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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RED SCORPION by Peter T Sasgen An Author's research copy with underlining throughout. The war Patrols of USS Rasher, the US Fleet Submarine that sank the second highest tonnage of enemy vessels than any other US submarine in WWII. An account of the boat from its construction, and its eight war patrols based on crew recollections, patrol reports and other documentation.1995, Naval Institute Press, , 1557507600,< N-01>,448pp, 6 photos, 6 drawings, 8 maps, Good. Some underlining, no other marks. dw faded on spine, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 22794-01..............................£8.00 |
U-BOAT 977 by Heinz Schaeffer No d/w. Blue boards with fade marks.Small Graze on endpaper plan. Text clean and unmarked. The author was the last commander of U-Boat 977. This account includes his wartime experiences and his 66 day underwater voyage to Argentina after the surrender in 1945 - thus creating the rumour that he had taken Hitler there. Foreword by Nicholas Monsarrat.1953, William Kimber, , ,< N-01>,207pp, 9 ills, diagram, Good, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 19961-02..............................£5.00 |
STEUERMANN DURCH KRIEG UND FRIEDEN by Hans Schmid The author volunteered for the German Navy in 1936. He served in U-boat "Deutschland" in the Spanish Civil War, being attacked by communist bomber. Includes his WWII experience was in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and North Sea.
German text1994, VGB-Verlagsgellschaft, , 3861180326,< N-01>,270pp, 89 photos, 1 chart, near fine in rubbed dw, Ger.text, Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 29202-01..............................£15.00 |
BRITISH SEA POWER by B B Schofield Previous owner name on endpaper. Twentieth century maritime strategy in the overall context of defence policy. The author considers how in times of need the navy has been found to be drastically under-equipped and thus unable to protect merchant shipping adequately. He describes the continuous see-saw battles with the Admiralty and Government of the day from Fisher's hard won reforms to an examination of the |navy's role in the Nuclear age.1967, Batsford, 1st edition, ,< N-01>,271pp, 25 photos, appendices, bibliography, references, index, Good in worn d/w, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 29947-01..............................£6.00 |
FROGMEN FIRST BATTLES by William Schofield and P J Carisella In World War II, the Italian Navy created its secret Decima MAS — the Tenth Light Flotilla, with Prince Valerio Borghese one of its more effective commanders. Those frogmen were a bane to the Allied navy, especially the English. They blasted trails of destruction from Cadiz to Crete, from Alexandria to Gibraltar, leaving in their wake sunken hulls and twisted wreckage of dozens of ships, from battlewagons to submarines, from tankers to cruisers and battleships.1987, Branden Publishing Co, , 0828319987,< N-01>,191pp, 35 photos, 3 maps, appendix, references, index., Very good in dw, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 5748-01..............................£12.00 |
U.S. NAVY BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY by Karl Schuon Capsulated biographies of the US Navy's great and good from the Revolutionary War to the uneasy days of the Cold War. Ex US Army Library with withdrawn stamps. Page edges marked. Text Clean. Reading Copy only. 1964, Franklin Watts, , ,< N-01>,280pp, Poor, 0, Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 19142-01..............................£8.00 |
THE DAMNED DON'T DROWN:THE SINKING OF THE WILHELM GUSTLOFF by A V Sellwood Mass market paperback, pages browning at the edges. Very good. One of the Third Reich's "Strength Through Joy" cruise ships, commandeered in the Second World War as a transport. This is the story of its ill-fated voyage in the Baltic in January 1945, when it was sunk and of the 6500 on board - soldier, women auxiliaries, SS and NSDAP officials, only 500 survived.1974, Tandem, , 0426137256,< N-01>,160pp, , , CARDSubject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 25031-01..............................£5.00 |
THE WARRING SEAS by A V Sellwood Mass market paperback.pages browning. Good. The experiences of Lt-Commander Hein Fehler - a U-boat commander in the Second World War. He fought throughout the war in a variety of ships ending his service on U234 in the North Atlantic. 1972, Tandem, , 0426065840,< N-01>,237pp, , , CARDSubject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 19947-01..............................£3.00 |
BYRON OF THE WAGER by Peter Shankland An 18th Century Royal Navy saga. John Byron became a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy but, as a midshipman, his ship, HMS Wager, was shipwrecked on the coast of Patagonia. The survivors decided to split in two teams, one to make its way by boat to Rio de Janeiro, the other, John Byron's, to sail North and meet Spaniards.1975, Coward, McCann, NY, , 0698106695,< N-01>,288pp, ills, maps, Good in blue boards with faded spine, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 26018-01..............................£6.00 |
ODYSSEYS AND ODDITIES by Captain F H Shaw No date but circa 1948. A seafarer's record of a lifetime at sea. He recounts incidents at war, on the waterfront and mutiny at sea., Sampson Low, Marston, , ,< N-01>,280pp, Good in worn dw, , Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - GeneralWeb No. 27357-01..............................£10.00 |
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