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A deep dive into the biggest salvage operation in history: the recovery of German warshipsーthe Allies' spoils of World War Iーfrom Scottish waters. On Midsummer's Day 1919 the interned German Grand……続きを見る

The Laforays were the largest, most powerfully armed and successful ships of this type to see frontline action with the Royal Navy in WWII. They were also the handsomest warships to see service and ……続きを見る

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 th……続きを見る

This naval history of WWII explores the advancing technology and tactics of battleships through a fascinating survey of ship-to-ship duels. While many naval battles of the Second World War were deci……続きを見る

This biography of John Jervis, who became Admiral Lord Vincent, makes compelling reading. It throws an oblique light on Nelsons personality. St Vincent, who was born twenty-three years before Nelson……続きを見る

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 carefu……続きを見る

HMS Trincomalee belonged to a class of 38-gun Fifth Rates which can claim to have been the Royal navy's standard frigate type for the whole of the Napoleonic Wars. Built in India of teak, she is now……続きを見る

A Royal Navy sailor recounts his adventuresome life at sea in this colorful memoir offering a rare look at early nineteenth century naval life. In 1803, at the age of fourteen, Robert Hay ran away f……続きを見る

Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's fishing heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs. Fishermen were hardy individuals with a p……続きを見る

Twice within 25 years Britain was threatened with starvation by the menace of the U-Boat. In this study of submarine warfare, the author explains why Winston Churchill wrote "the only thing that eve……続きを見る

"Any historian or general lover of history in Hitler, or the importance of the Germany Navy in WWII, will find this book immensely informative." ー Nautical Research Journal Hitler's Armada examines……続きを見る

The author of The First Day on the Somme details a naval skirmish that became a turning point for the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. Winston Churchill wrote, "The only thing that ever r……続きを見る

Above the Waves is the history of the first century of British Naval aviation, with personal accounts adding color to the achievements both in technology, such as angled flight decks, mirror deck la……続きを見る

On 31 January 1918 nine K Class steam-powered submarines sailed with the Grand Fleet to Exercise in the North Sea. The ships left the Firth of Forth at a speed of 21 knots on a cold winter night wit……続きを見る

A British nuclear submariner sheds critical light on the Royal Navy's Cold War operations in this revealing military memoir. The role played by the Royal Navy's submarines throughout the Cold War re……続きを見る

The most comprehensive English-language study of the German Imperial Navy's WWI battlecruisers, fully illustrated with drawings, diagrams and photographs. In this in-depth study, naval historian and……続きを見る

Edward Teach Blackbeard-is one of the legends of the so-called golden age of piracy. There have been so many accounts of his short, bloody career that it is hard to see him and his times in a clear ……続きを見る

Broadsides explores the political and cultural history of the Navy during the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries through contemporary caricature. This was a period of intense naval acti……続きを見る

 During the Pacific War between the United States and Imperial Japanese navies, the author's father, Francis Gelzheiser, deployed with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16A, from New Orleans to Panama to……続きを見る

In the century after 1530 the empires of the Habsburgs of Spain and the Ottoman Turks fought a maritime war that seemed destined to lead nowhere:: lasting peace was as unlikely as final triumph, in ……続きを見る

"[A] book of rare photographs . . . detailing life aboard a German Second World War submarine" from the author of Operation Colossus ( History Today). This unique account charts the complete story o……続きを見る

Journalist John Carr tells the riveting history of Greece's RHNS Averofーan armored cruiser that served in three of the twentieth century's major wars. Built at Livorno in 1910, the 10,000-ton RHNS ……続きを見る

"An indispensable reference work for anyone studying either the U-boat campaign or WW2 at sea . . . copiously illustrated, fascinatingーand harrowing."ーNavy News During the Second World War over 25……続きを見る

What was a merchant seamans life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery……続きを見る

This wide-ranging naval history features rare wartime battleship images combined with thrilling first person accounts from servicemen. During the Second World War, big-gun battleships represented th……続きを見る

"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."ー Firetrenc h First conceived in the mid–1930s, the……続きを見る

Napoleonic War scholar Martin R. Howard presents a revelatory history about a little known British military campaign in Walcheren 1809. In July 1809, with the Dutch coast a pistol held at the head o……続きを見る

"Once you heard that pinging sound you knew they had got to you, then the depth charges came. Terrible, just terrible." Kurt Wehling, u-boat survivor The steel coffins was the name given to the U-bo……続きを見る

An in-depth reference to the naval weapons used by Britain, Germany, the US, and the other combatants in the Great War, with photos: "Superb…invaluable."ー History of War Although the Great War migh……続きを見る

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 dep……続きを見る