Naval Forces & Warfare
BIC code: JWF
See also: Warfare
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Add to BasketClyde Submarine Base
£11.04
- 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. -
Add to BasketCochrane The Dauntless: The Life And Adventures Of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 1775-1860
£11.04
- Paperback - Bloomsbury
Patrick O'Brian, C.S. Forester and Captain Marryat all based their literary heroes on Thomas Cochrane, but as David Cordingly shows, Cochrane's own real life exploits were far more daring and exciting than those of his fictional counterparts. -
Add to BasketCox's Navy: Salvaging The German High Seas Fleet At Scapa Flow 1924-1931
£19.99
- Hardback - 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 BasketConfederate Submarines And Torpedo Vessels 1861-65
£8.49
- Paperback - Osprey
The primary Union strategy during the American Civil War was a massive naval blockade of the entire Southern coastline of the Confederacy and it was in the effort to counter this blockade that the Confederates developed their first submarines and torpedo boats. This book traces the development of these new technologies. -
Add to BasketConfederate Blockade Runner, 1861-65
£8.49
- Paperback - Osprey
The lifeblood of the Confederacy, the blockade runners of the Civil War, usually began life as regular fast steam-powered merchant ships. This book traces their operational history, the development of purpose-built blockade running ships and examines their engines, crews and tactics. -
Add to BasketCaptain Kidd And The War Against The Pirates
£20.95
- Paperback - Harvard University Press -
Add to BasketConfederate Raider 1861-65
£8.49
- Paperback - Osprey
The Confederate states adopted radical solutions to counter the naval superiority of their opponents. One solution was the adoption of commerce raiders. This work describes the reasons which forced the confederates to resort to commerce raiding.
