THE OFFIcIAL U-BOAT cOMMANDERS HANDBOOK Bob Carruthers This is the complete wartime translation by the U.S. Navy of the 1943 edition of the official handbook given to all U-boat commanders. The original handbook was compiled from combat reports and was regularly updated throughout the war. The handbook was an invaluable reference for every operational U-boat commander. Simply written and highly accessible for a wider audience, the U-boat handbook attempted to anticipate every possible situation and to advise on suitable tactics.

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ATHENIA TORPEDOED Francis M. Carroll This book is an account of a disaster at sea, the sinking by a German submarine of the passenger liner Athenia sailing from Liverpool to Montreal, loaded with Americans, canadians, and Europeans, attempting to cross the Atlantic before the outbreak of war. Housewives, children, college students, scientists, actresses, and Jewish refugees were among the victims, and even young John F. Kennedy was called on to give assistance. The drama, tragedy, and triumph of their experiences are a central part of the story. The sinking of the Athenia is a tale full of meaning and passion that deserves to be known.

cOMMAND DEcISIONS: LANGSDORFF AND THE BATTLE OF THE RIvER PLATE David Miller This compelling new study of the Battle of the River Plate concentrates on Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff, the commander of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee – it is written from his point of view. The story of his mission at the start of the Second World War to prey on merchant shipping is graphically retold, and Langsdorff’s command decisions are the primary focus of David Miller’s gripping narrative.

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cARRIERS AT WAR 1939–1945 Adrian Stewart The Author begins this fascinating book by tracing aircraft carrier development between the Wars. Eschewed by the Germans and Italians and with Britain squandering her early lead, the Americans and Japanese became front runners. The sinking of Bismarck and the cataclysmic Pearl Harbor attack signaled the end of the Battleship era. Stung by such spectacular losses the US Navy threw its weight behind the carrier concept and the naval war in the Pacific revolved round carrier-borne aircraft.

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THE REAL HORNBLOWER Bryan Perrett First published in 1997, this timely release offers a comprehensive and engaging account of the life and times of this great naval Admiral. Ever since c.S. Forester's fictional hero Horatio Hornblower began to delight and enthrall readers, there has been speculation as to whether his adventures were based on the career of a real naval officer. It became apparent that he was aware of captain James Alexander Gordon, RN when the first of his books were written, and that when he decided to expand the series he chose his career as the framework on which his hero's life would be based.

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Edward Teach – ‘Blackbeard’-is one of the legends of the so-called ‘golden age of piracy’. There have been so many accounts of his short, bloody career that it is hard to see him and his times in a clear historical light. This new study looks for the man behind the legend, and it gives a vivid insight into the nature of piracy and the naval operations that were launched against it. This freshly researched study of the pursuit of the notorious pirate and his crew - and of the final fight in which Blackbeard lost his life - makes compelling reading.

The execution of captain William Kidd on 23 May 1701 is one of the most controversial and revealing episodes in the long history of piracy. The legend that has grown up around Kidd’s final voyage, his concealed treasure and the dubious conduct of his trial, has made him into one of the most intriguing and misunderstood figures from the golden age of piracy. But his story is complex and ambiguous. This timely new account of Kidd’s life and seafaring career reassesses the man and his legend – it makes compelling reading.

This is the story of the bloodiest mutiny in the history of the Royal Navy - the butchering of the officers aboard His Majesty's Frigate HERMIONE 32 guns, in the West Indies in 1797. The captain of the frigate, Hugh Pigot, was a brutal and sadistic commander who flogged his men mercilessly and drove them beyond the limits of endurance. The author describes these events which end with the daring re-capture of the HERMIONE under the guns of Spanish forts, with captain Edward Hamilton leading 100 English sailors in six open boats in one of the most brilliant cutting-out expeditions in naval history.

