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5) Memoires relating to the state of the Royal Navy of England: for ten years, determin'd December 1688
Author
Series
Thomlinson Library volume 2953
Publisher
printed for Ben. Griffin, and are to be sold by Sam. Keble at the Great Turks-Head in Fleet-street over against Fetter-Lane
Pub. Date
1690
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Trafalgar crowned the Royal Navy as undisputed sovereign of the world's oceans. Yet just seven years after Nelson's final victory, British ships were at war with a challenger from the new world - the United States of America. This is the story of the formation of the most formidable fighting force in the world.
Author
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Stranded in Portsmouth, John Pearce has once again failed to secure the release of those who depended on him - his fellow Pelicans. They have been shipped off to the Mediterranean while he was indulging himself in London. He must take ship and follow them.
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain, our culture and our empire. Much more than a parade of admirals and their battles, this is the story of how an insignificant island nation conquered the world's oceans to become its greatest trading empire. Yet, as Ben Wilson shows, there was nothing inevitable about this rise to maritime domination, nor was it ever an easy path.
Author
Publisher
Sutton
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In 1914 the Royal Navy was the largest and most technologically advanced in the world, but had also suffered from almost a century without war. David Wragg shows how Britain's 'Senior Service' adapted to the demands of worldwide conflict.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Judy, a beautiful English pointer, was cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other Allied servicemen who fought alongside her. Half beaten to death by Japanese soldiers, almost drowned in the treacherous waters of the Yangtze River whilst serving as ship's dog on British Gunboat the Gnat, bombed by Japanese warplanes in HMS Grasshopper, shipwrecked on a desert island, torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the SS Van Waerwijck...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Judy, a beautiful English pointer, was cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other Allied servicemen who fought alongside her. Half beaten to death by Japanese soldiers, almost drowned in the treacherous waters of the Yangtze River whilst serving as ship's dog on British Gunboat the Gnat, bombed by Japanese warplanes in HMS Grasshopper, shipwrecked on a desert island, torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the SS Van Waerwijck...
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