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  • VICTORY
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    VICTORY
    KERRY JANG
    The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warships. Previously, these have generally covered plastic and resin models of 20th century subjects, but this volume is a radical departure – not only a period sailing ship but one for which kits are available in many different materials and scales. This requires some changes...

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  • BRITISH ESCORT DESTROYERS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    BRITISH ESCORT DESTROYERS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    LES BROWN
    An extensive guide to crafting models of Royal Navy escort destroyers used during World War II. The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject, highlighting differences between ships and changes in their appearance over...

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  • A SAILOR'S ODYSSEY
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    A SAILOR'S ODYSSEY
    ANDREW CUNNINGHAM
    Admiral Andrew Cunningham, best remembered for his courageous leadership in the Mediterranean in the Second World War, is often rated as our finest naval commander after Nelson, and indeed a bust of the Admiral was unveiled in Trafalgar Square close by his predecessor in 1967 by the Duke of Edinburgh. It was during the dark days of 1940–41, after the surrender of France and Ita...

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  • BLACK SWAN CLASS SLOOPS
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    BLACK SWAN CLASS SLOOPS
    LES BROWN
    An illustrated reference featuring the superbly drawn plans for these highly effective anti-submarine ships.   The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the “as fitted” general arrangements, these drawings represented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service....

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  • SCHNELLBOOTE
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    SCHNELLBOOTE
    LAWRENCE PATERSON
    “A detailed account of the fast patrol boats built and used by the Kriegsmarine during WWII . . . a book for every naval history enthusiast.”—Firetrench   The Kriegsmarine’s Schnellboote—fast attack boats or S-boats to the Allies—were the primary German naval attack units in coastal waters throughout the Second World War.   Operating close to their various bases they became a d...

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  • FROM THE DARDANELLES TO ORAN
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    FROM THE DARDANELLES TO ORAN
    ARTHUR J. MARDER
    This collection of thought-provoking essays by arguably the 20th century's greatest naval historian was first published in 1974, but their continuing relevance fully justifies this reprint. It opens with a stimulating reappraisal of the naval attack on the Dardanelles, the success of which would have made the disastrous Gallipoli land campaign that followed completely unnecessa...

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  • VERY SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE
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    VERY SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE
    PATRICK BEESLY
    Operational Intelligence Centre was the nerve centre of the British Admiralty in World War II, dedicated to collecting, analyzing and disseminating information from every possible source which could throw light on the intentions and movements of German naval and maritime forces. OIC labored tirelessly, despite early disappointments, to supply the Navy and RAF with the intellige...

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  • RODNEY AND NELSON
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    RODNEY AND NELSON
    LES BROWN / ROBERT BROWN
    “Simply the best reference for any model maker” on the most instantly recognizable British battleships in history (Warship World).   The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between si...

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  • YANGTZE SHOWDOWN
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    YANGTZE SHOWDOWN
    BRIAN IZZARD
    Tells the “epic tale of the entrapment of HMS Amethyst by the Chinese Communists . . . a good sea story and a look inside the early days of the Cold War” (Strategy Page).   The attack on the British frigate Amethyst on the Yangtze River by Chinese Communists in 1949 made world headlines. There was even more publicity when the ship made a dramatic escape after being trapped for ...

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  • SEAFORTH WORLD NAVAL REVIEW 2015
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    SEAFORTH WORLD NAVAL REVIEW 2015
    CONRAD WATERS
    The “profusely illustrated” yearly military reference that features world fleet reviews, significant ship developments, and technological advancements (Ships Monthly).   Now in its seventh year, this annual has established an international reputation as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months. It combines...

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  • WARSHIPS OF THE GREAT WAR ERA
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    WARSHIPS OF THE GREAT WAR ERA
    DAVID HOBBS
    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. Trea...

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  • BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE OF WWII
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    BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE OF WWII
    MALCOLM WRIGHT
    An extensive pictorial history of the official and unofficial camouflage paint schemes used by the Royal Navy and Commonwealth ships during World War II. During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both the vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by...

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  • HEAVY CRUISERS OF THE ADMIRAL HIPPER CLASS
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    HEAVY CRUISERS OF THE ADMIRAL HIPPER CLASS
    GERHARD KOOP
    A concise, authoritative, heavily illustrated summary of this class of German WWII-era warships, covering their design histories and careers.   The Admiral Hipper class was among the largest heavy cruisers to serve in World War II. Intended to be a class of five, they enjoyed contrasting fortunes: Seydlitz and Lützow were never completed; Blücher was the first major German wars...

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  • THE SLOOP OF WAR, 1650–1763
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    THE SLOOP OF WAR, 1650–1763
    IAN MCLAUGHLAN
    “A delight . . . fulfills a long-felt need to do justice to the smaller ships of war that did such sterling service for the sailing Royal Navy.”—Ships in Scale   This is the first study in depth of the Royal Navy’s vital, but largely ignored small craft. In the age of sail, they were built in huge numbers and in far greater variety than the more regulated major warships, so the...

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  • SCOTLAND AND THE SEA
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    SCOTLAND AND THE SEA
    NICK ROBINS
    Scotland's maritime heritage is a highly significant one, embracing as it does a quite outstanding contribution to Britain's development both as an empire and as the world's leading maritime power in the nineteenth century.Scottish engineering, ship-owning and operating, as well as business and entrepreneurial skills, played a major part in the success of the Merchant Navy, whi...

