Maritime History

BIC code: HBXM
See also: History & Archaeology

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  £30.00
  Ate The Dog Yesterday: Maritime Casualties, Calamities And Catastrophes
  Graham Faiella - 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.
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  £19.99
  Kirkcudbright's Prince Of Denmark: And Her Voyages In The South Seas
  David R. Collin - 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.
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  Great British Shipwrecks
  Rod Macdonald - 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.
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  £8.49
  Isles Of The North: A Voyage To The Realms Of The Norse
  Ian Mitchell - 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.
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  Last Dawn: The Royal Oak Tragedy At Scapa Flow
  David Turner - 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.
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  £11.04
  Cox's Navy: Salvaging The German High Seas Fleet At Scapa Flow 1924-1931
  Tony Booth - 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.
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  Nightmare At Scapa Flow: The Truth About The Sinking Of HMS Royal Oak
  H. J. Weaver - 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.
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  £14.95
  RMS Titanic - The First Violin
  Yvonne Hume - 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.
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  Life Aboard A Wartime Liberty Ship
  Ian M. Malcolm - 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.
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  When I Heard The Bell: The Loss Of The Iolaire
  John Macleod - 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.