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Book Scapa and a Camera

Download or read book Scapa and a Camera written by C. W. Burrows (of Lee, Eng.) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Warship 2017

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen Dent
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2017-06-15
  • ISBN : 184486474X
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Warship 2017 written by Stephen Dent and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warship 2017 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery and much more to maintain the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history. This 39th edition features the usual range of diverse articles spanning the subject by an international array of expert authors.

Book Spoils of War

    Book Details:
  • Author : Aidan Dodson
  • Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
  • Release : 2020-03-30
  • ISBN : 1526741997
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Spoils of War written by Aidan Dodson and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive history of enemy fleets following both World Wars, featuring never-before-seen archival and archaeological materials. Spoils of War traces the histories of navies and ships of the defeated powers from the months leading up to the relevant armistices or surrenders to the final execution of the appropriate post-war settlements. In doing so, it discusses the way in which the victorious powers reached their final demands, how these were implemented, and to what effect. The later histories of ships that saw subsequent service, either in their original navies or in those navies which acquired them, are also described. Much use is made of archival materials, and in some cases archaeological, sources, some of which have never previously been used. Ultimately, a wide range of long-standing myths are busted, and some badly distorted modern views are set right. The fascinating narrative is accompanied by lists of all major navy-built (and certain significant ex-mercantile) enemy ships in commission at the relevant date of the armistice or surrender, or whose hulks were specifically listed for attention in post-Second World War allied agreements. These include key dates in their careers and their ultimate fates. This original book, featuring numerous photographs, is sure to become an essential reference tool for all those interested in the naval history of the two World Wars. Praise for Spoils of War “Most highly recommended.” —Firetrench “For those who need to finally know the ultimate fate of the often gallant ships that strove against the Allies in both world wars, this is the book.” —Julian Stockwin, author of the Thomas Kydd series

Book Warship 2015

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Jordan
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2015-06-15
  • ISBN : 1844862968
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Warship 2015 written by John Jordan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warship 2015 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery and much more to maintain the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history. This 37th edition features the usual range of diverse articles including: The Battleships of the Patrie Class; Postwar Weapons in the Royal Navy; The Tragedy of the Submarine Mariotte, Known as the 'Toothbrush'; and Developments in Modern Carrier Aviation. Contributors to Warship 2015 include Michele Cosentino, Peter Marland, Hans Lengerer and Aidan Dodson.

Book This Great Harbour

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  • Author : W.S. Hewison
  • Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
  • Release : 2020-05-07
  • ISBN : 1788852699
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book This Great Harbour written by W.S. Hewison and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known by mariners since Viking times as a safe anchorage in notoriously savage waters, Scapa Flow is the seaway that runs between the Orkney mainland and the island of Hoy. As the northern base of the Royal Navy and Allied fleets in two world wars, it witnessed some of the most seminal events in modern naval history. It was from here that The Grand Fleet set off in 1916 to do battle at Jutland; it was from that Lord Kitchener sailed to his death aboard the Hampshire; it was here that the surrendered German fleet was scuttled in May 1919; and it was here that 800 sailors lost their lives in October 1939 when HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed by a German submarine. The late W.S. Hewison's book is the ultimate history of this remarkable place. In addition to the military story, he also tells about the impact war had on the native island community as their remote archipelago was transformed into the hub of Britain's naval war machine.

