Download or read book The Royal Navy in Old Photographs written by W. Pym Trotter and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Royal Navy in Old Photographs written by Trotter, Wilfrid Pym and published by London : Dent. This book was released on 1982-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Royal Navy in Old Photographs written by Wilfrid Pym Trotter (M. C.) and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Camera at Sea written by Neil Mercer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First formed in 1919, the Royal Navy Photographic Branch has since remained an important unit and its task has broadened to include air-to-air photography, reconnaissance work and wartime photography. This book includes much of their most interesting historical work.

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Download or read book The Royal Navy 1793 1800 written by Mark Jessop and published by Pen & Sword History. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: France declared war upon the British in 1793. The burden to conduct a long conflict proved heavy for that island nation. Poverty increased. Liberties and freedoms were sometimes taken away. Thousands of men had to leave their families, and disease, desertion and death meant that many never returned. At first the Royal Navy barely had enough warships to cope, but eight years later she had more than enough. By that time a threat of invasion towards Ireland prompted Parliament to enact a new nation, christened The United Kingdom of Great Britain. As such, 1800 became the final year of the old Kingdom of Great Britain. As she passed away, many of her men and women might have wondered as to what had made her navy a true Neptune. What had assisted the slow birth of a naval 'superpower'? This book seeks to answer that very question.

Download or read book Ships of the Royal Navy Photographs with Descriptions written by Great Britain. - Navy. [Appendix.] and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Ships of the Royal Navy written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Very Special Ships written by Arthur Nicholson and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very Special Ships is the first full-length book about the six Abdiel-class fast minelayers, the fastest and most versatile ships to serve in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. They operated not only as offensive minelayers – dashing into enemy waters under cover of darkness – but in many other roles, most famously as blockade runners to Malta. In lieu of mines, they transported items as diverse as ammunition, condensed milk, gold, and VIPs. Distinguished by their three funnels, the Abdiels were attractive, well-designed ships, and they were also unique – no other navy had such ships, and so they were sought-after commands and blessed with fine captains. To give the fullest picture of this important class of ships, the book details the origins and history of mines, minelayers, and minelaying; covers the origins and design of the class; describes the construction of each of the six ships, and the modified design of the last two; tells in detail of the operational careers of the ships in the second World War, when they played vital roles in the battle of Crete and the siege of Malta, plied the hazardous route to Tobruk, and laid mines off the Italian coast. The post-war careers of the surviving ships is also documented. Written to appeal to naval enthusiasts, students of World War II and modelmakers, the author tells the story of these ships through first-hand accounts, official sources, and specially- commissioned drawings and photographs.

Download or read book Chatham From Old Photographs written by Brian Joyce and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore a unique and charming look at the history of Chatham and its local inhabitants, through a fascinating collection of photographs.

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Download or read book British Warships 1860 1906 written by Nicholas Dingle and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with 200 official admiralty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, this book traces the development of Royal Naval ship design in a period of immense change. Opening with the Crimean War, this period saw the gradual transition from sail to steam and screw propulsion; from wood to steel construction; from fixed broadside armaments of bronze muzzle-loaders to turret-mounted steel breech-loaders and torpedoes. The period covered in this volume closes with the launch of HMS Dreadnought, which overnight rendered all existing ships obsolete and signalled the start in earnest of the Anglo-German naval arms race which contributed to the outbreak of WW1. Each photograph is accompanied by full specifications (where available) and a caption detailing anysignificant design features, while the main text gives an overview of naval developments across the period under discussion, setting the selected ships in context.