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Send A Gunboat
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Author : Antony Preston
language : en
Publisher: Conway
Release Date : 2007
Send A Gunboat written by Antony Preston and has been published by Conway this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Published in its original form 35 years ago, 'Send a Gunboat' remains the standard reference on the remarkable story of the Victorian Royal Navy's fleet of small warships, which enforced the Pax Britannica around the world for half a century.
Send A Gunboat
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Author : Douglas Reeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
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Send A Gunboat
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Author : Antony Preston
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2006-06-15
Send A Gunboat written by Antony Preston and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-15 with History categories.
In an action-filled narrative, the authors tell the remarkable story of the Victorian Royal Navy's fleet of small warships used to enforce the Pax Britannica around the world for half a century. Frequently acting without orders and largely beyond the reach of Admiralty interference, the gunboats' young commanding officers intervened to stamp out the slave trade and stop local rulers from interfering with legitimate trade. Explaining that gunboats fought as far afield as Borneo, China, Japan, Jamaica, the Baltic, the Black Sea, Africa, the Great Lakes, the Red Sea, and Egypt, Antony Preston and John Major trace the history of gunboats from the time they were built to fight the Russians in the Baltic in 1850 and the early skirmishes of 1857 that led to the Second China War right through to the role they played at the outbreak of the World War I. Supported by a wealth of illustrations, this classic reference ends with a complete listing of the gunboats that served with the Royal Navy between 1855 and 1914 along with their career histories. First published more than three decades ago and long out of print, the book has been revised for this new edition and an introduction has been added by the distinguished naval historian Andrew Lambert.
Send A Gunboat
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Author : Douglas Reeman
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-09-30
Send A Gunboat written by Douglas Reeman and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-30 with Fiction categories.
Lying in a Hong Kong dockyard, the HMS Wagtail awaits her last summons to the breakers' yard. Commander Justin Rolfe is also seemingly at the end of his useful naval life, an embittered man, brooding and angry from a court-martial verdict. Then, the offshore island of Santu is threatened with invasion from the Chinese mainland. The small British community must be brought out, and Commander Rolfe and the Wagtail are ordered to the island. The job is regarded with sullen resentment by his crew, but to Rolfe, and even the ship, it is a job that offers the chance of a reprieve and a restoration of self-respect. ______________________________ A thrilling tale of naval warfare from Douglas Reeman, the all-time bestselling master of naval fiction, who served with the Royal Navy on convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the North Sea. He has written dozens of naval books under his own name and the pseudonym Alexander Kent, including the famous Richard Bolitho books set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Send A Gunboat
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Author : Douglas Reeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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Send A Gunboat
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Author : Antony Preston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
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Gunboat Frontier
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Author : Barry M. Gough
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 1984
Gunboat Frontier written by Barry M. Gough and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
Gunboat Frontier presents a different interpretation ofIndian-white relations in nineteenth-century British Columbia, focusingon the interaction of West Coast Indians with British law andauthority. This authority was exercised by officers, seamen, marines,and ships of the Royal Navy on behalf of the colonial governments ofVancouver Island and British Columbia and, after 1871, of Canada.
River Gunboats
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Author : Roger Branfill-Cook
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2016-08-30
River Gunboats written by Roger Branfill-Cook and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-30 with History categories.
A comprehensive, fully illustrated encyclopedia of river gunboats from the early 19th century to the present day. The first recorded engagement by a steam-powered warship took place on a river, when in 1824 the Honorable East India Company’s gunboat Diana went into action on the Irrawaddy in Burma. In the 150 years that followed, river gunboats played a significant part in over forty campaigns and individual actions around the world. This comprehensive reference book covers the development of riverboat warfare from the early 19th century to current riverine combat vessels in service today. River gunboats proved to be the decisive factor in a wide range of conflicts across the world—from the New Zealand Wars to the American Civil War, and from both World Wars to the conflicts in Indochina and Vietnam. This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia describes the river gunboats that saw action, plus those converted river steamers which took part in combat. This volume also includes maps of the river systems where they operated, together with narratives of the principal actions involving river gunboats.
Papers Relating To Foreign Affairs
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Author : United States. Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
Papers Relating To Foreign Affairs written by United States. Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1864 with United States categories.
House Documents Otherwise Publ As Executive Documents
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Author : United States. Congress. House
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1867
House Documents Otherwise Publ As Executive Documents written by United States. Congress. House and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with United States categories.