Sea Soldiers of Portsmouth: A Pictorial History of the Royal
The story of the Royal Marines in Portsmouth from the date of the occupation of their purpose-built Barracks at Eastney to the recent past when the Barracks were converted to private dwellings and the Officers' Mess became the Royal Marine Museum
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Warship 2009
Includes major features articles on the Royal Navy's postwar submarine strategy, the conversion of the IJN Ise and Hyuga to 'battleship-carriers', the building of HMS Repulse, the Soviet cruisers of the Kirov class, the loss of the French battleship Suffr
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Battle of North Cape - The Death Ride of The Scharnhorst, 19
On 25th December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union
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Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Made Britain - TV Tie In (o
This new book, a tie-in to a major BBC TV series presented by Dan Snow, is written by one of the nation's foremost naval historians, and tells the story of how the Royal Navy shaped the politics, culture and economy of Britain, leaving its imprint on ever
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Fourth Force: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Since the War
Set up in August 1905, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary was originally a logistic support organization, part of the Navy proper but run on civilian lines, comprising a miscellaneous and very unglamorous collection of colliers, store ships and harbour craft
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Safeguarding The Nation: The Story of The Modern Royal Navy
This new history of the Royal Navy, published to coincide with the Golden Jubilee of the White Ensign Association, is a full and exciting account of all the many campaigns, operations and deployments conducted around the world from the Cold War and the Co
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Hero of the Fleet: Memoirs of Centenarian William Stone
Foreword by HRH Prince Andrew
William Stone died on Saturday, 9 January 2009 aged 108
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Yesterday's Navy: A Selection of Royal Navy Ship Histories o
The author has gathered together forty Royal Navy ship histories of WWII, representing the many classes and sizes of ships of the RN that took part and their many varied roles
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