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A Night to Remember
'There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers.' - Phillip Franklin, White Star Line …
Nelson's Navy
A fully illustrated, large-format, in-depth description of the Royal Navy in Lord Nelson's time.
Empire of the Seas
The BBC TV Tie-in to Dan Snow's Timewatch series exploring the navy's rise over four centuries.The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Spanish …
Shipboard Life and Organisation, 1731-1815
The idea behind this volume, according to its editor Brian Lavery, was to give a rounded picture of life at sea during the age of sail. It concentrates on the daily routine of …
Ship of the Line
';A beautiful book . . . a goldmine of information to anyone interested in the capital ships of the sailing navy of the 17th and 19th Centuries.'Ships in Scale The National …
Luckiest Thirteen
A relentless nautical drama that would define, or end, mens lives.The English port city of Hull was home to three day millionaires trawlermen on brief shore leave. They were …
Bali in its Middle Ages
Bali, island of many gods, and long unspoiled by modern obsessions. For a hundred years the magnet for hermit artists, for revelling hippie surfers, for wide-eyed boomer travellers …
Shipboard Life and Organisation, 1731-1815
First published in 1998, this volume explores the Royal Navy which had most of its greatest triumphs in the decades up to 1815, but has received relatively little study of its …
Wooden Warship Construction
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen …
Nelson's Victory
May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still extant, has …
Royal Yachts Under Sail
The first book to deal in detail with the development and uses of royal yachts.