Book Scotland

    Book Details:
  • Author : Findlay Muirhead
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1927
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 596 pages

Download or read book Scotland written by Findlay Muirhead and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scotland

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  • Author : Litellus Russell Muirhead
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1927
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 596 pages

Download or read book Scotland written by Litellus Russell Muirhead and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cowkeeper s Wish

Download or read book The Cowkeeper s Wish written by Tracy Kasaboski and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1840s, a young cowkeeper and his wife arrive in London, England, having walked from coastal Wales with their cattle. They hope to escape poverty, but instead they plunge deeper into it, and the family, ensconced in one of London’s “black holes,” remains mired there for generations. The Cowkeeper’s Wish follows the couple’s descendants in and out of slum housing, bleak workhouses and insane asylums, through tragic deaths, marital strife and war. Nearly a hundred years later, their great-granddaughter finds herself in an altogether different London, in southern Ontario. In The Cowkeeper’s Wish, Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski trace their ancestors’ path to Canada, using a single family’s saga to give meaningful context to a fascinating period in history—Victorian and then Edwardian England, the First World War and the Depression. Beginning with little more than enthusiasm, a collection of yellowed photographs and a family tree, the sisters scoured archives and old newspapers, tracked down streets, pubs and factories that no longer exist, and searched out secrets buried in crumbling ledgers, building on the fragments that remained of family tales. While this family story is distinct, it is also typical, and so all the more worth telling. As a working-class chronicle stitched into history, The Cowkeeper’s Wish offers a vibrant, absorbing look at the past that will captivate genealogy enthusiasts and readers of history alike.

Book The Kaiser s Battlefleet

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  • Author : Aidan Dodson
  • Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
  • Release : 2016-11-30
  • ISBN : 1473881552
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book The Kaiser s Battlefleet written by Aidan Dodson and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated study of the German Imperial Navy presents a ship-by-ship history from the dreadnaught era through WWI. The battleships of the Third Reich have been written about exhaustively, but there is little in English devoted to their predecessors of the Second Reich. In The Kaiser’s Battlefleet, Aidan Dodson fills this significant gap in German naval history by covering these capital ships and studying the full span of battleship development during this period. Kaiser’s Battlefleet presents a chronological narrative that features technical details, construction schedules and the ultimate fates of each ship tabulated throughout. With a broad synthesis of German archival research, Dodson provides fresh data and corrects significant errors found in standard English-language texts. Heavily illustrated with line work and photographs drawn from German sources, this study will appeal to historians of WWI German as well as battleship modelmakers.

Book Brassey s Naval and Shipping Annual

Download or read book Brassey s Naval and Shipping Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Great Scuttle  The End of the German High Seas Fleet

Download or read book The Great Scuttle The End of the German High Seas Fleet written by David Meara and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking the 100th anniversary of the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, David Meara draws on archive material - including a previously unpublished first-hand account - to bring the story to life.

Book Scapa 1919

    Book Details:
  • Author : Innes McCartney
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2019-05-30
  • ISBN : 147282895X
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Scapa 1919 written by Innes McCartney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German High Seas Fleet was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world, and had fought the pride of the Royal Navy to a stalemate at the battle of Jutland in 1916. After the armistice was signed, ending fighting in World War I, it surrendered to the British and was interned in Scapa Flow pending the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles. In June 1919, the entire fleet attempted to sink itself in the Flow to prevent it being broken up as war prizes. Of the 74 ships present, 52 sunk and 22 were prevented from doing so by circumstance and British intervention. Marine archaeologist and historian Dr Innes McCartney reveals for the first time what became of the warships that were scuttled, examining the circumstances behind the loss of each ship and reconciling what was known at the time to what the archaeology is telling us today. This fascinating study reveals a fleet lost for nearly a century beneath the waves.

Book The Official Index to The Times

Download or read book The Official Index to The Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Official Index to the Times

Download or read book Official Index to the Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indexes the Times, Sunday times and magazine, Times literary supplement, Times educational supplement, Times educational supplement Scotland, and the Times higher education supplement.

Book Country Life Illustrated

Download or read book Country Life Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Publishers  Circular and Booksellers  Record

Download or read book The Publishers Circular and Booksellers Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Warship 2016

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen Dent
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2016-05-19
  • ISBN : 1844864383
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Warship 2016 written by Stephen Dent and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warship 2016 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery and much more to maintain the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history. This 38th edition features the usual range of diverse articles spanning the subject by an international array of expert authors.