Naval 74

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES - Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbour? - How did the Americans underestimate the Japanese? - What were 'banzai charges,' and how did the discipline of the J……続きを見る

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

With over six thousand miles of rugged coastline, nowhere in Scotland is more than forty-five miles from tidal waters, and seven of the biggest towns and cities are seaports. No wonder then that the……続きを見る

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES 'Packs plenty of heft into its slender page count' HISTORY REVEALED - Why was the Battle of Trafalgar such an important British victory in the Napoleonic W……続きを見る

In June 1816, the Medusa, flagship of a French expedition to repossess the colony of Senegal from the British, set sail but ran aground off the desolate West African coast. The evacuation of the fri……続きを見る

British Slaves and Barbary Corsairs is the first comprehensive study of the thousands of Britons captured and enslaved in North Africa in the early modern period, an issue of intense contemporary co……続きを見る

Winner, Keith Matthews Best Book Award presented by Canadian Nautical Research Society The untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invas……続きを見る

From an era when oar-driven ships clashed in messy, bloody conflict to the golden age of sail and the incredible innovations that led to ironclads, dreadnoughts, and the aircraft carriers and nuclea……続きを見る

From America's preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Twoー"destined," says Andrew Roberts, "to be the ……続きを見る

Back to the Bennington: Tales in the Wake (published by Merriam Press) is the author's memoir of his service on the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20), during a Mediterranean cruise, 1953-54. ……続きを見る

When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, the British asked Australia for help. With some misgivings, the Australian government sent five destroyers to beef up the British Royal Navy in……続きを見る

On 13 March 2017, the Rescue 116 crew of Capt. Dara Fitzpatrick, Capt. Mark Duffy, Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith took off from Dublin airport just after 2300 hours for a medical evacuation off the we……続きを見る

Vast and brilliant white, P&O's flagship the SS Canberra was a final salute to a bygone era of opulence even as she embarked on her maiden voyage, For a decade she carried passengers between Britain……続きを見る

Die Kaiserliche Marine - Die deutschen Torpedoboote von 1871 bis 1919 Ein Torpedoboot ist ein kleines, schnelles Kriegsschiff, das von etwa 1880 bis 1945 gebräuchlich war. Es wurde Ende des 19. Jahr……続きを見る

More than any other type of environment, with the possible exception of mountains, the sea has been understood since antiquity as being immovable to a proverbial degree. Yet it was the sea's capacit……続きを見る

It was 1795 in Brixham, Devon. He was nearly eight years old and was already an accomplished sailor and fisherman. At sixteen he was enrolled into the Royal Navy Officers college, but his career end……続きを見る

¿Existen las olas solitarias y otros fenómenos capaces de engullir un barco en segundos?¿Qué es, en realidad, el Holandés Errante?¿Desaparecen más barcos en el Triángulo de las Bermudas que en otros……続きを見る

HMS Glamorgan was in the thick of the fighting throughout the war. Her role for most of the time was that of an expendable escort and she became the only ship to survive an Exocet hit. Incorporating……続きを見る

An outcast on the high seas. A woman who defies convention. Gabriel Hawkins was born to command the sea, until he left the Royal Navy in disgrace and was disowned by his family. Now captaining his o……続きを見る

Walter Raleigh's 'The Last Fight of the Revenge' is a gripping account of the final battle of the Revenge, an English ship during the Anglo-Spanish War. Raleigh's narrative is filled with vivid desc……続きを見る

Sir John Barrow's 'The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty' provides a compelling and detailed account of the infamous mutiny that took place on the British naval v……続きを見る

Educated at Valley Forge Military Academy, Dorgan is well prepared for life in the US Navy when he is forward deployed halfway around the world to the USS Midway. But he soon learns life aboard an a……続きを見る

German U-boats are getting through the defences. It's up to the Wrens to stop them. After her fianc died in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her g……続きを見る

When Stephen Ganzberger enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the outset of World War II, he never imagined what would await him and his shipmates in the Pacific Islands, as they journeyed aboard a newly-des……続きを見る

The Power and the Glory tells the story of royal fleet reviews from the fifteenth century to the 2005 International Fleet Review, commemorating the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar, which was the fina……続きを見る

Admiral Eddie: The Story of America's Greatest Naval Aviator is the compelling series of stories relayed to the author by Eddie's daughter, Betty. Eddie McDonnell's rise to military hero, aviation e……続きを見る

Very Special Ships is the first full-length book about the six Abdiel-class fast minelayers, the fastest and most versatile ships to serve in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. They operated no……続きを見る

In the early hours of 15 May 1982, three Sea King helicopters carrying 42 men of 22 SAS Regiment and attachments, lifted off from the carrier HMS Hermes and headed towards the remote Pebble Island o……続きを見る

HMS Ramillies was the last battleship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917 and survived to fight in the Second World War. Although the ship did not make headlines, she was actively employed from start to……続きを見る

In 1990 Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology of Tampa, Florida, commenced the world’s first robotic archaeological excavation of a deep-sea shipwreck south of the Tortugas Islands in the Straits of Florida……続きを見る