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Main » NAVY & SUBMARINES
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North West European Area
| Publisher
| NWEA
| Date
| 2009
| Pages
| 160
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Guidelines for the Safe Management of Offshore Supply and Rig Move Operations (NW European Area), updated June 2009. The North West European Area (NWEA) Guidelines for the Safe Management of Offshore Supply and Anchor Handling Operations were developed in 2006 as a joint project between maritime and offshore organisations in Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK. Best practise and experience exchange are basis for these guidelines and the aim has been to develop a guideline worth using worldwide. The group rejoined to revise the guidelines during 2008-2009 and cooperated well. Serious anchor handling accidents influenced the updates of version 2. Especially chapter 6, 7, 8 and 9 are revised thoroughly and the conclusions of the accident investigation board reports are duly incorporated in the text. The guidelines are renamed to better explain the content of the guidelines. |
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Author(s) |
Antony Preston |
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Publisher |
Conway Maritime Press |
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Date |
2002 |
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Pages |
192 |
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pdf |
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35.1 Mb |
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Although the title is deliberately provocative, this is a serious study that sheds light on how some warships came to be tainted by bad reputations. The author, one of Great Britain's most noted warship experts, profiles vessels that achieved notoriety due to outlandish design or appearance and others that were lost in dramatic actions or by accidents. Also covered are warships that never endeared themselves to operators, and, as a consequence, suffered prejudice against their design. The author contends that few ships are incompetently designed but rather victims of flawed operational concepts, over-ambitious specifications, poorly designed weapons systems, or financial stringency. Among ships included in the book are the Russian Popoffkas; the French battleship Brennus; the British vessels Captain, Sheffield, and Invincible; the U.S. monitors Katahdin and Vesuvius; and the Japanese light cruiser Mogami. This new perspective on naval design will appeal to everyone interested in how a ship's form fits its function for better or worse.
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Author(s) |
Leo Marriott |
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Publisher |
The Crowood Press |
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Date |
2001 |
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Pages |
128 |
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Format |
pdf |
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59.8 Mb |
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This is a concise, detailed, four-color illustrated guide to modern warships from around the world. Major vessels are described along with examples of smaller craft, such as fast corvettes, attack craft, and mine sweepers. Details include displacement, length, draught, power plant, speed and range, complement, missiles carried, guns, and sensors. For naval/military enthusiasts.
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Author(s) |
M. P. Cocker |
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Publisher |
US Naval Institute Press |
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Date |
1983 |
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Pages |
128 |
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pdf |
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72.1 Mb |
The purpose of this book is to fill an important gap in naval history. There has not previously been a book recording every submarine commissioned into the Royal Navy: this is an attempt to provide an illustrated directory to each one and also show the evolution of the submarine since 1901...
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Author(s) |
Mark Stille |
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Publisher |
Osprey |
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Date |
2008 |
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Pages |
48 |
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pdf |
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7.4 Mb |
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The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War 2 surpassed the Allied and Axis fleets in innovation and technology. This title covers the 12 Japanese battleships that saw service between 1941-45. Each class is considered in turn in light of its design and construction, its armament and wartime modifications. The author, Mark Stille, also uses first-hand accounts and dramatic photographs to tell the story of these mighty battleships at war, including major engagements during the raid at Pearl Harbor and the battle of Midway. He also examines the wider context of Japanese battleship development by looking at the naval strategy and cult of the battleship. This title will fascinate any naval enthusiast, and the detailed color plates will make it essential for modelers of the period.
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Author(s) |
Slawomir and Wisniewski |
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Publisher |
BS Firma Wydawniczo Handlowa |
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Date |
2003 |
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Pages |
50 |
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Format |
pdf |
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19.9 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - Japanese destroyer Fuyuzuki vs american destroyer USS Bagley.
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Author(s) |
Aldo Fraccaroli |
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Publisher |
Ian Allan Publishing |
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Date |
1974 |
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Pages |
205 |
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pdf |
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136 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - This book examines the fighting ships of Italy including those captured by the Germans or scuttled to avoid capture when Italy surrendered in 1943. The author provides data and photographs on every type of vessel from battleship to colonial shipping gunboat, and also provides tables of naval ordnance, torpedoes, mines and depth charges. The book is generously illustrated with photographs.
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Author(s) |
Mark Stille |
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Publisher |
Osprey |
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Date |
2005 |
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Pages |
48 |
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pdf |
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39.7 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the Hosho. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, it experimented with its carriers, perfecting their design and construction. As a result, by the time Japan entered World War II and attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in 1941, it possessed a fantastically effective naval aviation force. This book covers the design, development and operation of IJN aircraft carriers built prior to and during World War II. Pearl Harbor, Midway and the first carrier vs carrier battle, the battle of the Coral Sea, are all discussed.
