Naval 26

The United States Navy has evolved in the last century and a half from humble and often frustrating beginnings during and after the Revolutionary War to become the strongest navy in the world with r……続きを見る

This is a captivating mystery of the best kind - the sort that really happened. While walking through a cliff-top graveyard in the village of Morwenstow on the coast of Cornwall, Jeremy Seal stumble……続きを見る

Joshua Slocum's epic solo voyage around the world in 1895 in the 37 foot sloop Spray stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. It remains one of the major feats of singlehanded voyag……続きを見る

Li Wo had been built in 1935 for running a passenger service on the River Yangtse. In 1940, she was requisitioned and commissioned into the Royal Navy at Singapore as HMS Li Wo. Shortly before the s……続きを見る

This is the exciting true life story of one of Britain’s most controversial admirals: Admiral Lord Cochrane.  Napoleon called him le loup des mers (“the sea wolf’). One cannot visit a town in ……続きを見る

The first book to tell the tale of the War of 1812 from the privateers’ perspective. Winner of the John Lyman Book Award of the North American Society for Oceanic History During the War of 1812, mos……続きを見る

'A rare gift . . . The story he has to tell may be a thrilling one but not every historian could tell it so thrillingly.' Financial Times 'Magnificently rip-roaring history . . . Bursting with colou……続きを見る

Tom Cunliffe is one of the biggest names in the sailing world – an internationally renowned journalist and speaker, and the go-to guru when the BBC wants a presenter for a new TV series about mariti……続きを見る

“Useful to historians of the Civil War . . . and Civil War buffs will want it in their libraries.” ーJames M. McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom Island No. 10: Str……続きを見る

Former Classic Boat editor Nic Compton has spent over 20 years sailing and photographing classic yachts, and this is the culmination of his decades-long passion - a stunning collection showcasing th……続きを見る

Set sail for adventure. Out of this past the pirate emerges as a romantic, even at times heroic, figure. This final niche, despite his crimes, cannot altogether be denied him. A hero he is and will ……続きを見る

It was early in December that H.M.S. Perseus was cruising off the mouth of the Canton River. War had been declared with China in consequence of her continued evasions of the treaty she had made with……続きを見る

Memoir of Alexey Krylov, Russian naval engineer, scientist, and businessman, about his childhood, his education in Russia and France in XIX century, his years in the Naval Academy, and his naval car……続きを見る

S-51 sank almost immediately after it was rammed around 10:30 p.m. off Block Island Sound on Saturday evening, September 25, 1925. Her crew of 34 was in the water, sailors who begged for a line to s……続きを見る

A brutal, action-packed account of the sea battles of the Napoleonic War by the author of the bestselling Nelson’s Trafalgar and co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British……続きを見る

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that……続きを見る

In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour……続きを見る

Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the……続きを見る

Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida 続きを見る

Shortlisted for the 2017 PEN Ackerley Prize ‘The thing to remember about this story is that every word is true. If I never told it to a soul, and this book did not exist, it would not cease to be tr……続きを見る

****Celebrating 100 years of Douglas Reeman. Discover the master of the naval adventure thriller.** **************************************************************************************** The Weste……続きを見る

As chronicled in Silent Victory, Clay Blair’s monumental history of United States submarine operations in World War II, the submarine war against Japan was a relatively little known war-within-a-war……続きを見る

Als nach einer gnadenlosen Jagd am 4. Juni 1944 U 505 bei seinem zölften Einsatz schwer beschädigt in amerikanische Hände fiel, ohne sich vorher selbst versenkt zu haben, unterlag dieser Fang höchst……続きを見る

U 505 ist das einzige deutsche U-Boot, das im 2. Weltkrieg von amerikanischen Schiffen aufgebracht wurde. Nachdem es im Frühjahr 1944 drei Monate lang erfolglos vor Westafrika operiert hatte, trat ……続きを見る

Between 2007 and 2012 the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute from Zagreb and the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice co……続きを見る

As 1942, the fourth year of the war, began, victory for the Allies was still a long way off. German submarines were sinking ships off the coast of the United States in what would become known as the……続きを見る

Classic work of history. According to Wikipedia: "Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840 - December 1, 1914) was a United States Navy officer, geostrategist, and educator. His ideas on the importan……続きを見る

The Beagle has become synonymous with Charles Darwin and his groundbreaking title On the Origin of Species. But how did Darwin come to be on board? For the first time in a single volume all the vari……続きを見る

This book introduces the reader to the early years of US submarine development and operation during the first third of the 20th century. It was in this period of growth and change that the submarine……続きを見る

Edward Creasy’s 1851 military analysis of fifteen world battles is a classic of its genre. Appearing between Clausewitz’s On War (1832) and Ardant Du Picq’s Battle Studies (composed 1870), T***he Fi……続きを見る