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Naval & Mercantile History
Naval warfare is as old as conflict on land and as our title implies, maritime warfare is as important to us as terrestial battles. From the great galley battles of ancient Greece and Rome, Salamis and Actium, through the Barbary Coast pirates, the Spanish Armada and the long wars between England, France and Holland for control of colonial trade, control of the seas has meant political and economic power. Finally, with the sea battles of the Napoleonic Wars and the age of Nelson, maritime warfare entered the modern era. The two world wars saw the final end to Britain's domination of the seas and the emergence of the US as the maritime superpower. The Naval and Military Press has a whole fleet of books covering the whole history of warfare at sea, just look and see!
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HUNTING THE BISMARCK
Product Code: 12595
Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated account of the naval battle that opened with the Bismarck sinking HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy - and ended with the Bismarck herself a crippled, flaming wreck as the Navy took its terrible revenge.,
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CHURCHILL’S NAVY
The Ships, Men and Organisation 1939-1945
Product Code: 12594
This really is a tour de force of life in the wartime Navy. Fascinating and informative, it is also a delight to read' - "Warship World".In this remarkable book, Brian Lavery examines every aspect of the Royal Navy, both ashore and at sea, during the Second World War, and casts a lucid eye over t...
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CONWAYS: ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO
Product Code: 12593
The battleship Yamato was a tremendous achievement for the Imperial Japanese Navy. With the greatest displacement, biggest guns and heaviest armour of all time, Yamato and her sister Musashi were the ultimate battleships. Everything about them was gigantic - for example each main-armament turret ...
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CONWAYS: SEND A GUNBOAT: The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854-1904
Product Code: 10172
Since its original publication, Send a Gunboat has remained the standard reference work on the remarkable story of the Victorian Royal Navy’s Fleet of small warships, which enforced the Pax Britannica around the world for half a century.As Professor Andrew Lambert states in his Forewod to this re...
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CONWAYS: ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE 100-GUN SHIP VICTORY
Product Code: 10147
Forever associated with Nelson’s last battle, HMS Victory is one of the most famous ships of all time, and is now preserved as a major part of the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth.The ship’s survival is particularly appropriate since Victory is not only an example of the ultimate sailing warship ...
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CONWAYS: ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: CAPTAIN COOK’S ENDEAVOUR
Product Code: 10146
His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour was made eternally famous by Captain James Cook’s first voyage of exploration in the South Pacific, 1768-1771.Endeavour was originally the collier Earl of Pembroke and was chosen by the Admiralty for the voyage because of her strong construction.She was purchased by ...
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CONWAYS: ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE BATTLECRUISER: Hood
Product Code: 10145
The battlecruiser Hood was the largest, fastest, and one of the most handsome capital ships in the world.Early on in her career she was employed on several international assignments as a representative of the British Empire, and thus she became one of the most recognisable symbols of the Royal Na...
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CONWAYS: ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE CRUISER: HMS Belfast
Product Code: 10144
The largest British cruiser of the Second World War, HMS Belfast was completed in August 1939, a month before the outbreak of the conflict.She had an eventful career, which included being badly damaged by a mine, an incident that kept her out of action for almost two years.On her return, she took...
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CONWAYS: ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE: Agassiz
Product Code: 10143
The particular subject of this book is the corvette Agassiz, which was built in Vancouver and commissioned in January 1941.Of the short forecastle configuration she best represents the Canadian Flowers as they were when thrown into the thick of the bitter Atlantic convoy battles of 1941-42.This b...
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