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THE LAST GENTLEMAN OF WAR
by R K Lochner
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) The story of the German Cruiser Emden. Alone in the Indian Ocean at the start of the First World War the Emden captured 19 merchant vessels. She also conducted daring attacks on Madras and Penang tyeing up one fifth of the British Naval resources rendering the area 'no… Read more
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THE SEA WOLVES
by Wolfgang Frank
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) The author was a member of Donitz's Staff, and went to sea on U-Boats in the Second World War as an observer. His account of the U-Boat war is written with the benefit of his experiences. Green Boards rubbed, with the remains of a Boots Library sticker on… Read more
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THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
by Garrett Mattingly
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Used paperback. Rubbed at edges. well used but useful reference copy. Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the Armada. An account of the Armada campaign and the events leading up to it including the execution of Queen Mary at Fotheringay, the 'singeing of the King of… Read more
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD SEA POWER
by Editor Chris Bishop
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) There have been many changes since this was published in 1988 but still a useful reference book. In two parts, the first part is arranged in sections, each one covering a major category of fighting ship from submarines and aircraft carriers through to cruisers, destroyers, frigates and smaller… Read more
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THE FROGMEN: THE STORY OF THE WARTIME UNDERWATER OPERATORS
by T J Waldron and James Gleeson
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) As the war developed all nations used frogmen for a variety of roles including placing limpet mines and the cutting of torpedo and submarine netting. These were among the bravest men of the Second World War. Divers enjoyed the new techniques of aqualungs, and the first were underwater… Read more
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UNDER THREE FLAGS
by Geoffrey Jones
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback, pages browning, showing signs of use but useful study copy. The story of German Supply ship The Nordmark and her sister ships Altmark, Ermland and Dithmarschen. (Published: 1975) (Publisher: Corgi Books) (ISBN: 0552097772) (Pagination: 302pp illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX
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U-552: THE RED DEVIL BOAT
by Axel Urbanke and Michael Rey
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) U-552 was one of the legendary U-boats of the Second World War. Under its commander Erich Topp, it carried out a total of ten operational patrols, sinking 30 ships and damaging three in a period of 20 months. In the days of the big convoy battles, when the… Read more
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IRON COFFINS
by Herbert A Werner
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback. Rubbed in edges. Pages browning. The author was a German U-boat commander and served on five submarines from 1941 to 1945. He survived and this is his account. From the triumphant years of 1941 and 1942, when German U-boats nearly strangled Britain, to the final… Read more
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BEYOND THE DAMS TO THE TIRPITZ. THE LATER OPERATIONS OF 617 SQUADRON
by Alan Cooper
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback with creasing across the front cover. other than that Good. The later operations of 617 Squadron, this book steers away from typical accounts of the group, which dwell on this predominant feature of their service history.617 Squadron carried some of the most outstanding exploits of… Read more
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US WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II. PART ONE: BATTLESHIPS
by Paul Silverstone
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Small paper covered pocket book featuring, Battleships, Battlecruisers and Aircraft Carriers. All ships on the Navy List are included as well as those ordered during the war even though some of these were eventually cancelled. The details given at the head of each class are for the year… Read more
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WARSHIPS FROM 1860 TO THE PRESENT DAY
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Small paperback published in 1970 profusely illustrated with named examples for this period including Cruisers, Submarines, Sloops, Torpedo Boats and Aircraft carriers. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Hamlyn) (ISBN: 0600002845) (Pagination: 159pp illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX
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THE WORLD'S WARSHIPS
by R V B Blackman
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) This edition revised and reset. Well used reflecting age and use, d/w torn and worn.Previous owner name on endpaper. All the Carriers, Command Ships, Submarines, Cruisers, Escorts, Destroyers and Frigates with details of tonnage, machinery and weapons (Published: 1963) (Pagination: Landscape format. 256pp illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX
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THE WARRING SEAS
by A V Sellwood
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback.pages browning. Good. The experiences of Lt-Commander Hein Fehler - a U-boat commander in the Second World War. He fought throughout the war in a variety of ships ending his service on U234 in the North Atlantic. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Tandem) (ISBN: 0426065840) (Pagination: 237pp) (Condition:… Read more
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BLACK SATURDAY
by Alexander McKee
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback pages browning. On October 14th 1939 the battleship Royal Oak was at anchor at Scapa Flow when she was attacked by U-47 under the command of Lt Prien. She caught fire and within minutes rolled over and sank taking with her nearly 800 men who… Read more
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SUBMARINE!
by Commander Edward L Beach
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback. Creased covers, pages browning. Accounts of Fleet Submarines of the US Navy in WWII - the author describes how American submarines tracked down, stalked then enemy in the actions of 10 boats against Japanese targets. (Published: 1974) (Publisher: Coronet) (ISBN: 0340186887) (Pagination: 301pp) (Condition: )… Read more
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DIVE INTO HISTORY. VOLUME 3: U BOATS
by Henry C Keatts and George C Farr
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) The wrecks of the the sunken U Boats off the US Coastal waters. With chapters on U-Boat evolution, World Wars I and II, and on each U-Boat examined: UC-97, UB-88, U-85, U-352, U-215, U-701, U-853, U-1105 and U-2513. How they were sunk, and details of the locations and… Read more
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KELLY
by Kenneth Poolman
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback. Covers creased, pages browning. good. The short and dramatic life of HMS Kelly 1939-41. the destroyer commanded by Earl Mountbatten (Published: 1974) (Publisher: New English Library) (ISBN: 0450017346) (Pagination: 220pp) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX
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THE DEADLY STROKE
by Warren Tute
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good. On 3 July, 1940 units of the Royal Navy under Admiral Sommerville attacked and largely destroyed the French Fleet as it lay at it's mooorings at Mers-el-Kebir. Until two weeks before the French and the British had been allies but the British… Read more
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THE U-BOAT PERIL: AN ANTI-SUBMARINE COMMANDER'S WAR
by Captain Reginald Whinney
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Starting his story as a young sub lieutenant, the author served on one of the worst ships in the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. He went on to Captain a battered destroyer in action against U-Boats and was one of the highest scoring U-boat hunters of WW11. (Published: 1989)… Read more
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THE DAMNED DON'T DROWN:THE SINKING OF THE WILHELM GUSTLOFF
by A V Sellwood
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(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback, pages browning at the edges. Very good. One of the Third Reich's "Strength Through Joy" cruise ships, commandeered in the Second World War as a transport. This is the story of its ill-fated voyage in the Baltic in January 1945, when it was sunk and… Read more
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