Maritime History
BIC code: HBXM
See also: History & Archaeology
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Ate The Dog Yesterday: Maritime Casualties, Calamities And Catastrophes
£30.00
- Paperback - Whittles
This title presents true-life stories about mariners' dreadful experiences at sea during the heyday of deep-sea commercial sailing in the 19th century. -
Kirkcudbright's Prince Of Denmark: And Her Voyages In The South Seas
£19.99
- Paperback - Whittles
A fascinating insight into the early colonial trade with Australia and New Zealand. It features the early 19th century whale trade and the vessel's involvement. -
Add to BasketGreat British Shipwrecks
£18.99
- Paperback - Whittles
Rod Macdonald uses his encyclopaedic knowledge and an intimate understanding of shipwrecks, gleaned from a lifetime's diving, to provide a snapshot in time of some of the best-known and most revered shipwrecks around the UK. -
Add to BasketIsles Of The North: A Voyage To The Realms Of The Norse
£8.49
- Paperback - Birlinn
In the summer of 2002 Ian Mitchell set sail aboard the 30-foot yacht Foggy Dew on a voyage that took him from Islay through the Western Isles to Orkney and Shetland, and on to the west coast of Norway. -
Add to BasketLast Dawn: The Royal Oak Tragedy At Scapa Flow
£6.79
- Paperback - Argyll
Told through declassified photographs and naval records, as well as statements from survivors, this is a dramatic and moving reassessment of the biggest loss of boy sailors in a single Royal Navy event in World War II. -
Add to BasketCox's Navy: Salvaging The German High Seas Fleet At Scapa Flow 1924-1931
£11.04
- Paperback - Pen & Sword Maritime
On a mid-summer's day in 1919, the interned German Grand Fleet was scuttled by their crews at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. This book describes the biggest salvage operation ever undertaken, and the role played by Ernest Cox, a Wolverhampton-born scrap merchant. -
Add to BasketNightmare At Scapa Flow: The Truth About The Sinking Of HMS Royal Oak
£6.79
- Paperback - Birlinn
The sinking of the battleship HMS Royal Oak in the Royal Navy's home anchorage was Germany's first shattering blow against Britain in World War Two. This book is the definitive account of one of Britain's worst naval disasters. -
Add to BasketRMS Titanic - The First Violin
£14.95
- Hardback - Stenlake
According to survivor testimony, the band played on as the Titanic sank and the musicians went down in folklore as heroes. This book tells the story of John Hume, the youngest band member. Beginning before the disaster with the circumstances that put him on board, it follows the story through the sinking to the ensuing court battles. -
Add to BasketLife Aboard A Wartime Liberty Ship
£14.44
- Hardback - Amberley
Liberty ships were cargo ships built by the Americans for the British to run cargo during World War II. The voyages on the liberty ships Samite and Samforth, described in the book, were made in wartime, after which Ian spent a year on the Samnesse, trading mainly between Italy and East Africa. -
Add to BasketWhen I Heard The Bell: The Loss Of The Iolaire
£8.49
- Paperback - Birlinn
John MacLeod tells the story of the Iolaire, the astonishing commitment of the people of Lewis to the war against the Kaiser, its sickening end, and the way of life the disaster effectively destroyed - a tipping-point, he argues, in the overthrow of an old human economy which deprived the Isle of Lewis of an entire generation.














