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Download or read book HMS London written by Iain Ballantyne and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and lively account of the lives of British warships named London, looking at history from the perspective of the men who were there. There is no current warship in the Royal Navy called HMS London, but vessels carrying the name have featured in some of the most controversial episodes of British naval history. For example, the wooden wall battleship HMS London of the late 18th century could be called “the ship that lost America” while the heavy cruiser of WW2 was command vessel for the escort force that failed to safeguard the controversial convoy PQ17. Examining the stories of HMS Londons all the way from the English Civil War, through the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801—where Nelson famously ignored signals to break off the action displayed by HMS London—we also learn of the pre-dreadnought London’s participation in the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign of WW1. Among the people Iain Ballantyne interviewed for this book were veterans of the Arctic convoys of WW2, the Yangtse Incident and warriors of the Cold War and 1991 Gulf War. It all adds up to a thoroughly researched and exciting narrative of naval history. Adding to the authenticity of the tale, Iain even sailed to Russia in the last HMS London, a Type 22 guided-missile frigate, in August 1991. During a WW2 convoy re-enactment the ship was almost hit by a practice torpedo launched from a Soviet submarine and had to take evasive action.
Download or read book H.M.S. London written by Iain Ballantyne and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no current warship in the Royal Navy called HMS London, but vessels carrying the name have featured for better or worse in some of the most controversial episodes of British naval history. For example, the wooden wall battleship HMS London of the late 18th Century could be called 'the ship that lost America' while the heavy cruiser of WW2 was command vessel for the escort force that failed to safeguard the controversial convoy PQ17. In 'HMS London' the true stories behind those headlines are told, not least providing a grim insider perspective on the Arctic convoys, which literally broke the heavy cruiser in addition to demoralizing the sailors and marines who sailed in her. It is, however, a tale of triumphing over the dark satanic seas of the Arctic, of learning from the mistakes of PQ17 and ultimately enduring in the face of the enemy, the elements and an ungrateful Stalin.Examining the stories of HMS Londons all the way from the English Civil War, through the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 - where Nelson famously ignored signals to break off the action displayed by HMS London - we also learn of the pre-dreadnought London's participation in the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign of WW1. Iain Ballantyne's fascinating and lively account of the lives of British warships named London primarily looks at history from the perspective of the men who were there, including her post-WW2 mission under a storm of fire from Chinese communist forces to rescue the frigate Amethyst. In addition to research in various archives, among the people Iain interviewed for the book were veterans of the Arctic convoys of WW2, the Yangtse Incident and warriors of the Cold War and 1991 Gulf War. It all adds up to a thoroughly researched and exciting narrative of naval history. Adding to the authenticity of the tale, Iain even sailed to Russia in the last HMS London, a Type 22 guided-missile frigate, in August 1991. During a WW2 convoy re-enactment the ship was almost hit by a practice torpedo launched from a Soviet submarine and had to take evasive action.
Download or read book The London Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Council Paper written by Trinidad Legislative Council and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book HMS Bellerophon written by Colin Pengelly and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of HMS Bellerophon is a record of the many and varied duties which the Royal Navy had to carry out in the period 1793 1815. It was involved in the first great fleet action of the War and was involved in the last moments of the struggle with the surrender of Napoleon.The 74-gun ship was the standard unit in the line of battle, Bellerophon was one of the most distinguished with a fine fighting record. Having fought at 'The Glorious First of June'; the battle of the Nile and at Trafalgar the ship saw more than her share of fierce ship-to-ship encounters. In between there were the varying duties of blockade and escort carried out with service in the Channel, the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the Baltic and the West Indies. The ship saw every type of service which fell to the Navy in that period.All the many and various aspects of the ship's life are covered from construction through maintenance and refits to final disposal. Sadly the ship could not be been saved like Victory and the ship and her fine record were confined to the history books.
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Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Mariner's Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Naval and Military Despatches Relating to Operations in the War ... written by Great Britain. Admiralty and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Journal of the Royal United Service Institution written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Soldier Of The Raj written by Iain Gordon and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meticulously researched biography of a young officer in the early part of the 19th Century. The son of an admiral, Richard Purvis went to sea in Nelson's Navy at the age of 11 before being commissioned at the age of 15 into the Bengal Army, part of the great East India Company. He went on to serve 17 years in India before returning to become a country parson.The emphasis of this book is on his Indian military service, with the story told largely through an extensive collection of previously unpublished contemporary letters. These give a unique and intimate insight into the daily lives, difficulties, ethos and humour of young British officers in India during the Napoleonic period. There was, of course, danger and action too and Purvis's role in the Nepal War is described. Patronage was also a feature of a young ambitious man's life during the Georgian period and the workings of this are fascinatingly revealed.
Download or read book Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