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Author(s) |
Spencer C. Tucker |
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Publisher |
US Naval Institute Press |
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Date |
2000 |
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Pages |
282 |
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pdf |
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39.8 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - Spencer Tucker's heavily illustrated narrative account of this crucial transition phase in naval history focuses on the evolution of ships and their ordnance. Tucker opens with a summary of technology, tactics, and strategy in the early 1800s, followed by accounts of the wars of the Napoleonic period and the factors that led to British naval supremacy.
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Author(s) |
Eric Osborne |
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Publisher |
ABC-CLIO |
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Date |
2006 |
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Pages |
306 |
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Format |
pdf |
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3.2 Mb |
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Destroyers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact tells the story of one of the most recent, rapidly evolving additions to the world's navies. Coverage ranges from the 1882 launch of the first destroyer, through the nonstop technical and strategic innovations of the world war eras, to the current high watermarks of destroyer design such as the Arleigh Burke class (named for the navy's most famous destroyer squadron combat commander).
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Author(s) |
Eric Osborne |
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Publisher |
ABC-CLIO |
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Date |
2004 |
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Pages |
283 |
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Format |
pdf |
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1.6 Mb |
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This is an exploration of the technological evolution and social history of cruisers, describing their many uses in war and peace. The book covers the most significant cruiser and battle cruiser designs, providing details such as hull dimensions, armour, armament and means of propulsion.
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Author(s) |
Mike Critchley |
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Publisher |
Maritime Books |
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Date |
1999 |
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Pages |
99 |
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Format |
pdf |
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23 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - The complete guide to the ships of the British fleet.
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Author(s) |
Gordon Williamson |
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Publisher |
Osprey |
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Date |
2007 |
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Pages |
80 |
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Format |
pdf |
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31.1 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - Gordon Williamson describes the design and development of these two deadly opponents, their strengths and weaknesses and of their tactics, weaponry and training. He provides an insight into the lives of the Allied Navy and Wolf Pack crews as they played their deadly games of cat and mouse on the high seas, gambling not only with their lives but with the fate of their nations.
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Author(s) |
N. S. Nash |
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Publisher |
Pen & Sword |
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Date |
2009 |
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Pages |
224 |
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Format |
pdf |
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33.7 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - On 31 January 1918 nine K Class steam-powered submarines sailed with the Grand Fleet to Exercise in the North Sea. The ships left the Firth of Forth at a speed of 21 knots on a cold winter night with the flagship HMS Courageous leading the way. Following in her wake was HMS Ithuriel and the K Class submarines of the 13th Submarine Flotilla and then 5 nautical miles astern of them, four more capital warships...
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Author(s) |
Siegfried Breyer |
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Publisher |
Schiffer Publishing |
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Date |
1999 |
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Pages |
52 |
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Format |
pdf |
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24.7 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - The German U-boat Type XXI was a revolutionary marvel at the time of its development, close to the end of World War II. This book covers the history leading up to the development of the Type XXI, as well as covering the actual development and short usage of the U-boat.
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Author(s) |
Angus Konstam |
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Publisher |
Ian Allan Publishing |
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Date |
2003 |
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Pages |
98 |
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Format |
pdf |
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34.9 Mb |
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The 7th U-Boat Flotilla -'Wegener'- was formed in Kiel in June 1938 with six boats, only one of which survived operationally to the end of the war. Early war action from Kiel changed completely after the fall of France when the flotilla moved to St. Nazaire, where it would remain until the Allied advances led its remaining boats to move to Norway.
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Author(s) |
Historic Naval Ships |
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Publisher |
HNA Association |
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Date |
1998 |
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Pages |
82 |
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pdf |
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143 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - Historic Naval Ships: A Guide to More Than 100 Classic Warships on Public Display. |
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Author(s) |
Stanley Sandler |
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Publisher |
ABC-CLIO |
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Date |
2004 |
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Pages |
250 |
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pdf |
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1.3 Mb |
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From ancient times to World War II and the postwar period, Battleships charts the evolution of the vessel that ruled the seas-a vessel that, until the arrival of the aircraft carrier, would be the most expensive and complex human-made moving object in history.
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Author(s) |
Paul E. Fontenoy |
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Publisher |
ABC-CLIO |
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Date |
2006 |
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Pages |
407 |
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pdf |
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7.4 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - From their World War I deployment in the Black Sea by the Imperial Russian Navy, to their coming of age in World War II, to their role in recent conflicts in Vietnam, the Falklands, and the Persian Gulf, Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact charts the evolution of carrier systems both militarily and within broader political and diplomatic contexts.
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Author(s) |
Paul E. Fontenoy |
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Publisher |
ABC-CLIO |
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Date |
2007 |
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Pages |
447 |
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pdf |
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47.4 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact reveals how underwater warships evolved to become major threats to battle fleets and merchant shipping, as well as primary platforms for deterrent forces and crucial symbols of military power.
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Author(s) |
Charles London |
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Publisher |
Osprey |
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Date |
2000 |
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Pages |
96 |
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Format |
pdf |
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55.3 Mb |
- - - - - - download - - - - - - The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war. Admiral Scheer had adopted a policy of launching attacks against the British coast.
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