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Liberty's Provenance: The Evolution of the Liberty Ship from its Sunderland Origins by John Henshaw
RRP: €29.75€21.44The battle of the Atlantic, fought by the Allies to maintain lines of communication and vital trade routes for armaments, men and basic sustenance, could not have been won without the 2,710 Liberty ships that were designed and built for those critical... -
From Whaler to Clipper Ship: Henry Gillespie, Down East Captain by Michael Jay Mjelde 9781648431128
RRP: €95.20€77.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648431128Author Michael Jay MjeldeFormat HardbackPage Count 456Imprint Texas A&M University PressPublisher Texas A&M University PressWeight(grams) 272g -
The Spanish Galleon: 1530-1690 by Angus Konstam
€11.35During the middle decade of the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of Americas to Spain. This was the galleon, and over the next century these vessels would serve Spain well as treasure ships and war ships,... -
The E-Boat Threat by Bryan Cooper 9781399019873
RRP: €17.84€13.03One of the major lessons of World War II was the importance of coastal waters. It was not widely recognised beforehand just how vital the control of such waters would become, both in defending essential convoys as well as attacking those of the enemy,... -
Nautilus to Columbia: 70 years of the US Navy's Nuclear Submarines by James C. Goodall 9781472856500
RRP: €59.50€44.02A highly illustrated history of the US Navy's nuclear submarine program, from the postwar years to the 2020 Columbia-class SSBNs. James C. Goodall covers the origins, design and development of the US Navy's fleet of nuclear-powered... -
Endeavouring Banks: Exploring the Collections from the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771 by Neil Chambers 9781907372902
RRP: €47.60€32.20When English naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820) accompanied Captain James Cook (1728-1779) on his historic mission into the Pacific, the Endeavour voyage of 1768-71, he took with him a team of collectors and illustrators. Banks and his team returned... -
French Battleships 1914-45 by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: €15.46€10.82On September 1, 1910, France became the last great naval power to lay down a dreadnought battleship, the Courbet. The ensuing Courbet and Bretagne-class dreadnoughts had a relatively quiet World War I, spending most of it at anchor off the entrance to... -
Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships 1941-45 by Mark Stille 9781846032806
RRP: €23.80€14.57The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II surpassed the Allied and Axis fleets in innovation and technology. This title covers the 12 Japanese battleships that saw service between 1941 and 1945, including the mighty Yamato. Each class is considered in... -
Beyond Endurance: an Epic of Whitehall and the South Atlantic Conflict by Nick Barker 9780850528794
RRP: €15.41€10.79The campaign to re-take the Falkland Islands in 1982, was one of the most remarkable episodes in the long history of British overseas adventures. Nearly all the books that have appeared in the ensuing years have dealt with the campaign itself. Nicholas... -
The US Marine Corps 1775–1859: Continental and United States Marines by Ron Field
RRP: €17.84€13.03Featuring specially commissioned artwork and archive illustrations, this engrossing study describes the US Marine Corps' early operations and illustrates its evolving uniforms and personal equipment. The US Marine Corps' uniforms, personal... -
Soviet Cold War Weaponry: Aircraft, Warships and Missiles by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: €17.84€13.03In this companion volume to his photographic history of Soviet tanks and armoured vehicles, Anthony Tucker-Jones provides a visual guide to the vast array of aircraft, warships and missiles the Soviet armed forces deployed at the height of the Cold War... -
Eagles over the Sea, 1943-45: A History of Luftwaffe Maritime Operations by Lawrence Paterson
RRP: €35.70€26.12This is the second volume of Lawrence Paterson's detailed account of all the Luftwaffe's naval operations during World War II. The first volume took the story up to 1942, and by the end of that year Hermann G ring's Reich Air Ministry had subsumed nearly... -
The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak: In the Words of the Survivors by Dilip Sarkar
RRP: €13.08€8.47HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, infamously torpedoed at anchor by the German submarine U-47 on 14 October 1939. Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland when she became the first of the five Royal... -
Byzantine Naval Forces 1261-1461: The Roman Empire's Last Marines by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: €15.46€10.82After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring glory back to the Byzantine Empire. To achieve this, he established an Imperial Fleet and raised new regiments of elite marine troops. This work provides a... -
Russian Cruiser Moskva by Witold Koszela 9788365437846
RRP: €20.22€13.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788365437846Author Witold KoszelaFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian MajsakPublisher Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian... -
US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II by Mark Lardas
RRP: €14.27€10.03The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean- going escort built for the United States Navy - a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet destroyer. Destroyer escorts first went into production... -
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 by Ian W. Toll 9780393353204
RRP: €23.79€20.47This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War-the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944-when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide,"... -
The Master Shipwright's Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy by Richard Endsor
RRP: €77.35€56.97AWARDED THE ANDERSON MEDAL 2020 Inspired by the recent discovery of mathematically calculated digital plans for a fourth-rate ship by the Deptford master shipwright, John Shish, The Master Shipwright's Secrets is an illustrated history of Restoration... -
The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 by Andrew D. Lambert
RRP: €15.46€10.19In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British... -
The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost by Daniel Allen Butler
€19.64After every disaster, someone has something to hide... A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic... -
