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The pirate attack on the British brig Morning Star, en route from Ceylon to London, near Ascension Island in 1828 was one of the most shocking episodes of piracy in the nineteenth century. Although ……続きを見る

This book responds to the increasing interest of maritime historians in the study of ports. These enclaves offer significant insights into a variety of subjects, including ships and shipping; trade,……続きを見る

Just before Vespers on 30 March 1282 at the Church of the Holy Spirit on the outskirts of Palermo, a drunken soldier of the occupying French forces of Charles of Anjou accosted a young Sicilian nobl……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Maritime Foundation's Mountbatten Award 2018 This book, by a leading expert in the field, is the first major history of yachting for over a quarter of a century. Setting developm……続きを見る

Suspended between sea and sky, battered by the waves and the wind, lighthouses mark the battlelines between the elements. They guard the boundaries between the solid human world and the primordial c……続きを見る

Since 1977 Nathan Miller's concise history of the U.S. Navy has been the standard historical survey read by plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy. Now this highly readable account of the navy, its men an……続きを見る

The story of the first cadet-midshipmen to join the Royal Australian Naval College is without parallel. In 1913 twenty-eight thirteen-year-old boys joined the new Navy at a time when Australia was b……続きを見る

Da Era das Grandes Navegações até chegarmos ao século XXI, mais de meio milênio de história singrada com coração, obstinação, sacrifício, fé e coragem e muitos personagens: o mestiço que se tornou o……続きを見る

In "The Silent Watchers," Bennet Copplestone crafts a haunting narrative that deftly intertwines themes of solitude, observation, and the existential fears that plague humanity. Set against a backdr……続きを見る

In "The Submarine in War and Peace: Its Development and its Possibilities," Simon Lake masterfully delves into the evolution of submarine technology and its profound implications on naval warfare. E……続きを見る

Reinhard Scheer's 'Germany's High Seas Fleet in WWI' provides a thorough examination of one of the most significant naval forces in World War I. The book delves into the military strategies, naval b……続きを見る

The human element of a relatively small incident like the loss of the relatively small, 3530-ton Cygnet, is both compelling and illustrative of the larger, global struggle. The ship itself had serve……続きを見る

Durante el siglo XVI en el Mediterráneo se dieron cita estados, gobiernos, estrategias y tácticas, pero, sobre todo, galeras, convertidas en el principal instrumento para hacer la guerra. Lepanto se……続きを見る

A riveting exploration of the brilliant, combative, and controversial “Father of the Nuclear Navy” “A superb and even-handed treatment of a complex, brilliant, and driven admiral who inspired both a……続きを見る

In questo bel libro, Guido Biancheri narra le gesta militari compiute durante il secondo conflitto mondiale dal suo prozio, l’Ammiraglio di Squadra Luigi Biancheri, figura fuori dall’ordinario, che ……続きを見る

Il primo volume di questa collana ha riguardato l’attività dei sommergibili tedeschi nel Mediterraneo, che Hitler trasferì in numero consistente dal fronte dell’Atlantico per dare un aiuto alla Mari……続きを見る

The first modern frogmen were the Italian commando frogmen of Decima Flottiglia MAS which was first in action in 1940. They were nicknamed Uomini Rana, Italian for frogmen, because of their swimming……続きを見る

In the summer of 1915 the Royal Naval Air Service found itself engaged in an unexpected war at sea, the fight to prevent the German submarine fleet from disrupting the flow of vital supplies to the ……続きを見る

The illustrated story of the naval ships buiilt in North Vancouver. Listed are ships from the 1930s to 1960s and is a great addition to the historical record of shipbuilding in North Vancouver, Brit……続きを見る

The first HMS Iron Duke was a British Audacious-class central battery ironclad. She became the flagship of the China Station on 31 August 1871, one of the first large ships to use the Suez canal to ……続きを見る

In total, twenty-one maintenance ships were ordered from Canadian shipbuilders (ten from Burrard Drydock, six from West Coast Shipbuilders and five North Vancouver Ship Repair) for use by the Royal ……続きを見る

Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy oppo……続きを見る

ôDamn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!ö With those words, David Glasgow Farragut led a fleet of Union warships into Mobile Bay, where he achieved one of the most celebrated victories in American nav……続きを見る

With the instantaneous opening of a two-hour, ever increasing bombardment by six battleships, nine cruisers, a host of destroyers and rocket ships, laying their wrath on the wrinkled black hills, ri……続きを見る

Take a very brief glance at the most important operations of the American naval service during the Revolution and the War of 1812-15. 続きを見る

Though not so well known as the land and air campaigns, the campaign at sea in the 1991 Gulf War was vital in subduing Saddam Hussein's invasion forces and driving them out of Kuwait. U.S. Navy surf……続きを見る

In the last fifty years the investigation of maritime archaeological sites in the sea, in the coastal zone and in their interconnecting locales, has emerged as one of archaeology's most dynamic and ……続きを見る

The early morning hours of July 6, 1943, found the USS Helena off the Solomon Islands in what would later be known as the Battle of Kula Gulf. But the shipÆs participation in the battle came to a sw……続きを見る

Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a lesser-known but critical component of the Atlantic naval theatre during World War II. Using war diaries, after-action reports, and first-hand……続きを見る

The first compilation of the vast naval shipbuilding conducted in Canada in the Second World War on behalf of the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy, US Navy and Soviet Navy. Fr……続きを見る