The 20-Gun Ship Blandford (Anatomy of the Ship)

GOODWIN, Peter

US Naval Institute Press

Recounts the Hood's service history, describes its technical specifications, and provides detailed drawings of its internal structure

The Battlecruiser Hood (Anatomy of the Ship)

History

Roberts, John Arthur

Military

The eighteenth century equivalent of the cruiser, the frigate was used for a wide variety of roles from fleet reconnaissance to patrolling sea lanes. Built in 1793 Diana was a typical British frigate of the period whose long and active career spanned virtually all of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In 1815 she was sold to the Dutch navy, which she continued to serve until destroyed by an accidental fire in 1839. First published in 1987, this popular volume includes a new large-scale plan of the ship on the reverse of the extended fold-out jacket and over 100 perspective and three-dimensional drawings accompanied by in-depth descriptive keys and photos. Both accurate and impressively detailed, this volume is an essential reference for age of sail enthusiasts and modelers alike.

The Frigate Diana (Anatomy of the Ship)

White, David

The Colonial Merchantman Susan Constant, 1605 (Anatomy of the Ship)

The Colonial Merchantman Susan Constant, 1605 - Anatomy of the Ship

LAVERY, Brian

Reference

Outlines the service history of the Queen Mary, and includes diagrams of its construction, machinery, fittings, and other technical details

The Cunard Liner Queen Mary (Anatomy of the Ship)

Watton, Ross

Book by Bellabarba, Sergio, Osculati, Giorgio

The Royal Yacht Caroline, 1749 (Anatomy of the Ship)

Engineering & Transportation

Bellabarba, Sergio

Osculati, Giorgio

Transportation

The proud and the few come to life in words and images in this new history of the U. S. Marine Corps. Based on extensive research and filled with more than two hundred illustrations, the book provides a comprehensive warts-and-all study and a celebration of the exploits of a colorfully unique armed service. A retired Marine lieutenant colonel and a well-known scholar -- both accomplished authors and former history professors at the U.S. Naval Academy -- have teamed up to create this carefully balanced account. The work covers in detail not only the epic battles of the world wars and harrowing struggles in Vietnam and Korea, but the formative years of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Readers will find thrilling tales of the Continental Marines fighting for American independence and a revealing account of the interactions of the USMC and CSMC during the Civil War as well as the awe-inspiring, bloody struggle for Iwo Jima and the legendary fighting withdrawal in Korea at Chosin. Many of the personalities presented are familiar -- among them Chesty Puller, Smedley Butler, and Archibald Henderson -- but new names, faces, and deeds emerge as the authors probe deeply into Marine history. A few classic photographs are included, but many illustrations appear for the first time or are reprinted from seldom-seen nineteenth-century sources. While avoiding the sensationalistic, the images often capture the true horrors of war in stark detail. Historians and Leathernecks alike will find much to savor in this lively, fresh telling of a classic tale.