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ABANDON SHIP! Tony McCrum captain Tony Mccrum’s naval career started in 1932. He survived the sinking of HMS Skipjack at Dunkirk and went on to serve on minesweepers and at sea during the landings at Salerno. His wartime experiences were recently published as Sunk by Stukas. This book covers the second part of his naval career between 1945 and 1963.

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ADMIRALTy SALvAGE IN PEAcE AND WAR 1906–2006

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At the start of World War One the Imperial German Navy had a large number of surface warships deployed around the world. These posed a considerable threat to British mercantile interests, particularly the import of food and fuel supplies. Their elimination was a matter of urgency. This book covers the major actions and includes the following:The escape of the Goeben and Breslau to Turkey, where they became units of the Turkish Navy serving in the Black and Aegean Seas.

The Second World War battleship HMS Rodney achieved lasting fame for her role in destroying the pride of Hitler’s navy, the mighty Bismarck in a thrilling duel. The Rodney carrying the largest guns ever mounted in a British warship finally succeeded in turning her adversary into twisted metal and so removed a major threat to the Atlantic convoy routes so vital to the survival of the Nation and the war effort. This splendid book traces not only this mighty battleship’s career in detail but describes the careers of all the ships carrying the name.

The importance of marine salvage during armed conflict has been vastly underestimated since becoming a vital Naval arm during the First World War. Between 1915 and 1918 the Admiralty Salvage Section saved nearly 400 merchant vessels, desperately needed to bring food and war materials into Britain. Drawing on a wealth of official documents, Admiralty Salvage is the first book to explore in depth the courage, personal sacrifice and invaluable contribution these forgotten heroes have made during both peace and war.

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BRITAIN’S FUTURE NAvy Nick Childs What kind of Royal Navy does Britain need now? The 21st century promises to be one of huge uncertainties and challenges for the senior service. Does Britain have the right naval strategy to cope with emerging threats and, if so, does the Navy have the right ships and enough of them to implement it? Given the time taken to introduce changes and develop new systems, policy-makers, naval chiefs, and designers are confronted with 50-year decisions. But future choices are likely to be clouded by economic uncertainties produced by the current crisis, which could have implications for decades. Nick childs looks at the changing strategic environment. “…a well researched investigation into what kind of navy Britain needs in the 21st Century.” Steve Earles

THE WORLD SEA POWER GUIDE David Wragg compiled by the author of Jane’s Air Forces of the World, this book is a must for naval experts and enthusiasts. In one volume the reader will find the composition and details of all naval elements of a staggering 137 nations’ armed forces including paramilitary organizations as the US coast Guard Service. The book starts with an introduction based on the situation today and the response of the leading maritime powers. “If you want to know the history of the navel fleets or parlimentary organisations of 137 different nations, together with an overview of their current feet structure, capabilities and personnel, this is the book for you.” Ships Monthly

OFFSHORE FERRy SERvIcES OF ENGLAND AND ScOTLAND Peter C. Smith This is a practical guide to the many offshore ferry services that sail from English and Scottish ports to destinations on continental Europe, Ireland and Britain’s many islands. Details will include the ferries in current service, a description of the routes, car and truck capacity, destinations, on-board facilities, terminals, access and roads, contact details and finally a short history of each ferry line.

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RMS Titanic sank exactly 100 years ago. Long thought of as an unavoidable though tragic accident, this new and exhaustively researched investigation into the cause of the deaths of 1,500 passengers by former crime reporter, Robert J. Strange, reveals, for the first time, the names of the group of guilty men who all contributed, in various ways, to this disaster and to the unnecessary deaths of Titanic’s ill-fated victims.

Frigate commander is based on the private journal of Lieutenant - and then captain - Graham Moore, a naval officer serving during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Moore’s journal gives a unique and detailed account of what life was like for a serving naval officer. In particular it reveals the problems an officer had in managing the crew of a frigate, maintaining discipline and turning his ship into an efficient man of war.

