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Warship 5: Protected Cruiser Gelderland by Jantinus Mulder
$20.85Protected cruiser (Pantserdekschip) HNLMS Gelderland was a Holland-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. This class, of six ships, was considered a modest, but well thought-out design. At a speed of 10 knots the radius of action would have been... -
Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War: Pepys Navy White Book and Brooke House Papers by Robert Latham
RRP: $61.91$54.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911423621Author Robert LathamFormat PaperbackImprint Navy Records SocietyPublisher Navy Records Society -
Warship 4: Frigate USS Clark by Rindert van Zinderen-Bakker
$20.85The ships of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class were designed in the United States in the mid-1970's as general-purpose escort vessels. They were inexpensive enough to be bought in large quantities and replace older ships. Meant to protect amphibious landing... -
Maritime Portsmouth: A History and Guide by Paul Brown
$14.90For three centuries Portsmouth has been the leading base of the Royal Navy, although its history as a port can be traced back to Roman times. From the Roman walls at Portchester to the best preserved Georgian dockyard in the world, and HMS Victory the... -
Bristol Port and Channel Nostalgia by Malcolm Cranfield 9781902953618
RRP: $20.64$15.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953618Author Malcolm CranfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall -
Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Michael Green 9781783376100
RRP: $23.21$17.22In 1922 the US Navy commissioned its first small experimental aircraft carrier. This was followed into service by two much larger and capable carriers in 1927 with five more being built prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor including three large... -
Tracing Your Naval Ancestors by Simon Fowler 9781848846258
RRP: $16.76$11.73This concise guide to naval history and naval records is essential reading and reference for anyone researching the fascinating story of Britain's Navy and the men and women who served in it. Whether you are interested in the career of an individual... -
Fighting Ships of the U.S. Navy 1883-2019: Volume 3 - Cruisers and Command Ships by Venner F Milewski
RRP: $45.15$31.33The final book in a three-volume series which provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of the procurement, dimensions and characteristics, and a summary of each... -
RNAS Culdrose 1947-2007 by Geoff Wakeham 9780752443812 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.21$4.15Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
RNAS Culdrose 1947-2007 by Geoff Wakeham 9780752443812
$17.60Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is based in Cornwall, on the Lizard Peninsula. Its purpose is to train specialists for the Navy while serving the Fleet Air Arm's front line Sea King and Merlin helicopter squadrons. This book presents history of RNAS... -
Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare 1190bc - Present by Iain Dickie
$18.90Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare describes the fighting techniques of navies throughout the ages, from ancient times to the present day. The book explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available, and points out... -
Warship 2: Frigate HMS Leander 2 by Jantinus Mulder
$20.85HMS Leander was completed in 1963 as the first ship of the Leander Class Improved Type 12 General Purpose Frigates. In 1974, she joined the 3rd Frigate Squadron, which included other Leander-class frigates. The design was the most successful Western... -
Essex Class Carriers of the Second World War by Steve Backer
RRP: $19.34$14.13The latest volume covers the hugely important American carrier of the Second World War. Built in larger numbers than any fleet carrier before or since, the Essex class can claim to be the US Navy's most significant weapon in the defeat of Japan. Carrying... -
Under the Southern Cross: The South Pacific Air Campaign Against Rabaul by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
RRP: $19.34$14.13A vivid narrative history of the Solomons and New Guinea campaigns of World War II, which represented key turning points in the U.S. Navy's campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific. From August 7, 1942 until February 24, 1944, the US Navy fought... -
Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Alfred Thayer Mahan
RRP: $27.08$19.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486842103Author Alfred Thayer MahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
War in the Boats: My WWII Submarine Battles by William J. Ruhe 9781574887341 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.92$4.37Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
War in the Boats: My WWII Submarine Battles by William J. Ruhe 9781574887341
RRP: $21.92$16.80Submarine duty in World War II took the lives of more than 20 percent of U.S. submariners. As a young ensign, William J. Ruhe kept a journal on eight action-filled patrols in the South Pacific. His colorful memoir has earned a place with the best naval... -
Combined Operations: A Global History of Amphibious and Airborne Warfare by Jeremy Black 9781442276932
RRP: $46.44$43.07This compelling book provides the first global history of the evolution of combined operations since Antiquity. Beginning with amphibious warfare in the ancient world of the Romans, Vikings, and Mongols, Jeremy Black advances through the Gunpowder... -
The Warrior Elite by Captain (Retd.) Dick Couch
RRP: $20.63$14.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400046959Author Dick CouchFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
21st Century Gorshkov: The Challenge of Seapower in the Modern Era by Kevin Rowlands 9781682471593
$26.26Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgiyevich Gorshkov led the Soviet Navy for almost three decades during the height of the Cold War. He was the architect of the Red Fleet, turning it from little more than a coastal defense force into... -
