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Magnetic Compass Deviation and Correction

Magnetic Compass Deviation and Correction

Brown, Son and Ferguson, LTD.

Magnetic Measurements. The ship's magnetism. The ship's permanent magnetism. The ship's induced magnetism. The theory of the deviations of the compass. Transformation of equations. Deviations in terms or the compass course. Heeling error. Analysis of deviations. Theory of the mechanical correction of the compass.

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pvp.40,00 €

The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945

The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945

Fa, Darren

Osprey Publishing

Gibraltar is not only an archetypal fortress, preserving in its dominating topography and walls, bastions and emplacements a rich testament to extended periods of human conflict, but it is also a unique record of the evolution of the sciences of fortification and associated defensive structures over a period of more than six centuries. Gibraltar has ...

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pvp.19,50 €

US Submarines 1941-45

US Submarines 1941-45

Christley, Jim

Osprey Publishing

Naval warfare in the Pacific changed completely with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The strategic emphasis shifted from battleships to much more lethal, far-ranging weapons systems; one of these was the submarine. This book details the design and development, classes, weapons and equipment, tactics and operational history of the US submarine in ...

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pvp.15,00 €

The Great Expedition - Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main 1585-86

The Great Expedition - Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main 1585-86

Konstam, Angus

Osprey Publishing

In 1585, war between Spain and Elizabethan England was all but inevitable. Consequently, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster proposed a pre-emptive strike designed to paralyse Spain's economy by striking at the Spanish Main - the heart of her overseas empire. The Elizabethan "Sea Dog" Sir Francis Drake was selected to lead this all-important raid.

During the summer ...

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Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare

Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare

Delgado, James

Osprey Publishing

James P Delgado, President and CEO of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and author of Nuclear Dawn (Osprey), presents a detailed, stunningly visual, examination of the history and development of the submarine and its role in naval warfare, from the first practical experiments with submersible craft to the development of the modern nuclear submarine.

Calling ...

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pvp.28,00 €

German Commerce Raider vs British Cruisers

German Commerce Raider vs British Cruisers

Forczyk, Robert

Osprey Publishing

During World War II, the Kriegsmarine armed a number of merchant vessels with concealed guns and torpedo tubes for surprise attacks against Allied shipping. To counter this deadly threat, the Royal Navy employed cruisers and their intelligence-gathering apparatus to find and destroy the disguised German commerce raiders. This Duel title covers the deadly game of ...

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pvp.16,00 €

British Battlecruiser vs German Battlecruiser: 1914-16

British Battlecruiser vs German Battlecruiser: 1914-16

Stille, Mark

Osprey Publishing

Battles at Dogger Bank and Jutland revealed critical firepower, armor, and speed differences in Royal Navy and Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) Battlecruiser designs.

Fast-moving and formidably armed, the battlecruisers of the British and German navies first encountered one another in 1915 at Dogger Bank and in the following year clashed near Jutland in the ...

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pvp.16,00 €

British Frigate vs French Frigate: 1793-1814

British Frigate vs French Frigate: 1793-1814

Lardas, Mark

Osprey Publishing

In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that commanding such a ship ...

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pvp.19,00 €

Horatio Nelson: The background, strategies, tactics and battlefield experiences of the greatest commande

Horatio Nelson: The background, strategies, tactics and battlefield experiences of the greatest commande

Konstam, Angus

Osprey Publishing

The most famous admiral in history, Horatio Nelson's string of naval victories helped secure Britain's place as the world's dominant maritime power, a position she held for more than a century after Nelson's death. A young officer during the American Revolution, Nelson rose to prominence during Britain's war with Revolutionary France, becoming a hero at ...

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British Battleships 1914-18 (2): The Super Dreadnoughts

British Battleships 1914-18 (2): The Super Dreadnoughts

Konstam, Angus

Osprey Publishing

The Royal Navy's Grand Fleet dominance at Jutland in World War I centered around big-gun battleships designed to overpower Germany's High Seas Fleet.

In 1906, the Germans began building a dreadnought fleet of their own, and while they used a smaller main gun than the British, word soon reached the British Admiralty that German designers ...

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pvp.17,00 €

Operation Neptune 1944: D-Day's Seaborne Armada

Operation Neptune 1944: D-Day's Seaborne Armada

Ford, Ken

Osprey Publishing

June 6th, 1944: the largest fleet in history landed Eisenhower's Allied army on the beaches of Normandy against Erwin Rommel's Nazi German defenses. Almost seventy years on from D Day, the story of the greatest armada seen in world history is still not widely known. It has been celebrated in only two major books, both ...

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pvp.18,00 €

US Cruisers 1883-1904

US Cruisers 1883-1904

Burr, Lawrence

Osprey Publishing

At the end of the Civil War the US Navy was the most technologically advanced navy in the world, but after the war this spirit of innovation faded and America's naval might dwindled. However, in the 1880s a "New Navy" was born and at the forefront of its fleet were the mighty cruisers. Lawrence Burr ...

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pvp.15,50 €