Naval Forces & Warfare

BIC code: JWF
See also: Warfare

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  Clyde Submarine Base
  Keith Hall - Paperback - History
  This title traces the development of the base in unsurpassed pictorial detail, from its initial use by the army to October 1996, when the base became HM Naval Base Clyde.
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  Scotland On The Frontline: A Photographic History Of Scottish Forces, 1939-45
  Chris Brown - Paperback - Spellmount
  'Scotland at War' provides an outline of Scotland's war effort, drawing on extensive photographic evidence from commercial, state and personal collections, and looks beyond the experience of individual regiments to provide a wider picture of the experience of the Scottish solider, sailor and airman.
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  That Curious Fellow: Captain Basil Hall, RN
  James McCarthy - Paperback - Whittles
  A fascinating account of the extraordinary life and times of Caprian Basil Hall, an indefatigable traveller whose early descriptions of Korea, China and Borneo and naval life made him famous.
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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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  Landsman Hay
  Robert Hay - Hardback - Seaforth
  In 1803, at the age of 14, Robert Hay ran away from home to join the Royal Navy, and for the next eight years experienced the trials and tribulations of a sailor's life. This book offers an impressive description of early 19th-century naval life.
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  Blood On The Wave: Scottish Sea Battles
  John Sadler - Hardback - Birlinn
  John Sadler embarks on a pilgrimage around Scotland's rugged and stunning coastline to explore the fascinating history that has occurred in its waters. Examining an array of skirmishes from the Wars of Independence to the lurking threat of Second World War U-boats, he has created a unique portrait of the Scottish war at sea.
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  Doctor In The Navy
  Bill Yule - Paperback - Whittles
  Following a six-year medical degree, with a further year of houseman posts, Bill Yule chose to serve his National Service in the Royal Navy. The result was a mixture of travel and excitement with cheerful and lively companions in far-flung places including Borneo, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong.
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  Sea King: The Life Of James Iredell Waddell
  Gary McKay - Paperback - Birlinn
  This is a biography of the life of James Waddell. It uses documents never before revealed to the general public from the US Navy, the National Archives of the United States of America and the British Home Office.
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  School Of The Sea: 1937-1946
  Stephen A. Richardson - Hardback - Whittles
  Based on his daily diary entries, 'School of the Sea' provides a vivid and accurate picture of the author's development as a merchant mariner, followed by his two years spent on a passenger ship to India before outbreak of the Second World War.
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  For The King's Service: Railway Ships At War
  A. J. Mullay - Hardback - Pendragon
  The author tells the story of the many railway steamers which joined the fight to rid the world of the Axis yoke, and of the successes and disasters of railway ships at war.