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  • Purchase the latest Sea Breezes issue (April 2024) Please note that if you take out a subscription for 6 or 12 issues the delivery charges are included saving you £1.60 in the UK or £7 ROW per Issue. If you already have a physical subscription there is no need to buy this issue. If you have a digital subscription then...
      £6.70
    • How Asia Lost Maritime Supremacy by Nick Collins Following the series’ first book How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World, this book continues to demonstrate how maritime trade has been the key driver of the world’s wealth-creation, economic and intellectual progress. The story begins where the first book ends, when following the Roman Empire collapse, 7th-century European...
        £40.00
      • The Thames from Hampton Court to The Barrier Paperback by Franco Pfaller From Hampton Court to the Thames Barrier, the landscape of London unfolds along the River Thames, from leafy towpaths, bustling thoroughfares, palaces and humble dwellings to industrial buildings, warehouses, power houses, pubs, theatres and churches. In London’s Riverside in Photographs: The Thames from Hampton Court to the Thames...
          £24.00
        • The Making of a Global Maritime Trade Union BY ANDREW LININGTON Ship masters and officers may not seem like pioneers of trade unionism. However, this history of their unique union, Nautilus International, shows how they have been pitched into the forefront of a long struggle for decent jobs, fair pay and conditions, employment rights, and health and safety – all...
            £25.00
          • The Golden Years 1945–1975 This is an in-depth appraisal of the 30-year post-Second World War period that covered significant changes in the history of British Petroleum Shipping. These major changes were vital to the development of the company’s fleet from modest 12,000 summer deadweight tonnage vessels to the Very Large Crude Oil (VLCC) class ships, which ranged up to British...
              £25.00
            • When you think of something being lost at sea, you imagine a ship sinking gracefully, the survivors being rescued or a tragedy being caught on camera. But what if a ship is lost at sea without trace? What if an aircraft takes off on a routine flight and is never seen again? This book details over fifty of the most...
                £27.00
              • 25 Days That Changed the Course of the War BY JOHN R MCKAY This superbly researched book tells the story of one of the most significant maritime operations of the Second World War. The importance of the Arctic convoys providing the Soviets with the necessary equipment needed to win the war on the Eastern Front has too often been underestimated....
                  £27.00
                • The Life of Tycoon Sir George Elliot by Sophie McCallum George Elliot was a self-made Victorian entrepreneur who rose from humble beginnings as a pit boy in England’s north-east to become one of the biggest coal owners in the world. His aptitude in engineering would later lead to him being deeply involved in the manufacture and laying of the first...
                    £22.00
                  • by Ryan Dacko Dacko‘1,100 men went into the water…’ So begins the critically acclaimed and haunting monologue by actor Robert Shaw as grizzled shark hunter Quint in the movie Jaws, in which he describes his experience as a survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the dying days of the Second World War. The Indianapolis was returning from...
                      £22.00
                    • The Genesis of the Modern Destroyer by Alexander Clarke The ships that dominate so much of the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War are more often than not the carriers or battleships – Ark Royal, Warspite, Hood – and rarely do ships smaller than cruisers move centre stage. Apart that is from one class, the Tribal...
                        £22.00
                      • by Gill Shaw Britain’s canals were largely built during the Industrial Revolution to move goods around the country. In time, this network linked the major cities, taking the narrowboats and their cargoes into the heart of urban areas. Today, the canals have been largely converted to leisure use but growing numbers of people are also turning to canals as places...
                          £30.00
                        • by George Hodgkinson Throughout history, man has been performing rituals at the launch of a new ship to seek supernatural or divine protection for his ship and those who will sail in her. The form of the ritual varies according to local custom and religion: from the breaking of a coconut, to the release of doves, to the role of...
                            £30.00
                          • Exploring the Scottish Highlands by Ed Ley-Wilson Kayaking the Sea Roads is a personal journey by sea kayak into the heart of the sea roads that make up the Scottish Highlands and islands. Blending the intensity of the journey with a careful observation of the natural world and first-hand knowledge of the challenges of living and working in this place,...
                              £21.00
                            • The World’s Favourite Liner BY DAVID ELLERY Probably the most famous, and certainly one of the best-loved ships in the world, the Cunard transatlantic liner RMS Queen Mary has now been preserved at Long Beach, California as a floating hotel and tourist attraction for more than fifty years, comfortably longer than her 31-year career as an ocean liner. Laid down...
                                £45.00
                              • A History in Ship Models by Brian Lavery The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves and ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. As such, they represent a three-dimensional archive...
                                  £21.50
                                • From the Fourteenth Century to the Present by Jon Wise From the first recorded mention of British ships protecting of fishing vessels in the late fourteenth century through to recent controversies over the change in emphasis to border patrols and overseas deployments, the story of the Royal Navy’s ‘Cinderella Fleet’ involves many dramatic incidents. Until now, however, there has never...
                                    £30.00
                                  • Experiences of Merchant Seamen, 1939-1945 BY BERNARD EDWARDS The war years 1939 – 1945 were the most perilous in the long history of the British Merchant Navy. The figures speak for themselves. With 2,535 ships sunk and 36,749 merchant seamen lost, the proportional casualty rate was higher than any branch of the Armed Forces except for Bomber Command. The danger...
                                      £25.00
                                    • British, American and Other Naval Motor Boats at War 1914 – 1920 by Steve R Dunn On the outbreak of war in 1914, the Royal Navy found it required more small craft than it possessed to carry out minesweeping, anti-submarine patrols and coastal defence. This led to the formation of an auxiliary force of civilian vessels, including motor pleasure boats...
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                                      • by Kenneth L Privratsky At the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain, desperately short of merchant shipping, turned to the Norwegians who agreed to loan several hundred of its modern cargo and tanker ships. In early 1940 when Hitler invaded Norway, both the British and Germans rushed to seize the remainder of the fleet. King Haakon VII and his...
                                          £28.00
                                        • Tenacity and Sacrifice by William Smith Within hours of the outbreak of the Second World War, Winston Churchill took up office as First Lord of the Admiralty. The same day the liner Athenia was torpedoed in the Atlantic in the first U-boat attack of the war. Churchill quickly recognised that Britain’s survival depended on countering the U-boat threat and the...
                                            £30.00
                                          • The story of a Small Steamship BY HENRY CLEARY From the heart of Rosyth naval base in 1978 five volunteers set out on VIC 56, an elderly steamer snatched from a scrapyard fate. With only a basic radio and a compass made usable by one of the crew, they set out down the North Sea. Turned away by some ports...
                                              £14.50
                                            • by John Evans Twenty years have passed since the Rochdale Canal reopened following a restoration scheme that faced almost impossible hurdles. One of three commercial waterways across the Pennines, the canal links the industrial North West and North East, flowing through mill towns, beneath dramatic bridges and traverses spectacular hilly scenery. Its 91 locks present a strenuous challenge for boaters,...
                                                £20.00
                                              • by Jeremy Black The key importance of naval success in Britain’s rise to being the leading power in the world was a hard-won process, one that linked fighting effectiveness to national support. Covering both these elements, Jeremy Black takes us from the successful Dutch invasion of 1688 to the long sequence of British successes in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic...
                                                  £26.95
                                                • by Jimmy Cornell and Ivan Cornell Jimmy Cornell, highly experienced sailor and bestselling author, has teamed up with his son Ivan to produce this fully revised third edition of World Voyage Planner. Based on their shared experience of several circumnavigations, this book deals with all essential elements that contribute to the successful completion of a long-distance voyage. Designed to be...
                                                    £50.00