The U.S. Marine Corps: An Illustrated History

Merrill L. Bartlett

Jack Sweetman

Short Stories of the Sea

George C. Solleu

Here is the exhaustive and exhilarating story of HMS _Venomous_, one of sixty-seven V&W destroyers built at the end of the Great War that were to play a key role in the struggle to keep the sea lanes open in the Atlantic, Home Waters and the Mediterranean during the following war. Her story was perhaps the most memorable of all her class.When war broke out she was to find herself in the front line as the German blitzkrieg swept across Europe in 1940 and the V&Ws made high speed dashes across the Channel to bring troops and civilians back from Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk, and prepared for the expected invasion. Later that year she and her sister-ships escorted the Atlantic convoys which supplied our Russian allies with the weapons to halt the German advance.She returned to the Mediterranean and took part in Operation Pedestal to save Malta, and as the allies prepared for the landings in North Africa she was ordered to escort the destroyer depot ship, HMS _Hecla_ to the invasion beaches. When _Hecla_ was torpedoed off the coast off Morocco _Venomous_ fought the attacking U-boat and rescued 500 survivors. She escorted convoys along the coast of North Africa including the first-through convoy from Gibraltar to Alexandria. and she joined the invasion force to Sicily during Operation Husky.In October 1943 she returned to Britain for a major refit at Falmouth when she was converted to an air target ship for training Barracuda torpedo bombers based at Douglas, Isle of Man, and then, after being transferred to the east coast, she was nearly lost in a hurricane before being sent to Kristiansand to accept the surrender of German naval forces._Venomous_ and her sister-ships were all scrapped after the War, but her extraordinary career, during which she fought without cessation, is brought to life in this rousing and beautifully told ship biography, a fitting memorial to the V&Ws and the men who served in them.'I would rate this as being in the same class as _The Cruel Sea_ for a picture of small ship life in World War Two.' _The Naval Review_ 'A portrayal of life on a wartime destroyer with a depth and insight that is possible unequalled by any previously published work.' _Warship Annual_This book is outstanding for its detailed insight into the life on not just a single destroyer but, by extension, life at sea aboard and Royal Navy destroyer.' _The Northern Mariner_'_A Hard Fought Ship_ is a vivid portrait of a fighting vessel and the men who operated her.' _Warships International Fleet Review_'Highly recommended to both naval historians and the general public.' _Mariner's Mirror_'It is an exemplary ship biography where a detailed narrative of the destroyer's exploits are brought to life by a wealth of first-hand accounts.' _Navy News_This book is a detailed and thrilling account of the life of a typical V&W class destroyer.' _Sea Breezes_

A Hard Fought Ship: The Story of HMS Venomous

Rodgaard, John A

Moore, Estate Of Robert J

Europe

This unique memoir charts the career of the author in the Royal Navy Submarine Service during the period 1967 to 1997, and in doing so details many of the Silent Service's remarkable achievements since the end of the Second World War. And it provides a dramatic first-hand account of the underwater confrontation during the Cold War between submarines of the West and the huge submarine force of the Soviet Union.&nbsp;Dan Conley narrates the successive stages from his basic submarine training to taking command of two nuclear attack submarines, but he does not demur from describing the personal and professional difficulties he encountered in this journey. He sets out in detail what life was like serving onboard both diesel and nuclear submarines, and in particular, the book describes the British submariner's remarkable transformation from the somewhat buccaneering, free spirit serving on a clapped-out WW2 boat during the sunset of the British Empire, to the highly professional individual who spends prolonged periods under the sea in a platform which matches the complexity of a space craft.The book describes the long and difficult challenges encountered in developing effective weapon systems for the British submarine force, and discusses the difficulties and shortcomings in the UK's defence procurement system, a situation which still exists today. Ultimately, however, Western technological superiority and crew proficiency enabled the submarines of the Royal and United States Navies to match those of the Soviet Union, and he describes vividly the suspense and tension of underwater confrontations which might so easily have escalated to another dimension of warfare. And the book sets out hitherto undisclosed details of submarine activities during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world confronted the real possibility of a massive nuclear exchange.But it is not all serious content, and he also offers a glimpse for the reader of many humorous situations and events, of animals that found themselves under the sea in a submarine, in one case during a war patrol, and other moments of levity that broke the tension of serving in a highly complex and sophisticated fighting machine.The Cold War era is now long past. However, it is evident that as the West now confronts an aggressive, recidivist Russia and a more aggressive China, Britain's submarine force once again will be key to the security of all its citizens. This fine memoir captures vividly the key events and history of the Cold War, and in doing so will open the reader's eyes to the significance and importance today of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.**Praise for the author's previous work, _Cold War Command -&nbsp;_**'A wonderful book - full of information, momentum, excitement and humanity. Highly recommended.' _The Mariner's Mirror_

Down to the Sea in Submarines: A Cold War Odyssey

Biographies & Memoirs

Conley,.Dan

Historical

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