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Vosper Thornycroft Built Warships by Trevor Piper.

Includes over 160 full page photos with extended captions, covering the history of the warship builders and the ships built there, from the earliest ships right up to HMS Clyde in 2006.

ITEM CODE BK0300.

Paperback Book.  More than 160 pages.  Price £19.99

Order number BK1217. Book price £30.

Hardback book with 384 pages.

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Naval Shipbuilders of the World

From the Age of Sail to the Present day.  by Robert J Winklareth.

While the design and service histories of warships are well covered in print, until now there has been no single-volume guide to the companies and state yards which built them.  This encyclopaedic new work fills that gap, with concise 'biographies' of the shipbuilders, describing their corporate development, highlights in their histories, and listing the major ships they built.  International in coverage, the book is  divided by country, by region and by yard, and is illustrated throughout with maps and plans showing the locations of the builders and the ground layout of the most important shipyards at significant dates in their history.  The book also includes details of naval bases and repair facilities, while a general introduction points out the salient features of warship development over three centuries, from wood and canvas to the technology of steam, steel and electronics in order to explain the changes in the world's shipbuilding industries.  this comprehensive guide has a place on the bookshelf of any naval historian or enthusiast.

Order number BK1495. Book price £14.99.

Paperback book with 182 pages.

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Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy, Compiled by Lt. Cdr. B. Warlow, R.N.

Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy is a comprehensive summary of all the named shore establishments and static ships of the Royal Navy from the beginning of the 19th Century.  The aim of the book is to fill a significant gap that existed in reference works.  To do this has meant compiling over 300 entries, and including the location of the establishment, its task and dates when it operated.  Some existed for a few days, and others were planned but never commissioned.  These latter have been included for completeness.  Because the Royal Navy established bases abroad, the shore establishments of the New and Old Commonwealth Navies have been included to clarify their position.  Similarly Commonwealth (and Allied, Free French etc), establishments set up in Great Britain in World War Two have also been included. Nominal Depot Ships, a device required by the Naval Discipline Act, and which led to some shore establishments being 'sunk', have also been included.  Many establishments changed their names, others their task, and others their location.  Such details can be found here.  At the end of the book is a gazzetteer, so that readers can find which establishments were located at a particular place.  The opportunity has been taken to incorporate unnamed Royal Naval Air Stations of World War One and other unnamed establishments into the gazzetteer.  All this is tabulated into this gem of a book, which is a must for any serious researcher.  This second edition has been completely rewritten to take the opportunity to include extra detail discovered during further researches and includes a further 400 names.

Order number BK7621. Book price £11.99.     sold out

Paperback book with 128 pages.

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Sheerness Naval Dockyard & Garrison by David T Hughes.

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Sheerness was simply uninhabited marshland on the north-western tip of the Isle of Sheppey, in the estuary of the River Thames at the mouth of the river Medway.  In the 1660s, its future as a naval dockyard began in the form of a ramshackle depot and its strategic importance was soon realised by the Admiralty.  Sheerness played an essential role as a site for re-victualling and repairs for the warships that would otherwise find it cumbersome and time consuming to reach the royal naval dockyards upriver at Deptford, Woolwich and Chatham.  During the twentieth century, the dockyard was a base for torpedo-boats and torpedo-boat destroyers, and subsequently minesweepers, that would play significant roles in the naval conflicts of both world wars.  In the early party of the nineteenth century, Sheerness underwent a great rebuilding, to plans drawn up by John Rennie, forming a rich collection of the fine Georgian and early Victorian structures which would constitute an important part of the nation's great maritime heritage.  Over 200 images recount the history of Sheerness Naval Dockyard and its garrison since their foundation in the mid-seventeenth century until the official closing ceremony in 1960, including impressive images of the venerable old hulk Cornwallis, a survivor from the time of the Napoleonic wars.

This volume continues a major series of books featuring the activities of the Royal Navy at its various bases, both at home and abroad throughout the last century.

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The Royal Navy at Gibraltar since 1900 by Tito Benady

Book serial number BN9040. Price £14.95. Fully illustrated hardback book with 136 pages.

The Royal Navy at Rosyth 1900-2000 by Martin Rogers

This volume continues a major series of books featuring the activities of the Royal Navy at its various bases, both at home and abroad throughout the last century.

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Book serial number BK1982. Price £15.95. Fully illustrated hardback book with 136 pages.    SOLD OUT

The Royal Navy at Chatham 1900-2000 by John Whatling

This volume continues a major series of books featuring the activities of the Royal Navy at its various bases, both at home and abroad throughout the last century.

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Book serial number BK1975. Price £19.95. Fully illustrated hardback book with 105 pages.

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The Royal Navy at Malta 1900-2000 by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow RN

This volume continues a major series of books featuring the activities of the Royal Navy at its various bases, both at home and abroad throughout the last century.

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Book serial number BN7191. Price £15.95. Fully illustrated hardback book with 144 pages.

The Royal Navy in Australia 1900-2000 by Ross Gillett & Vic Jeffery

This volume continues a major series of books featuring the activities of the Royal Navy at its various bases, both at home and abroad throughout the last century.

