Military History - Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels -
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Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General Section
Covers fighting vessels & naval campaigns from the earliest days of sail
to today’s Aircraft Carriers, Submarines & other Warships
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THE INVERGORDON MUTINY by Alan Ereira This copy has a marginal annotation in ink on page 16 regarding rates of pay and costs of living. A detailed account of the Invergordon mutiny based on the personal testimony of those involved on the lower deck. The mutiny arose out of Ramsey Macdonald's emergency budget which, amongst other things, cut public sector pay. The naval strike was swiftly organised and swiftly achieved its objective. 1981, Routledge, Keegan & Paul, , 0710009305,< N-01>,182pp, sources, index, Annotation on p 16, ow vg in rubbed dw, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 30056-01..............................£10.00 |
BIS ZUR LETZTEN STUNDE: ILLUSION UND WIRLICHKEIT by Georg Ernst The WWII experiences of the author who joined the German Navy as an eighteen-year-old and Served in U-boats. German Text1995, Mittler Verlag, , 3813204839,< N-01>,223pp, end-paper map & U-boat plan, near fine, Ger.text, Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 29203-01..............................£12.00 |
BENEATH THE WAVES by A S Evans A history of HM Submarine losses 1904-1971. The first such disaster was in 1904 when the A1 was lost after a collision with the liner Berwick Castle. The last one dealt with is the loss of the Artemis which sank in 1971. Between the two, 171 submarines were lost - the largest toll inevitably being during WWII.1986, William Kimber, , 0718306015,< N-01>,439pp, illustrations, pages browning slightly ow vg in dw, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 30052-02..............................£14.00 |
BENEATH THE WAVES by A S Evans A history of HM Submarine losses 1904-1971. The first such disaster was in 1904 when the A1 was lost after a collision with the liner, Berwick Castle. The last one dealt with is the loss of the Artemis which sank alongside in 1971. Between the two, 171 submarines were lost, the largest toll inevitably being during WWII.2010, Pen & Sword, , 9781848842922,< N-01>,439pp,illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index, new in d/w, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 30052-01..............................£25.00 |
THE JAPANESE NAVY IN WORLD WAR II by David Evans Second Edition. A collection of essays giving Japanese perspectives of the War in the Pacific in the words of former Japanese Naval officers. The accounts include Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Indian Ocean, Midway, Guadalcanal, Savo Island, Leyte Gulf, Kamikazi and the sinking of the Yamato.1986, Naval Institute Press, , 0870213164,< N-01>,568pp illustrations, As new in card covers, , CARDSubject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 2389-02..............................£20.00 |
BATTLESHIP: PEARL HARBOR 1941 by Wallace L Exum The author, a former US Navy Chief Warrant Officer, has produced a spellbinding account of how the Battleship, USS Nevada, managed to get underway during the Japanese attack. She was the only US Capital Ship to do this. Of USS Nevada's crew of nearly 1500, fifty officers and men were killed in action during the Pearl Harbor raid. Written from the perspective of a senior enlisted man who was there, this is one of very few personal studies of the events on on that fateful Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941.1987, Impression Printing Co, , 0898650933,< N-01>,x + 138pp, 7 ills 2 maps, Card Cover. faded spine ow very good, , CARDSubject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 9066-01..............................£8.00 |
PACIFIC WAR DIARY: THE ILLUSTRATED ABRIDGED EDITION by James J Fahey The author's recollections of his experiences in the Pacific in World war II. Fahey enlisted in the US Navy in 1942 and after training he joined USS Montpelier, a light cruiser. He served in the Solomons, Saipan, Tinian, Philippines, Borneo and Okinawa. Ship-to-ship actions, fighting shore batteries, enemy submarine attacks and kamikaze attacks are all graphically described1992, Houghton Mifflin, , 0395640229,< N-01>,Landscape format. 193pp extensively illustrated., Very good in card covers, , CARDSubject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 16776-02..............................£12.00 |
THE TENTH FLEET by Ladislas Farago The history of the US Tenth Fleet in World War II. It was the special command set up to fight the U-Boats in the Atlantic.1986, Richardson & Steirman, , 0931933374,< N-01>,xv + 366pp, Good in card covers, , CARDSubject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 6462-01..............................£8.00 |
THE SPANISH ARMADA: THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR IN 1588 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto In this examination of the experience of the Armada and the common heritage of two maritime, imperial powers, the author studies the broader issues of the conflict: what was the aim of the Armada and how did the Spanish hope to achieve it? What were the military differences between the two sides? Why did the Armada fail? He includes personal accounts of the war and describes the sufferings of those who took part on both sides. 1988, Oxford University Press, , 0198229267,< N-01>,300pp illustrations, Very good in d/w, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 36083-01..............................£8.00 |
THE SPANISH ARMADA: THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR IN 1588 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto In this examination of the experience of the Armada and the common heritage of two maritime, imperial powers, the author studies the broader issues of the conflict: what was the aim of the Armada and how did the Spanish hope to achieve it? What were the military differences between the two sides? Why did the Armada fail? He includes personal accounts of the war and describes the sufferings of those who took part on both sides. 1988, Oxford University Press, , 0198229267,< N-01>,300pp illustrations, Very good in d/w, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 36083-01..............................£8.00 |
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