Naval Swords and Firearms

National Maritime Museum

Stationery Office Books

Voyaging with the wind: An introduction to sailing large square-rigged ships

Her Majesty's Stationery Offic

Ranging from the Middle Ages through the defeat of the Armada, the triumphs of Nelson to the battles of World Wars I and II, this is a sweeping account of how the Royal Navy made Britain the world’s greatest sea power. More than a battle account, this work shows how the Royal Navy’s technological innovations revolutionized their military power, from broadside gunnery to submarines and aircraft carriers. We also see how the navy played a key role in exploration, from Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe and Cook’s voyages of discovery to Fraser’s search for the Northwest Passage. Abounding in colorful characters, this is a thrilling chronicle of one of the most fascinating chapters in British military history.

The Habit of Victory: The Story of the Royal Navy 1545 to 1945

History

Hore, Captain Peter

Military

Pan/Macmillan

London published Military History - Naval

Guide to the Manuscripts in the National Maritime Museum

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

UNKNO

A Guide to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Travel

National Maritime Museum Souvenir Guide

This guidebook for the National Maritime Museum explores its galleries, buildings, and historic collections.

Arts & Photography

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Natl Maritime Museum

Constructed on the Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, Cutty Sark was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest.
Cutty Sark spent just a few years on the tea routes before the opening of the Suez Canal and the increasing use of steamships made clippers unprofitable on shorter routes. She was turned to the trade in wool from Australia, where for ten years she held the record time for a journey to Britain. 
As steamships also came to dominate the longer sailing route to Australia, the ship was sold to the Portuguese company Ferreira and Co. in 1895, and renamed Ferreira. She continued as a cargo ship until she was sold as a training and cadet ship, a role in which she continued until 1954 when she was transferred to permanent dry dock at Greenwich, London, for public display.
The handy pocket manual collates original documents to tell the fascinating story of how the legendary Cutty Sark was commissioned, her design and building, life on board, and her notable journeys.

The Cutty Sark Pocket Manual

Hewett, Arron

Macfarlane, Louise

Europe

Osprey_Publishing

Physical description; 593 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Subjects; National Maritime Museum (Great Britain). Marine painting. Oil paintings - Catalogues.

Concise Catalogue of Oil Paintings in the National Maritime Museum

Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd

This quirky compendium of nautical stories, facts, figures and miscellany is a must-have for all the salty sea-dogs out there. From stories of dramatic voyages, myths, superstitions and famous sea battles, to curious sea creatures and our greatest explorers, this charming book brings together the expertise of world-leading curators in a pocket-sized volume. Fish and Shipsis a celebration of the practical and the bizarre: inspiring tales of nautical endeavour, notable firsts, the origins of maritime sayings and the weird and wonderful lifeforms in the depths of the sea.

Fish and Ships: A Nautical Miscellany

World

Royal Museums Greenwich

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