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62) Flying colours
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1986?], c1938
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
63) Ship of the line
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1985, c1938
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
Examines the Battle of Trafalgar in which the British Royal Navy defeated Napoleon's vast forces off the coast of Spain in October 1805, and describes the heroism on both sides, details of gunnery, ship handling, discipline, shipboard health and medicine, and the command of Lord Horatio Nelson.
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"An excellent piece of work, not just as an account of the Four Days' Battle itself but also for its account of the entire Second Anglo-Dutch War" (HistoryOfWar.org). On June 1, 1666, a large but outnumbered English fleet engaged the Dutch off the mouth of the Thames in a colossal battle that was to involve nearly 200 ships and last four days. False intelligence had led the English to divide their fleet to meet a phantom threat from France, and although...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 24
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
67) A battle won
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Series
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English
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Description
In the winter of 1793, Master and Commander Charles Hayden is ordered to return to the HMS "Themis" and accompany the last convoy of the season as they bring supplies to Hood's fleet in the Mediterranean, but Hayden must fight the French navy and native insurgents in Corsica in order to complete his mission.
68) The commodore
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Series
Language
English
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Description
First sent on a decoy mission to the Gulf of Guinea, Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's resourcefulness as a secret intelligence agent are tested at their true destination, Ireland, where the French are mounting an invasion.
70) Up Periscope!
Author
Publisher
Eumenes Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Up Periscope! , first published in 1943, is a fast-paced account of submarines of the British Royal Navy during World War II. Each of the book's 21 chapters presents an action or adventure of military significance or representative of those experienced by the submarine fleet during the war as seen by the captain and his crew. Included too are depictions of life aboard the submarines, fighting and hunting methods, rescuing survivors of sunken ships,...
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English
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"Heroism, gunpowder and treachery in the Royal Navy. The first in an extraordinary series of naval adventures 1662 : After Matthew Quinton sunk the first ship he was given to command, he is surprised when the King gives him captaincy of H.M.S. Jupiter with orders to stamp out a Scottish rebellion. This time Quinton is determined to prove his worth. In a country of divided loyalties, Charles II needs someone he can trust, and -- with an elder brother...
78) The Black Ship
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"A detailed account of the bloodiest mutiny in the history of the Royal Navy, from the author of the Lord Ramage novels. Dudley Pope meticulously recounts the butchering of the officers aboard His Majesty's Frigate Hermione in the West Indies in 1797. The captain of the frigate, Hugh Pigot, was a brutal and sadistic commander who flogged his men mercilessly and drove them beyond the limits of endurance. However, nothing could excuse the slaughter...
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