As the fall of France took place, This authoritative publication by the almost the entire coastline of Western official historian, the late Sir Brooks Europe was in German hands. Richards, vividly describes and clandestine sea transport operations analyses the clandestine naval provided lines of vital intelligence for operations that took place during wartime Britain. These "secret World War II. The account has been flotillas" landed and picked up made possible through Sir Brooks' agents in and from France, and access to closed government ferried Allied evaders and escapees. archives, combined with his own This activity was crucial to the SIS wartime experiences and the (Secret Intelligence Service) and the recollections of many of those SOE (Special Operations Executive). involved. This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place buy both during WWII.

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This is the fascinating account, as told from the German perspective, of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longestrunning, continuous military campaign in World War II, spanning from 1939 through to Germany’s defeat in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, which was announced the day after the declaration of war, although it quickly grew to include Germany's counter-blockade. This is the story of that massive encounter from the German perspective. Published in three volumes, this work was compiled under the supervision of the U.S Navy Department and the British Admiralty by Fregatten kapitan Gunther Hessler.

The author, though without previous experience as a writer, had first hand experience of U-boat warfare having commanded a U-boat in 1940 and 1941. For the remainder of the war he was Staff Officer to the Flag Officer commanding U-boats. He had access to German war diaries and other relevant documents concerning Uboat command, and this work based on these many documents, tells the story entirely from the viewpoint of that command. For this reason this work is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of World War II.

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"Once you heard that pinging sound you knew they had got to you, then the depth charges came. Terrible, just terrible." Kurt Wehling, u-boat survivor. The steel coffins was the name given to the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine by their own crews. Their fatalistic view of the war was certainly justified; it is estimated that seventy-five per cent of the 39,000 men who sailed in the U-boat fleet paid the ultimate price as the tide of war turned inexorably against Hitler's Germany. This is the illustrated history of the U-boat war.

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HERITAGE OF THE SEA

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The 21st century saw the naval power of Great Britain rise from that of an obscure island to that of a world-wide empire. British shipping and seamen dominated the globe for four centuries and the ships that explored the world and those which guarded them represent a unique treasuretrove of maritime history, unrivalled anywhere in the world. This book serves as an enthralling trawl through the heritage of the British shipping tradition, featuring images of iconic ships which have been preserved for all of us to marvel at.

The history of the development and operations of flying boats in the early twentieth century is a vibrant one, full of colourful characters and experimentation. In ‘Fabulous Flying Boats’, Leslie Dawson captures this spirit of dynamism, reminding us of the most successful early pioneers of the seaplanes development, including a little known and oft-overlooked rival to the Wright Brothers, working to put their mutual successes in context. He goes on to describe, in clear and vivid detail, and using first handaccounts, what it was like to be aboard one of the resulting huge passenger flying boats, as air crew and as a passenger.

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vOIcES IN FLIGHT: THE FLEET AIR ARM Malcolm Smith The author Malcolm Smith has been the Editor of Jabberwock, the bi-annual journal of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, for a short while and has inherited the complete archive of editions dating back to the formation of SOFFAAM in 1979. In browsing through these, it quickly became apparent to him that they provided a unique archive of reminiscence of the men and (occasionally) women who served in, or have been associated with, the Fleet Air Arm since its formation in 1918.

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cOcKLESHELL RAID Paul Oldfield Operation ‘Frankton’ is a story of how a handful of determined and resourceful men, using flimsy canoes, achieved what thousands could not by conventional means. The volunteers had enlisted for ‘Hostilities Only’ and, except for their leader, none had been in a canoe before. However, with a few months training they carried out what one German officer described as, “the outstanding commando raid of the war”. They became known as the ‘cockleshell Heroes’, having been immortalised in a film and a book of that name in the 1950s. This book covers the whole of the ‘Frankton’ story.

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Of all the acts of gallantry in World War II few were as audacious as the attack by midget submarines on the pride of the German fleet, the battleship Tirpitz, lying in her fortified mooring in a Norwegian fjord. Lieutenant Godfrey Place was in command of submarine X7 in September 1943, using many firsthand accounts, the book details his life, from a childhood spent partly in East Africa to being chairman of the victoria cross and George cross Association for over 20 years. It draws on previously unpublished material, including his own recollections on the attack on the Tirpitz and his time as a PoW.

