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Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company

Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company

Collard, Ian

The History Press

The Ellerman Line was formed by John Reeves Ellerman at the end of the nineteenth century. Ellerman left home at 14, and at 24 he established J. Ellerman & Co. in London; by 1893 he was appointed chair of a shipping company. Following the acquisition of various companies Ellerman Lines Ltd was formed on 22 ...

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Darkest Before Dawn: U-482 and the Sinking of Empire Heritage 1944

Darkest Before Dawn: U-482 and the Sinking of Empire Heritage 1944

Peterson, John

The History Press

In the autumn of 1944 the Second World War was coming to an end. In the Atlantic the U-boats had been beaten back through a massive programme of Allied shipbuilding combined with tactical, technological and intelligence improvements. The threat to Allied shipping had diminished. But it had not disappeared, and a lone U-boat on its ...

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Capturing Enigma -Softbound Edition: How HMS Petard Seized the German Naval Codes

Capturing Enigma -Softbound Edition: How HMS Petard Seized the German Naval Codes

Harper, Stephen

Sutton Publishing Ltd

The incrediable story of how HMS Petard and her gallant crew seized priceless German Enigma codebook from a sinking U-boat is one of the greatest stories of the Second World War.

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Catamaran Racing from start to finish

Catamaran Racing from start to finish

Berman, Phil

W. W. Norton & Company

Tuning: Rigging Up; Tuning the Rig; Gears and Sails; Land-Based Gearing; Water-Based Gearing. Handling: Smoking Upwind; Offwind Speed; Crewing: Pre-Start DutiBased Gearing. Handling: Smoling Upwind; Offeind Speed; Crewing: Pre-Start Dutiees; Crewing: Circling the Course. Strategy: Rules, Wind, and Strategy; Starting; Upwind Tactics and Strategy; Reaching and Downwind Strategy; The Zen of Catamaran Racing. Appendix: Safety, ...

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Captain Cook in Cleveland

Captain Cook in Cleveland

Thornton, Cliff

The History Press

Captain James Cook was one of the world's greatest explorers. He was born in 1728 in the tiny farming village of Marton in North Yorkshire, now part of modern Middlesbrough. Apprenticed to a ship owner in Whitby when he was eighteen years old he later joined the Royal Navy in 1755. By the time of ...

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The Battle of Matapan 1941: The Trafalgar of the Mediterranean

The Battle of Matapan 1941: The Trafalgar of the Mediterranean

Simmons, Mark

The History Press

In March 1941, the Royal Navy scored one of the greatest one-sided victories against the Italian Fleet the Regia Marina at Matapan. It brought to an end six months of remarkable success for the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. When France fell and Italy declared war on Britain, Admiral Dudley Pound had wanted to evacuate ...

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The Battle of Jutland: 1916

The Battle of Jutland: 1916

Bonney, George

The History Press

The British Grand Fleet which engaged the German High Seas Fleet at Jutland in 1916 was the most formidable in the history of the Royal Navy. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's 151 warships included 28 battleships and nine battle cruisers, commanded by 13 admirals and 75 commodores and post captains. The Royal Navy and British public ...

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Barbary Pirate: The Life and Crimes of John Ward

Barbary Pirate: The Life and Crimes of John Ward

Bak, Greg

The History Press

In 1603 John Ward, a sailor in James VI & I's navy, led a mass desertion, stole a civilian vessel from Portsmouth and defected to the Ottoman Empire at Tunis. From there, his unbridled and brutal piracy saw him become the most infamous and feared privateer of his time, revelling in ill-gotten wealth ashore and ...

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Assault Division: A History of the 3rd Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of German

Assault Division: A History of the 3rd Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of German

Scarfe, Norman

Spellmount Publishers

This book, first published in 1947, and therefore not reliant on secondhand sources, details the full story of one Division, the 3rd from its preparations for the Normandy landings through to the reduction of the city of Bremen and the surrender of Germany. The author, who served in the Division, is able to describe events ...

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Armada

Armada

Williams, Patrick

The History Press

In the summer of 1588 Philip II's Invincible Armada edged its way slowly down the English Channel towards the Straits of Dover. The fleet consisted of more than 130 ships and 30,000 men, but Philip II of Spain had not sent the Armada to fight the English navy; rather, he had instructed his commander to ...

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Companion to the German Navy 1939-1945

Companion to the German Navy 1939-1945

Mallman Showell, Jack P.

The History Press

Synonymous with such infamous battleships as the Bismarck, Scharnhorst, and Tirpitz, the German Navy or Reichsmarine was renamed the Kriegsmarine in 1935 after the emergence of the Nazi State, and went through a major reorganization in 1939. During World War II, it became a much-feared adversary both on and beneath the high seas with its ...

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Catamaran Sailing. From Start to Finish

Catamaran Sailing. From Start to Finish

Berman, Phil

W. W. Norton & Company

Learning the Basics: Shopping Around for a Cat; Anatomy of a Catamaran; The Sailing Circle; Gaining Proper Trim; Changing Tacks; Rigging for a Sail; Getting Underway adn Returning to Shope, Heavy Weather Sailing. Mastering the Fine Points: Intermediate Sail Handling; Performance Sail Handling; Intermediate Tuning; Racing: Rules and Preparation; Racing Tactics; Surfinfg. Safety, Maintenance and ...

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pvp.28,00 €