Admiralty Salvage In Peace And War 1906 2006
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Admiralty Salvage In Peace And War 1906 2006
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Author : Tony Booth
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2007-10-06
Admiralty Salvage In Peace And War 1906 2006 written by Tony Booth and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-06 with History categories.
The importance of marine salvage during armed conflict has been vastly underestimated since becoming a vital Naval arm during the First World War. Between 1915 and 1918 the Admiralty Salvage Section saved nearly 400 merchant vessels, desperately needed to bring food and war materials into Britain. During the Second World War, some two million tons of shipping was successfully recovered. From D-Day onwards Admiralty salvage men cleared many stricken craft from the Normandy beaches alone, often under heavy shellfire. Then, as the Germans retreated back across Europe, salvage teams undertook vital port clearance duties. During the Suez Crisis, Falklands Conflict and even the Gulf War the same story can be told. And their peacetime operations have also been important. Drawing on a wealth of official documents, Admiralty Salvage is the first book to explore in depth the courage, personal sacrifice and invaluable contribution these forgotten heroes have made during both peace and war.
Conspiracies At Sea
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Author : J. Kent Layton
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2016-10-15
Conspiracies At Sea written by J. Kent Layton and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Ocean liner expert J. Kent Layton examines and debunks some of the conspiracies surrounding two of the great maritime disasters of the twentieth century.
Maritime Legacies And The Law
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Author : Craig Forrest
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2019
Maritime Legacies And The Law written by Craig Forrest and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Law categories.
The recent centenary of WWI has prompted a shift in the way attention is focused on legacy shipwrecks. This timely book considers the development of the laws that apply to these wrecks and the issues that surround them, and deftly analyses the adequacy of the existing legal framework to fulfil its promise of protecting legacy wrecks for future generations as historical and archaeological resources, memorials and, most importantly, as maritime war graves. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial}
The Tattie Lads
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Author : Ian Dear
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-02
The Tattie Lads written by Ian Dear and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-02 with History categories.
Enduring great danger and often terrible conditions in heavy seas, the Rescue Tug Services worked tirelessly to bring to port damaged vessels and keep up the supply of food and essential items during two world wars.They were first deployed towards the end of the First World War to support and if necessary to salvage merchant shipping that had been damaged by U-boat attacks. During the Second World War they were needed even more urgently when ships bringing food and other essential supplies to a beleaguered Britain were attacked by both air strikes and submarines. Although part of the Royal Navy, the contribution of the Rescue Tug Service remained curiously absent from the naval history of the Second World War. Yet the Service had developed what a wartime American newspaper called 'a new type of naval vessel – the British fighting escort tug' and had saved millions of tons of shipping, both warships and merchant ships, not to mention the crews and the precious cargoes. The official history of the Merchant Navy did not mention the Service either, nor did numerous other books on the war at sea. In 2014 author Ian Dear was given access to the archives of the Deep Sea Rescue Tug Service which were about to be disbanded. His research, here and elsewhere produced a view of the war at sea from an entirely new angle. The result, The 'Tattie Lads' explores why the service might have been omitted from the official story, and reveals its fascinating history in a full-length book for the first time.
Normandy The Sailors Story
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Author : Nick Hewitt
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-14
Normandy The Sailors Story written by Nick Hewitt and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with History categories.
The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognised events of modern history. The assault phase, Operation Neptune, began with the D-Day landings in Normandy—one of the most complex amphibious operations in history, involving 7,000 ships and nearly 200,000 men. But despite this immense effort, the wider naval campaign has been broadly forgotten. Nick Hewitt draws on fascinating new material to describe the violent sea battle which mirrored the fighting on land, and the complex campaign at sea which enabled the Allied assault. Aboard ships ranging from frail plywood landing craft to sleek destroyers, sailors were active combatants in the operation of June 1944, and had worked tirelessly to secure the Seine Bay in the months preceding it. They fought battles against German submarines, aircraft, and warships, and maintained careful watch to keep control of the English Channel. Hewitt recounts these sailors’ stories for the first time—and shows how, without their efforts, D-Day would have failed.
The Crash Detectives
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Author : Christine Negroni
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-09-27
The Crash Detectives written by Christine Negroni and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with Transportation categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety.” —Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson A fascinating exploration of how humans and machines fail—leading to air disasters from Amelia Earhart to MH370—and how the lessons learned from these accidents have made flying safer. In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As Negroni dissects what happened and why, she explores their common themes and, most important, what has been learned from them to make planes safer. Indeed, as Negroni shows, virtually every aspect of modern pilot training, airline operation, and airplane design has been shaped by lessons learned from disaster. Along the way, she also details some miraculous saves, when quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive. Tying in aviation science, performance psychology, and extensive interviews with pilots, engineers, human factors specialists, crash survivors, and others involved in accidents all over the world, The Crash Detectives is an alternately terrifying and inspiring book that might just cure your fear of flying, and will definitely make you a more informed passenger. “Christine Negroni combines her investigative reporting skills with an understanding of the complexities of air accident investigations to bring to life some of history’s most intriguing and heartbreaking cases.” —Bob Woodruff, ABC News
Underwater Technology
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Underwater Technology written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Ocean engineering categories.
Sea Breezes
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Sea Breezes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Shipping categories.
Grand Strategy And Military Alliances
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Author : Peter R. Mansoor
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-02-09
Grand Strategy And Military Alliances written by Peter R. Mansoor and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-09 with History categories.
A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.
Japan S Struggle To End The War
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Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
Japan S Struggle To End The War written by United States Strategic Bombing Survey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Japan categories.