They Were Just Skulls: The Naval Career of Fred Henley, Last Survivor of HM Submarine Truculent by John Johnson-Allen 9781849954044
RRP: €20.22€16.78Foreword by Admiral Lord West of Spithead Few people, even in the Navy, are even aware of this dreadful incident [the loss of submarine HMS Truculent in the Thames] and certainly not the details of human error that led to this huge loss of life. The... -
Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy: A Complete History of the Allocation of Pendant Numbers to Royal Navy Warships and Auxiliaries by Steve Bush
RRP: €49.39€21.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526793782Author Steve BushFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint US Naval Institute PressPublisher US Naval Institute PressWeight(grams) 155g -
Gunboat Command by Antony Hichens 9781473822962
RRP: €20.22€15.09This biography draws heavily on the personal diaries of the subject, Robert Hichens (or 'Hitch' as he was universally known). After a brief description of his early life, time at Oxford, his motor racing achievements (including trophies at Le Mans in his... -
The Battleship Builders: Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships by Johnston, Ian 9781399092043
RRP: €23.79€16.99The launch in 1906 of HMS _Dreadnought_, the worlds first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. Already locked... -
Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea by Robert C. Stern
RRP: €47.60€40.84By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers... -
Scottish Arctic Whaling by Chesley W. Sanger
RRP: €23.80€16.72Scottish Arctic Whaling brings to light a previously little-known but important Scottish industry. The author's extensive use of original sources such as log-books and diaries shows that hundreds of whaling vessels, sailing variously from sixteen... -
Raiders from the Sea: The Story of the Special Boat Service in WWII by John Lodwick
RRP: €17.84€13.03The Special Boat Service was a small force during World War II, never more than about 300 men. But that did not stop it from inflicting great damage on the enemy. In the Mediterranean arena and in the Aegean, which the Germans controlled after the fall... -
Landing Craft & Amphibians: Seaborne Vessels in the 20th Century by Skipper, Ben 9781399092135
RRP: €20.22€14.61From the wars of antiquity to the recent events in South West Asia, landing craft and amphibians have been an ever-present seaborne and battle space asset in one form or another for the commander wanting to get boots on the ground. Refined during the... -
To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision by Admiral James Stavridis
RRP: €33.32€19.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593297742Author Admiral James StavridisFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm)... -
Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactics and Technology by Norman Friedman
RRP: €29.75€22.87The overriding image of the First World War is the bloody stalemate of the Western Front, but although much of the action did occur on land, the overall shape of the war even the inevitability of British participation arose out of its maritime character... -
US Destroyers vs German U-Boats: The Atlantic 1941–45 by Mark Lardas
RRP: €19.03€14.48An absorbing study of the duels fought between the US Navy's escort warships and Hitler's U-boats between December 1941 and May 1945. Although the Battle of the Atlantic lasted several years, its most critical phase began once the United States... -
British Naval Weapons of World War Two: The John Lambert Collection, Volume I: Destroyer Weapons by Norman Friedman 9781526747679
RRP: €47.60€37.24John Lambert was a renowned naval draughtsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts. By the time of his death in 2016 he had produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which have never been... -
Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War by Edward Hampshire
RRP: €14.27€10.03The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines from the modified Whiskey, to the Oscar II classes were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike... -
Among Heroes: A U.S. Navy SEAL's True Story of Friendship, Heroism, and the Ultimate Sacrifice by Brandon Webb
RRP: €20.22€13.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451475633Author Brandon WebbFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 310g -
US Navy Frigates of the Cold War by Mark Stille
RRP: €14.27€10.03Though they were never the most glamorous of warships, found US Navy frigates were frequently found on the frontlines of the Cold War at sea. These warships were the descendants of World War II's destroyer escorts, designed primarily to escort convoys... -
Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century by Geoffrey Till 9781138657670
RRP: €57.11€50.23This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century.The rise of the Chinese and other Asian navies, worsening quarrels over maritime jurisdiction and the United States' maritime pivot towards... -
World War II US Fast Carrier Task Force Tactics 1943-45 by Brian Lane Herder
RRP: €17.84€13.03Drawing on difficult-to-access wartime documents and other contemporary sources, this is the first compact, illustrated study of the tactics and techniques of the US fast carriers of Task Forces 50, 58 and 38 during the naval war against Japan in 1943-45... -
New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944 - August 1944: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 8 by Samuel Eliot Morison 9781591145547
RRP: €33.26€27.35The eighth volume of Admiral Morison's History of United States Naval Operations in World War II covers five of the most eventful months of the Pacific war, from March to August of 1944. It describes the submarine patrols of this period, the fast carrier... -
Leipzig Light Cruiser by Marek Cieslak 9788372371447
RRP: €21.41€13.89The German light cruiser Leipzig was the lead ship of her class, built in Wilhelmshaven and launched in 1929. Following service during the Spanish Civil War, and a conversion to a training ship, Leipzig was re-commissioned and entered World War II in... -
British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail: 1649-1859 by David Hepper 9781399031028
RRP: €35.70€33.78This significant new reference book provides a complete list of the ships of the Royal Navy which were lost at sea in the age of sail. Arranged in chronological order, it includes outline details of each vessel lost and the circumstances of her loss...