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  • SHIP DECORATION, 1630–1780
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    SHIP DECORATION, 1630–1780
    ANDREW PETERS
    This book is a detailed comparative study of the decorative work figurehead, topside ornamentation and stern gallery design carried by the ships of the major maritime states of Europe in the zenith of the sailing era. It covers both warships and the most prestigious merchant ships, the East Indiamen of the great chartered companies. The work began life in the year 2000 when the...

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  • PILOT CUTTERS UNDER SAIL
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    PILOT CUTTERS UNDER SAIL
    TOM CUNLIFFE
    The popular sailing journalist celebrates the 19th century pilot cutters that operated across the UK and Northern Europe in this illustrated history. The pilot cutters that operated around the coasts of northern Europe until the First World War were some of the most seaworthy and beautiful craft ever built. With a hull and rig of particular elegance, their speed and close-winde...

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  • BRITISH DESTROYERS: J-C AND BATTLE CLASSES
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    BRITISH DESTROYERS: J-C AND BATTLE CLASSES
    LES BROWN
    “A terrific author . . . invaluable to the modeler wishing to reproduce these classes of destroyers, and also to those interested in naval history.”—IPMS Magazine   The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, hig...

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  • HUNTING THE ESSEX
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    HUNTING THE ESSEX
    MIDSHIPMAN ALLEN GARDINER
    In February 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission that would involve sailing halfway around the world to attack American settlements in the Pacific Northwest. The United States, frustrated at the treatment of its shipping by the combatants in the Napoleonic Wars, had finally opened hostilities against the British in the previous June. From the American per...

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  • X.1
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    X.1
    ROGER BRANFILL-COOK
    The untold story of the Royal Navy’s experimental submarine cruiser, built in secret after WWI, and torpedoed by political propaganda. The 'X' stood for experimental, but it might equally have meant extraordinary, exotic or extravagant, as this giant submarine attracted superlatives. Built in the early 1920s, it was the world's largest, most heavily armed, and deepest diving su...

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  • BRITISH DESTROYERS & FRIGATES
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    BRITISH DESTROYERS & FRIGATES
    NORMAN FRIEDMAN
    “A comprehensive survey of the design history and development of the Royal Navy's greyhounds of the sea.”—WARSHIPS Magazine   Since World War II, the old categories of destroyer and frigate have tended to merge, a process that this book traces back to the radically different “Tribal” class destroyers of 1936. It deals with the development of all the modern destroyer classes tha...

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  • TYPE VII
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    TYPE VII
    MAREK KRZYSZTALOWICZ
    “Describ[es] the Type VII and its place in the history of warfare . . . probably the finest book on German submarines of WWII available in print.”—Firetrench   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 comple...

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  • THE END OF GLORY
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    THE END OF GLORY
    BRUCE TAYLOR
    The career of the legendary British battlecruiser is vividly recounted from its commissioning to its tragic end in this naval history. The HMS Hood was the glory of the Royal Navy. In The End of Glory, historian Bruce Taylor combines in-depth research and thrilling narrative to tell its story. For twenty years Hood symbolized the Royal Navy during the twilight years of the Brit...

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  • CAPTAIN'S WIFE
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    CAPTAIN'S WIFE
    ABBY JANE MORRELL
    “Gives the reader a woman’s perspective on life at sea aboard a schooner when conditions under sail were uncomfortable and, at times, dangerous.” —The Northern Mariner   During the nineteenth century it became increasingly common for merchant service masters to take their wives to sea, particularly in the whaling industry, where voyages of 2–3 years were not uncommon. Reflectin...

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  • MASTER & MADMAN
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    MASTER & MADMAN
    PETER THOMAS / NICHOLAS TRACY
    Anthony Lockwoods 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. Lockwood was commended for bravery in action against th...

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  • TYPE VII U-BOATS
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    TYPE VII U-BOATS
    ROGER CHESNEAU
    The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles...

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  • U-BOAT ATTACK LOGS
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    U-BOAT ATTACK LOGS
    BRUCE TAYLOR / DANIEL MORGAN
    “An indispensable reference work for anyone studying either the U-boat campaign or WW2 at sea . . . copiously illustrated, fascinating—and harrowing.”—Navy News   During the Second World War over 250 Allied warships from a dozen navies were sent to the bottom by German U-boats. This ground-breaking study provides a detailed analysis of every sinking for which source material su...

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  • FLOWER CLASS CORVETTES
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    FLOWER CLASS CORVETTES
    JOHN LAMBERT / LES BROWN
    A guide to creating models of the World War II warship, featuring history on the ship as well as crafting tips. The “ShipCraft” series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and chan...

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  • FIRST RATE
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    FIRST RATE
    RIF WINFIELD
    In the sailing era First Rates were the largest, most powerful and most costly ships to construct, maintain and operate. Built to the highest standards, they were lavishly decorated and given carefully considered names that reflected the pride and prestige of their country. They were the very embodiment of national power, and as such drew the attention of artists, engravers and...

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  • ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT
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    ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT
    BRIAN LAVERY
    The landing craft assault or LCA was one of the unsung heroes of the Second World War. It took part in practically every amphibious operation from Norway to Normandy and landed around 400,000 men in action conditions, plus many more in training. It was the only serviceable British landing craft at the beginning of the War, and it remained in service until the Suez operation of ...

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