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The Royal Navy and Nazi Germany, 1933–39
This book focuses on the Royal Navy's response to the rise of the German navy under Hitler within the broad context of the ongoing debate about Britain's policy of appeasement. It …
The Navy of Henry VIII & Elizabeth I
The ships, their captains, battles and voyagesAlthough the Tudor period is now regarded as a 'golden age' it was, for the English, a period of great potential instability for the …
The Postwar Fleet
The book begins in January 1944, the point at which serious thought started to be given to the size and shape of the future Navy. Postwar retrenchment meant the Admiralty needed to …
Development of Nuclear Propulsion in the Royal Navy, 1946-1975
This book examines the development of nuclear propulsion in the Royal Navy from the first proposal in 1946 to the start-up of the last core improvement for the first submarine …
Development of Radar Equipments for the Royal Navy, 1935-45
This book presents authoritative accounts of the evolution, development and application of Royal Naval radar from its inception in 1935 until the end of World War 2. The accounts …
British Navy and the State in the Eighteenth Century
The Navy in the eighteenth century, though successful, was costly. Its funding and maintenance made those responsible for it politically vulnerable.The Royal Navy, prominent in …
Drake and the Tudor Navy Vol. II
THE NAVAL ART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURYTHE conspicuous technical feature of the maritime revolution which in the sixteenth century transferred the focus of the naval …
The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII’s Navy
Here for the first time complete in print is the famous pictorial survey of Henry VIII’s navy compiled in 1546 by Anthony Anthony, a clerk in the ordnance office. Originally …
Royal Navy and the Mediterranean
This volume deals with the first 15 months of the Mediterranean Campaign including the preparations for war, the effect of the entry of Italy into the war in June, 1940, the tragic …
Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the British Navy, 1771-1831
A fascinating study of midshipmen and other "e;young gentlemen"e;, outlining their social background, career paths and what life was like for them.Officer recruits - …
The Royal Navy
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range …
The Hawke Papers
Edward Hawke (1705-1781) had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Navy, serving for over half a century and finally becoming First Lord of the Admiralty. This book is a …