James Dorrian has chosen to see this extraordinary exploit not through the eyes of the brass hats and the politicians but through those of the men who took part in it, particularly those whose fate it was to carry out the orders rather than give them. This lends his narrative an immediacy that bare recitation of the facts could not convey and it is no exaggeration to say that the action comes almost painfully to life in his hands. How it all turned out the reader must discover. Suffice it here to say that it resulted in the award of no less than five victoria crosses.

The men of Britain's Merchant Navy,although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business were the first to be involved with the enemy in the Second World War. Less than nine hours after the declaration of war on3 September 1939, the Donaldson liner Athenia was sunk without warning by a German U-boat off the west coast of Ireland. From that moment onwards, British merchant seamen were constantly in the front-line in all quarters of the globe. For almost six years they faced, without flinching, their own private hell of torpedoes, bombs, shells and mines,all the while fending off their old arch-enemy, the sea.

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SEA LIFE IN NELSON'S TIME John Masefield

FROM cOASTAL cOMMAND TO cAPTIvITy

The life of the ordinary seaman in the Allan Hunter British Navy in the late eighteenth century fascinated and appalled Masefield, who described it as ‘brutalising, cruel and horrible’, but it fired his imagination and his prose and this vividly realistic study, the first of its kind, remains the most comprehensive introduction to the subject.

Thanks to the perseverance and editorial effort of his son Allan, Jim Hunter's splendid war memoirs of flying and captivity can now be enjoyed by a wider audience. In the first part there is the account of his flying career in RAF coastal command, culminating in an extraordinarily brave attack by him and his Beaufighter on the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst. Shot down, he became a POW and the second half tells of his experiences in Stalag Luft 3.All this and more make From coastal command to captivity a superb read.

HMS LONDON Iain Ballantyne Iain Ballantyne’s fascinating and lively account of the lives of British warships named London is illustrated throughout with photographs and paintings, many of them never published before. H.M.S. London looks at history from the perspective of the men who were there, and among the people Iain has interviewed are veterans of the grim Arctic convoys of the Second World War, the yangtse Incident and warriors of the cold War and Gulf War. It all adds up to a thoroughly researched and exciting narrative of naval history.

HITLER'S SEcRET cOMMANDOS Helmut Blocksdorf Hitler’s Secret commandos is the history of the K-verband naval commando unit, established in 1943 to reek havoc amongst invading allied forces involved in amphibious landings or actions, against Germanoccupied coasts. Following the Italian and British example, the idea was for a small, exceptionally well-trained and reliable commando force using the element of surprise. Using German archive material, first-hand accounts and other published material this is the first comprehensive history of the K-verband.

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K BOAT cATASTROPHE: EIGHT SHIPS & FIvE cOLLISIONS

FIGHTING ADMIRALS OF WORLD WAR II

BRITISH WARSHIPS 1860–1906

David Wragg

N.S. Nash

Seapower was crucial to the outcome of the Second World War. The UBoat campaign almost brought Britain to her knees; the Arctic convoys kept Russia in the War; Pearl Harbor brought America into the conflict; allied naval supremacy made the D-Day landings possible. This book examines decisive role in the war 15 key naval commanders of both sides. He covers five British and five US admirals, three German,three Japanese and two French.

Illustrated with almost 200 official admiralty photographs, many previously unpublished, this book traces the development of Royal Naval ship design through a period of immense change. These years saw the gradual transition from sails to steam and screw propulsion; from wood to steel construction; from fixed broadside armaments of bronze muzzle-loaders to turret-mounted steel breech-loaders and torpedoes. Each photograph has a detailed caption while the main text gives an overview of naval developments across the period, setting the selected ships in context.

