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Darwin's submarine I-124

Darwin's submarine I-124

Lewis, Tom

Avonmore Books

The first attacks on Australia by the Japanese were made by four submarines of the Sixth Submarine Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Together, these 80-man boats laid mines, and then waited in their killing zones for targets to torpedo. On 20 January 1942, it all went horribly wrong. Sunk with all hands, the submarine ...

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pvp.29,50 €

Carrier attack. Darwin 1942 "a complete guide to Australian's own Pearl Harbor"

Carrier attack. Darwin 1942 "a complete guide to Australian's own Pearl Harbor"

Lewis, Tom

Avonmore Books

When the Pacific war began it was a case of "when not if" Darwin would be attacked. But nobody could have predicted the extraordinary scale and ferocity of the 19 February 1942 raid. A massive strike force, blooded at Pearl Harbor just weeks before, hit Darwin in the biggest Japanese air attack ever in the ...

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pvp.45,50 €

British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identification Albums Vol.VII "Convoy Escorts, Mine Warfare Vessels and Naval Auxiliaries, 1860"

British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identification Albums Vol.VII "Convoy Escorts, Mine Warfare Vessels and Naval Auxiliaries, 1860"

Perkins, Richard

Seaforth Publishing

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manuscript artefact in the care of the National Maritime Museum, so despite its value it is rarely seen by anyone besides the museum's curators, ...

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pvp.90,00 €

The First and the Fastest "comparing Robin Knox-Johnston and Ellen MacArthur's historic rou"

The First and the Fastest "comparing Robin Knox-Johnston and Ellen MacArthur's historic rou"

Sharp, Nigel

The History Press

This is the story of two single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyages: Robin Knox-Johnston's in 1968/69 and Ellen MacArthur's in 2004/05. Although there were similarities both voyages started and finished in Falmouth, for instance, and neither sailor was in a conventional race the story is mainly one of contrasts, mostly as a consequence of thirty-six years of ...

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pvp.29,90 €

The 'Big Four' of the White Star Fleet "Celtic, Cedric, Baltic and Adriatic"

The 'Big Four' of the White Star Fleet "Celtic, Cedric, Baltic and Adriatic"

Chirnside, Mark

The History Press

THE WHITE STAR LINE's Celtic (1901), Cedric (1903), Baltic (1904) and Adriatic (1907), collectively known as the Big Four', served for a combined 110 years. Together they carried around 1.5 million passengers on the Liverpool to New York and Southampton to New York routes during their time in service. Arguably the most successful series of ...

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pvp.29,90 €

Polaris 'the history of the UK's submarine force'

Polaris 'the history of the UK's submarine force'

Hall, Keith

The History Press

Between 15 June 1968 and 13 May 1996, the Polaris submarines of the 10th Submarine Squadron carried out a total of 229 patrols, travelling over 2 million miles. Wherever you sit on the nuclear debate, it makes an impressive tale; delivered on time and on budget essentially by a small group of naval officers and ...

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pvp.23,50 €

Handling cargo. Freighters of the 1950s and '60s

Handling cargo. Freighters of the 1950s and '60s

Miller, William H.

The History Press

Freighters of the 1950s and '60s with masts, booms and hatches were the last of their generation. It was the end of an era, just before the massive transition to faster, more efficient containerised shipping on larger and larger vessels. These were working ships', but many would be retired prematurely and finish up under flags ...

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pvp.29,90 €

Aurora. A photographic journey

Aurora. A photographic journey

Cross, Rachelle; Frame, Chris

The History Press

One of Britain's most loved cruise ships, Aurora was built by Meyer Werft and entered service in 2000. Named by HRH The Princess Royal, she was specifically designed for the British cruise market. Since entering service her annual world cruises have made her famous all over the world. Aurora's interior spaces are quintessentially British, and ...

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pvp.29,90 €

Last of the blue water liners "passenger ships sailing the seven seas"

Last of the blue water liners "passenger ships sailing the seven seas"

Miller, William H.

The History Press

This is the story of the last class-divided passenger ships that carried travellers from point to point. In the final years of activity, spanning from the 1940s to the 1960s, they carried Hollywood stars and even royalty on the Atlantic, businessmen to South America and Africa, migrants to Australia and New Zealand, and visitors returning ...

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The Battleship Bismarck (Anatomy of The Ship)

The Battleship Bismarck (Anatomy of The Ship)

Draminski, Stefan

Osprey Publishing

The Bismarck is perhaps the most famous - and notorious - warship ever built. Completed in 1941, the 45,000-ton German battleship sunk HMS Hood, the pride of the British Navy, during one of the most sensational encounters in naval history. Following the sinking, Bismarck was chased around the North Atlantic by many units of the ...

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pvp.52,00 €

Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War

Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War

Hampshire, Edward

Osprey Publishing

The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines from the modified Whiskey, to the Oscar II classes were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike targets on the eastern coast of the United States. By the late 1960s, however, submarine-launched ballistic ...

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pvp.15,50 €

British Ironclads 1860-75 "HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet'"

British Ironclads 1860-75 "HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet'"

Konstam, Angus

Osprey Publishing

In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year - HMS Warrior - which, when she entered ...

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pvp.15,50 €