Naval 74

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

Oceans Odyssey 2 presents the results of the discovery and archaeological survey of ten deep-water wrecks by Odyssey Marine Exploration. In the Western Approaches and western English Channel, a mid-……続きを見る

On the night of 13/14 October 1939, the Type VIIB U-boat U-47, on its second War Patrol, penetrated the main Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship HMS Royal Oak. This legenda……続きを見る

For the first time in naval warfare submarines played a major role in the war at sea in the years 1939–45, and this major reference book describes all the classes of vessel that were deployed by the……続きを見る

In 1944 Allied codebreakers learned the Imperial Japanese Navy had dispatched the cargo submarine I-52 to occupied France with tons of military supplies and payment - in gold - for German assistance……続きを見る

A Raid on the Red Sea is the thrilling, real-life tale of illegal gun-running in the Middle East. In this firsthand account, Amos Gilboa gives the harrowing details of the secret close-working relat……続きを見る

Ships and Guns brings together experts from the field of historic artillery and underwater archaeologists to present a series of papers which focus on the development of naval ordnance in Europe and……続きを見る

The ships that sank the Bismarck and Scharnhorst HMS King George V – the last British battleship to fire her guns in anger The complete history of Britain’s last classes of battleship Beautifully i……続きを見る

As a U.S. Navy officer, Jack Whitehouse served aboard a World War II-era destroyer at the peak of the Vietnam War, ran special operations on a patrol gunboat out of Guantanamo Bay following the Cuba……続きを見る

This is a companion volume to Friedman’ s highly successful _British Battleship 1906–1946_ and completes his study of the Royal Navy’s capital ships. Beginning with the earliest installation of stea……続きを見る

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 document……続きを見る

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 document……続きを見る

A view of pirate life-from the crow's nest ... Pirate lore has captured our fancy for centuries. Here is the first series book that gives readers a comprehensive yet entertaining history of those sw……続きを見る

Desde los aportes de los debates historiográficos europeos de los años cincuenta y el giro humanista en las ciencias sociales, se considera un conjunto de categorías de unos transdisciplinar, como l……続きを見る

Tiberio Andrés Cobos López, Capitán de Fragata del Servicio de Administración e Intendencia Naval en Retiro. Autonombrado Veterano del Siglo XX, VTRSXX. Nos narra en este extraordinario libro sus me……続きを見る

The 19th-century MP John Burns described the Thames as 'liquid history' and ever since the Romans founded Londinium in 43 AD, the river has played a key cultural and economic, political and social r……続きを見る

Lost San Francisco takes readers on a journey back to the buildings, parks, stadia, ferries – even cemetaries and prisoners – that time and progress have swept aside. It revisits the building where ……続きを見る

This fascinating collection of entertaining stories from the seven seas reveals unusual and bizarre sailing trips, vessels and characters, and recounts perilous journeys in freak weather and other l……続きを見る

DAS SEEGEFECHT VOR TEXEL Seeschlachten des 1. Weltkriegs Das Seegefecht vor Texel vom 17. Oktober 1914 war ein kleineres Seegefecht in der Anfangsphase des Ersten Weltkriegs vor der niederländischen……続きを見る

In this book our concern is with the war at sea, and with a part only of that gigantic effort. But of this part, every word that has been said holds good. The submarine and anti-submarine campaign i……続きを見る

I en militæroperation, der løb i perioden efteråret 2013 til sommeren 2014 lykkedes det en multinational flådestyrke at bortskaffe op mod 1300 tons kemisk materiale og kemiske våben fra det borgerkr……続きを見る

The Royal Navy of Nelson’s time was such a huge organisation, that it is sometimes hard to comprehend its full scope. Indeed, during the Napoleonic Wars it was by far the largest employer in the ent……続きを見る

Da questo libro, l'omonimo film vincitore di tre premi Oscar 2018. La speranza è un'arma. Sopravvivere è già una vittoria. Maggio 1940. La travolgente avanzata delle truppe tedesche in Belgio e nel ……続きを見る