On 31 January 1918 nine K class steam-powered submarines sailed with the Grand Fleet to exercise in the North Sea. 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 104 officers and ratings. This fiasco and the resulting naval investigation and court marshal were shielded from the general public and kept in secret files until the full details were released in 1994.

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Nicholas J Dingle

WAR UNDER THE RED ENSIGN 1914–1918 Bernard Edwards The Kaiser’s determination to starve Britain into surrender and the development of his Navy and the U-boats in particular meant that Britain’s merchant navy was in the front line throughout the Great War. This book charts the progress of the war at sea which began with the sinking of the oil tanker San Wilfrido off cuxhaven only eight hours after the official declaration of war. War under the Red Ensign contains many inspiring and shocking accounts of war at sea and is a gripping read.

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FIGUREHEADS OF THE ROyAL NAvy

FIRE FROM THE SKy

David Pulvertaft

A new look at one of history’s great terror campaigns, the Japanese suicide attack, or Kamikaze, which was unleashed in the Pacific in 1944as the tide of war turned against them. The principal focus is on the experience of the Allies on the receiving end of this unnerving and alien weapon. How they learnt to endure it and eventually counter it strikes a very modern resonance.

The first figureheads that were carved to represent the names of British warships appeared during the reign of Henry vIII; the last ones were carved in the early years of the twentieth century. During the intervening three hundred and fifty years it is estimated that some 5000 ships of the Royal Navy carried a figurehead of some description. This book follows the development of these diverse carvings, examining how the figurehead carvers interpreted the names and the symbolism incorporated in their designs.

Robert C Stern

PEPyS’S MEMOIRES OF THE ROyAL NAvy Samuel Pepys This is Pepys’s very personal account of the administration of the Navy from 1679 until his dismissal from office in 1688 and provides fascinating insider’s view of the workings of the Admiralty. A new introduction by J D Davies explains the political controversy behind the book, and explains how Pepys shamelessly manipulated arcane information to his own ends.

FIRST RATE Rif Winfield First Rates were the largest, most powerful and most costly ships of their day. Lavishly decorated and given majestic names that reflected the pride and prestige of their country, they were the very embodiment of national power. This beautifully produced new book is a celebration of these magnificent ships and combines an authoritative history of their development with superb images from plans, paintings and line drawings.

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THUNDERER William Mowll The author’s 1/96 scale museumquality model of Thunderer reflects the massive engineering of the prototype and brings to life the power and potency of the Super Dreadnoughts. This detailed step-bystep manual covers all the techniques needed to bring a complex model battleship to completion, including casting in metal and GRP. Not just a superb ‘how-to’ manual, but also a wonderful evocation of the great ships that fought at the battle of Jutland.

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THE BATTLE FOR NORWAy APRIL – JUNE 1940

DONITz’S LAST GAMBLE

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDERS

Lawrence Paterson

Fred M Walker

Geirr H Haarr

By the end of 1943 the German submarine war was all but defeated, beaten by the Allies’ superior technology, code-breaking and air power. Dönitz withdrew his wolfpacks from the North Atlantic, but in a surprise change of strategy, following the D-day landings in June 1944, he sent his U-boats into European coastal waters, where they could harass the crucial Allied supply lines to the new European bridgehead. caught unawares, the Allied anti-submarine forces were illprepared for many novel challenges. This tense naval struggle is excitingly narrated to tell how narrowly the Allies defeated Dönitz’s last desperate gamble.

This new book describes the lives and deeds of more the 130 great engineers,naval architects, shipwrights and inventors who have shaped ship design and shipbuilding world-wide over the last 300 years. Each pioneer has his own entry while concise linking chapters describe general developments so that a clear and fascinating history of the development of ships and shipbuilding emerges from the pages. An original and important new reference book.

This sequel to The German Invasion of Norway covers the events at sea in the early summer of 1940 up to the loss of Glorious and the Allied evacuation in June. As in the first volume, the narrative describes the experiences of both officers and ratings, while extensive research and the use of primary resources reveals the many sides to this war, some of which remain controversial to this day.

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