Liberty Ships: America's Merchant Marine Transport in World War II by David Doyle 9780764359590
RRP: $24.50$16.73Although not a weapon in the traditional sense of the word, arguably no item in the Allied arsenal contributed as much to the defeat of the Axis during WWII as did the Liberty ships. The 2,710 Liberty ships placed into service between 1941 and 1945... -
US Landing Craft of World War II, Vol. 1: The LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, LCS(L), LCM and LCI by David Doyle 9780764358616
RRP: $24.50$16.73No less than Dwight Eisenhower described Andrew Jackson Higgins as "the man who won the war for us," referring to the landing craft he perfected. Those craft, the WWII LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, and LCM, are presented in this volume (the first of two on... -
Understanding Naval Warfare by Ian Speller 9780415786331
$48.61This new and updated edition of Understanding Naval Warfare offers the reader an accessible introduction to the study of modern naval warfare, providing a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues, and debates, set within the context of... -
Ss Red Oak Victory by Mariusz Motyka 9788366673526
RRP: $48.96$29.88The SS Red Oak Victory is now a museum ship in Richmond, California. It is a cargo ship of the type Victory. It was put into service at the end of 1944 and remained in service until 1968.The ship was built in three months at the large Permanente Metals... -
Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941 by David C. Evans
RRP: $56.70$39.96One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire stridently confronting, in 1941, the world's most powerful nation. Years... -
The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean by Mike Carlton 9781761042010
RRP: $16.76$11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761042010Author Mike CarltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)... -
USS Enterprise (CVN-65): The First Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier by Mark L. Evans
RRP: $46.43$38.18The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Her story spans 51 years (1961-2012) of active service from the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis to the first global cruise by nuclear-powered ships... -
Battleships of the Iowa Class: A Design and Operational History by Philippe Caresse
RRP: $96.75$70.56The four battleships of the Iowa class, the crowning achievement of US battleship construction, had exceptionally long careers and each in their way left a distinctive mark not only on the US Navy but on naval history at large. Built as the ultimate... -
Sighted Sub, Sank Same: The United States Navy's Air Campaign Against the U-Boat by Alan Carey
RRP: $32.25$22.73Sighted Sub, Sank Same examines the United States Naval air campaign against German U-boats prowling for allied merchant shipping traversing the waters of the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean; an economic war waged to cut the lifeline of food and... -
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: Shipcraft 20 by Steve Backer
RRP: $32.19$21.39The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between... -
The Dardanelles Disaster: Winston Churchill's Greatest Failure by Dan Van der Vat
RRP: $14.18$9.52The British Navy's failed attempt to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia in 1915 marked a turning point of World War I. Acclaimed naval military historian Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles not only prolonged... -
Vital Guide: Fighting Ships of World War Ii by Leo Marriott 9781840374162
$10.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840374162Author Leo MarriottFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Airlife Publishing LtdPublisher Airlife Publishing Ltd -
Many Were Held by the Sea: The Tragic Sinking of HMS Otranto by R. Neil Scott 9781442213425
RRP: $58.05$47.41At 8:43 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, October 6, 1918, HMS Kashmir rammed HMS Otranto off Islay, Scotland. Both ships were former British passenger liners from the P&O Steamship Company that had been pulled into the war to ferry American soldiers... -
Routledge Handbook of Naval Strategy and Security by Joachim Krause 9780367581688
RRP: $56.75$50.10This new handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing naval strategy and security in the twenty-first century. Featuring contributions from some of the world's premier researchers and practitioners in the field of naval strategy and... -
Illustrated Guide to Frigates of the World by Bernard Ireland 9781844769940 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$3.90Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Illustrated Guide to Frigates of the World by Bernard Ireland 9781844769940
RRP: $12.89$9.17This fully illustrated reference book charts the complete history of frigates, from their post-World War I function as escort vessels, their role as sloops and corvettes, and their subsequent transformation into post-World War II anti-submarine vessels. ... -
Northern Tars in Southern Waters : The Russian Fleet in the Mediterranean, 1806-1810 by Vladimir Bogdanovich Bronevskiy 9781912866717
RRP: $45.15$37.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866717Author Vladimir Bogdanovich BronevskiyFormat PaperbackPage Count 684Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Coastal Patrol: Royal Navy Airship Operations During the Great War 1914-1918 by Brian J. Turpin 9781781555279
$29.71In the summer of 1915 the Royal Naval Air Service found itself engaged in an unexpected war at sea, the fight to prevent the German submarine fleet from disrupting the flow of vital supplies to the British Isles, necessary for the conduct of the war. It... -
Carrier: a Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier by Tom Clancy 9780425166826
RRP: $30.96$24.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425166826Author Tom ClancyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Christopher Drew 9781610393584 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.05$16.18Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.