Naval 93

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

The first comprehensive history of marine insurance transacted in London from the industry's beginnings, to the early-nineteenth-century, when legislative change ended parliamentary monopolies over ……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

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Tudor dynasty maintained friendly relations with Spain, but when Henry VIII divorced his Spanish wife, ……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

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Wall is a monument to the Roman emperor Aulus Platorius Nepos, who conceived it, and the three legions ……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

Sul’s history of the international ginseng trade reveals the cultural aspects of international capitalism and the impact of this single commodity on relations between the East and the West. Ginseng ……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

In Talbot Mundy's 'Purple Pirate,' readers are taken on a thrilling adventure through the mysterious lands of Afghanistan and the Arabian Sea. Mundy's vivid descriptions and intricate storytelling t……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

Richard Cannon's 'Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot' is a meticulously researched account of the regiment's history dating back to its formation in 1701. T……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

John Nicol's 'The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner' is a riveting autobiography that chronicles the author's life as a sailor during the 18th century. With vivid descriptions of life at se……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 fiancé died in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her ……続きを見る

Examines the union of England and Scotland by weaving the navy into a political narrative of events between the regal union in 1603 and the parliamentary union in 1707. This book examines the union ……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

This is the second volume of Lawrence Paterson’s detailed account of all the Luftwaffe’s naval operations during World War II. The first volume took the story up to 1942, and by the end of that year……続きを見る

Taking as its focus an age of transformational development in cartographic history, namely the two centuries between Columbus’s arrival in the New World and the emergence of the Scientific Revolutio……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