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  • THE WAR ON HOSPITAL SHIPS, 1914–1918
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    THE WAR ON HOSPITAL SHIPS, 1914–1918
    STEPHEN MCGREAL
    It is often said The first casualty of war is the truth and there is no better example of this than the furore caused by the claims and counterclaims of the British and German Governments at the height of the First World War. Wounded allied personnel were invariably repatriated by hospital ships, which ran the gauntlet of mined waters and gambled on the humanity of the U-Boat c...

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  • UNITED STATES NAVY DESTROYERS
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    UNITED STATES NAVY DESTROYERS
    MICHAEL GREEN
    This pictorial history examines the key role played by US Navy destroyers from the turn of the twentieth century through the Cold War and beyond. The first sixteen United States Navy destroyers were ordered in 1898. Prior to America’s entry into the First World War, another sixty-three destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorized by Congr...

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  • UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINES 1900–2019
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    UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINES 1900–2019
    MICHAEL GREEN
    A “brilliant history of the USA’s underwater exploits,” filled with photos (Books Monthly).   In 1900, the US Navy took its first submarine, the Holland VI, into service. With a single torpedo tube, it had a crew of six, weighed eighty-two tons, and traveled submerged at 6.2mph at a depth of up to seventy-five feet.   Contrast this to the 18 Ohio Class nuclear-powered submarine...

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  • RED SKY IN THE MORNING
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    RED SKY IN THE MORNING
    MICHAEL PEARSON
    The Arctic convoys that sailed through the cold malevolent waters of the Barents Sea ran the gauntlet of German air and sea attacks as they struggled to transport vital supplies to Britains Russian allies. Convoy JW51B sailed in December 1942 with a small close escort of five destroyers, plus a reserve of two light cruisers, which shadowed the main convoy at a distance of seven...

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  • PERISCOPE PATROL
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    PERISCOPE PATROL
    JOHN FRAYN TURNER
    The Malta Force submarines had the vital task of interrupting German and Italian convoys crossing the Mediterranean to resupply Rommel and his Army in North Africa. The outcome of the Desert War depended on this.Operations from the beleaguered island were hazardous both at sea and in port. The Naval Base was under constant air attack. Due to the courage and tenacity of the crew...

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  • CAPTAINS OF WAR
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    CAPTAINS OF WAR
    EDWYN GRAY
    This book tells the story of captains of submarines and their experiences at war. ...

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  • U-BOATS BEYOND BISCAY
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    U-BOATS BEYOND BISCAY
    BERNARD EDWARDS
    On the outbreak of war in 1939 Admiral Donitzs U-boat flotillas consisted of some thirty U-boats fully operational, with only six to eight at sea at any one time. Their activities were restricted mainly to the North Sea and British coastal waters. When France fell in the summer of 1940, the ports in the Bay of Biscay gave direct access to the Atlantic, and the ability to extend...

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  • PERISCOPE PATROL
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    PERISCOPE PATROL
    JOHN FRAYN TURNER
    The Malta Force submarines had the vital task of interrupting German and Italian convoys crossing the Mediterranean to resupply Rommel and his Army in North Africa. The outcome of the Desert War depended on this.Operations from the beleaguered island were hazardous both at sea and in port. The Naval Base was under constant air attack. Due to the courage and tenacity of the crew...

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  • 13 SHARKS
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    13 SHARKS
    JOHN D. GRAINGER
    John D Grainger charts the careers of the thirteen vessels that have served the Royal Navy under the name HMS Shark. Despite the ferocious name, they have all been relatively small vessels including one brigantine, five sloops, one Sixth Rate, a gunvessel, four destroyers and a submarine. Collectively they therefore give a good representation of the various roles of these types...

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  • ARCTIC WARRIORS
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    ARCTIC WARRIORS
    DELTRICE ALFRED GROSSMITH / JULIE GROSSMITH DELTRICE
    In mid-1942 Alfred Grossmith Mason became Navigation/Gunnery Officer on SS Empire Baffin, a 6,978 ton cargo ship assigned to carry essential war supplies to the hard pressed Soviet Union. Fortunately he compiled this remarkable diary of the dramas and disasters that befell the ill-fated Convoy PQ18. This inspiring story follows the movement of his ship and the other merchantmen...

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  • EXOCET FALKLANDS
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    EXOCET FALKLANDS
    EWEN SOUTHBY-TAILYOUR
    “A fascinating account of three SAS missions to counter the Exocet missile . . . from ill-thought out ideas to near suicidal one-way trips onto enemy soil.”—Soldier Magazine   This is a revelatory account of three un-tabulated special forces operations, PLUM DUFF, MIKADO and KETTLEDRUM, that were tasked to destroy Argentina’s Exocet missiles during the 1982 Falkland’s campaign....

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  • RHNS AVEROF
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    RHNS AVEROF
    JOHN CARR
    Built at Livorno in 1910, the 10,000-ton RHNS Averof had the distinction of being the flagship, and by far the biggest warship, of the Royal Hellenic Navy until 1951. More than a century after its construction, she is still afloat, one of just three armoured cruisers still in existence in the world. Originally intended for the Italian navy, the ship was bought by Greece and soo...

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  • HMS BELLEROPHON
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    HMS BELLEROPHON
    COLIN PENGELLY
    The story of HMS Bellerophon is a record of the many and varied duties which the Royal Navy had to carry out in the period 1793 1815. It was involved in the first great fleet action of the War and was involved in the last moments of the struggle with the surrender of Napoleon.The 74-gun ship was the standard unit in the line of battle, Bellerophon was one of the most distinguis...

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  • NAVAL AIR
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    NAVAL AIR
    PHILIP KAPLAN
    Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance, and interest was stirring in naval circles in a greater aeronautical capacity for the service. Britain's tradition of projecting a global reach through her sea power would, in the view of many, be greatly enhanced by such a capability. Amo...

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  • COMMAND DECISIONS: LANGSDORFF AND THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE
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    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 Kapitn 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 Langsdorffs command decisions are the primary focus of David ...

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  • THE BUCCANEER KING
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    THE BUCCANEER KING
    GRAHAM A. THOMAS
    This is the story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. His name was Captain Sir Henry Morgan and, unlike his contemporaries, he was not hunted down and killed or captured by the authorities. Instead he was considered a hero in England and given a knighthood as well as being made governor of Jamaica. As Graham Thoma...

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  • BATTLES AND HONOURS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
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    BATTLES AND HONOURS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
    DAVID A. THOMAS
    An invaluable and up-to-date reference book listing every battle honour awarded to ships of the Royal Navy. Although the honours go back to the Spanish Armada in 1588, surprisingly the system was not officially sanctioned until 1954. ...

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  • THE U-BOAT WAR IN THE ATLANTIC, 1939–1941
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    THE U-BOAT WAR IN THE ATLANTIC, 1939–1941
    BOB CARRUTHERS
    First in the trilogy that covers WWII submarine warfare in the Atlantic from the German perspective—edited by the Emmy Award-winning historian and author.   The U-Boat war is a unique visual record of Hitler’s infamous submarine fleet and a grim account of those that lived, worked and risked their lives stalking the depths of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas. This book analy...

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  • BATTLESHIPS OF THE WORLD
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    BATTLESHIPS OF THE WORLD
    JOHN FIDLER
    The battleships of the worlds navies in the 1820s were descended directly in line from the Revenge of 1577: they were wooden-built, sail-powered and mounted guns on the broadside, firing solid shot.In the next half century, steel, steam and shells had wrought a transformation and by 1906, Dreadnought had ushered in a revolution in naval architecture. The naval race between Brit...

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