HMS Warrior 1860: Victoria's Ironclad Deterrent
December 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the launch of HMS Warrior
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Letters From HMS Britannia - A Cadet in the Late Victorian N
Before William Stanley Lambert became a cadet in 1883, he had already sailed 44,890 miles round the world in a childhood voyage that took him two years to complete
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Day The World Was Shocked: The Lusitania Disaster and its In
Expert account and analysis of the sinking that swayed the world into a new era of warfare
By far the most controversial sinking during the First World War was that of the Lusitania
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On Seas Contested: The Seven Great Navies of the Second Worl
A team of naval historians have pooled their expertise for this definitive, single-volume reference on how the navies of World War II were organised and how they trained, operated and fought
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32 in '44: Building the Portsmouth Submarine Fleet in WWII
Established on 12 June 1800 during the administration of President John Adams, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the oldest continuously operating shipyard in the United States Navy
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Eagle Seamanship 4th Ed: A Manual for Square-Rigger Sailing
One of the most recognisable and majestic vessels on the high seas today and the only active square rigger in the US fleet, Eagle draws huge crowds in any port that she calls
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7071: U-Boat War 1939-1945
This new book from Ian Baxter delves into an important World War II topic
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British Naval Staff in the First World War
Boldly reassesses the role of British Naval Staff during WWI, casting new light on controversial issues and individuals
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Axis Warships
Superb and largely unseen aerial photographs of German and Italian Naval fleets during WWII
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Mission of Honour: The Royal Navy in the Pacific 1769-1997
Covering over two centuries of British naval activity in the Pacific, from Caprtain Cook's first voyage to the handover of Hong Kong in 19997, the author deals with such varied subjects as explorartion, marine surveying, charting, carrying convicts to Aus
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Aircraft of the Aces 97: Naval Aces of World War 1 Part 1
The first in a 2-part study looking at all the naval fighter pilots who achieved ace status during WWI
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Citizen Sailors: Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve 1910-2
This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation's service, while also living out the demands o
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RN Submarine In Focus
The latest title in the popular 'In Focus' series
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Bismarck 1941: Hunting Germany's Greatest Battleship
A well-illustrated guide to one of the most famous naval battles of World War II
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British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike
In August 1944 the British Pacific Fleet did not exist
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Captain Who Burned His Ships - Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1
This is the biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, a seminal figure in the early development of the US Navy, and also the story of the transition of the navy from an object of partisan discord to an honoured and beloved defender of a growing and increasingly
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