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Book serial number BN7192. Price £14.95. Fully illustrated hardback book with 128 pages.

The Clyde at War by Brian D Osborne & Ronald Armstrong

The River Clyde and its estuary played a central part in both the 1914-1918 and 1939-45 World Wars. The major air base at Prestwick, the centre for commando training at Inverary, the terminal point for Atlantic convoys at the Tail of the Bank and of course the Gareloch, the major British military port of the Second World War, were all of vital importance to the Allied cause. On both banks of the river the ships that fed and protected Britain were launched - from the mighty Hood, most famous of all Britain's warships, to the humble escort and convoy vessels which ferried supplies and men back and forth across the Atlantic. It was also the scene of human tragedy in the form of the Clydebank and Greenock blitzes.

Told primarily through numerous period photographs - many never seen before - and based on a wide variety of written sources.

Book serial number B1879. Fully illustrated hardback book with 192 pages.  Price  £19.99

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Portsmouth In Defence of the Realm by John Sadden

Portsmouth Harbour has offered a secure anchorage for fighting fleets since Roman times. The growth of 'Pompey' from an adjunct to the ancient military centre at Portchester to the world's premier naval base in Britain's imperial heyday is fully explained and described in this new book, which, for the first time, brings together the history of the harbour's fortifications, military garrison, dockyard, naval and air defence establishments.

Not confined to the evolution of facilities and fortifications, the author's narrative highlights the many defensive and offensive innovations that were developed locally, and the parts played by such individuals as Jonas Hanway, Agnes Weston, Sarah Robinson, Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher, Dr James Lind and William & Robert Froude.

Book serial number B1653. Fully illustrated hardback book with 152 pages. Price £16.99.

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Images of Scotland - Rosyth compiled by Martin Rogers

This unique collection of over 200 photographs presents a vivid pictorial account of the development of Rosyth in the twentieth century. Through these pictures we discover all aspects of the town, from buildings and shops which no longer exist to the construction of the Dockyard and the work and leisure activities of the Rosyth people.

The author who has lived his entire life in the community, has drawn on his own collection of postcards and photographs, as well as those from Dunfermline Public Library and the collection of former resident Edith May. Many of the images have never been published before, and feature visits to Rosyth from dignitaries such as Winston Churchill and King George VI. This book brings together a fascinating selection of pictures which will inspire many memories in long-time residents of the area and give newer residents an insight into the rich history of their town.

Book serial number BIS2. Price £9.99. Fully illustrated paper back with 128 pages.

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The Royal Navy in South Africa 1900-2000 by Bill Rice

This is the second in a major series of books featuring the activities of the Royal Navy at its various bases, both at home and abroad throughout the last century.

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Book serial number BMB1. Price £14.95. Fully illustrated hard back with 128 pages.

Images of Scotland - The Clyde Submarine Base compiled by Keith Hall

The Clyde Submarine Base was officially commissioned in 1967. The Faslane site had originally been used as a military port during the Second World War, and was built and manned by the Army. HMS Adamant, the Depot ship of the 3rd Submarine Squadron, first anchored in Faslane Bay in 1957, and over the years the base has increased in size to accommodate the growing sophistication of the squadron submarines and the increasing number of hulls.

This book 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. Chronicling the histories of the two submarine squadrons based at Faslane, the 3rd and 10th Squadrons, this collection is sure to provoke nostalgia among submariners and personnel who have served at the base, while providing a fascinating insight for those not so familiar with its story.

Book serial number BIS1. Price £10.99. Fully illustrated paper back with 128 pages.

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The Story of Greenwich by Clive Aslet

Greenwich, the site of Britain's celebration of the new millennium, has been an emblem of British history for over a thousand years.  A seat of learning and intellectual enquiry, exploration and discovery, it resonates with echoes of great characters and stirring national events.  The Royal Observatory, constructed in Greenwich Park in the 1670s, has been the origin of standard time around the world.  The ancient royal palace at Greenwich was the birthplace of thee monarchs: Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I.  For all these regal associations, Blackheath, at the top of the park, has often featured as the scene of insurrection and revolt.  It was here that Wat Tyler assembled his band of a hundred thousand rebels against the Poll Tax.  In the year 2000 Greenwich will be as much a focus of national sentiment as it was in December 1805 when the body of Admiral Lord Nelson was brought to the Royal Naval Hospital after his death at Trafalgar.  The funeral that followed was one of the most dramatic state occasions ever to have been staged in Britain.  The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries bestowed upon Greenwich an incomparable parade of great and innovative buildings by Inigo Jones, wren, Hawksmoor and Vanbrugh.  With the building of the Millennium Dome, the place continues its tradition of pioneering architecture.  A favourite haunt of Dickens and Gladstone, and home to London's first railway, Greenwich also throbbed with the energy of the Victorian age.  Using beautiful colour illustrations throughout, Clive Aslet presents a beguiling and charismatic portrait of Greenwich and a history of England through the story of this unique English town.

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Book serial number BK8256. Price £25.00. Fully illustrated hardback book with 288 pages.