As the name of this historical publication implies, is has been mainly dedicated to one of the most famous naval warships in the history of naval shipping. It depicts the last days of service of this ship. The content of this work will definitely be very useful and interesting to people interested in the naval history, taking into account that it includes so much of information, providing readers with the one relating to the mission of this battleship in the context of the Germany's strategy of commerce reading, and providing a professional look at many tactical and strategic problems which the commanders of both sides faced at that time.

The narrative part of the document is remarkably highly detailed; however, note that the book does not descend too deep into technical descriptions. For all enthusiasts of the naval history, it will be extremely difficult to put this book down; we recommend this title to all people who like the studies of the naval battles of the past.

They will find an absolutely fresh look and the career of maybe the most famous ships of the German Navy in the Second World War, and also get a good fundamental background and several historical insights in the book, making many of the elements of the Bismarck's story much more understandable and clearer, through a very thorough treatment which includes the materials obtained from the interviews with the participants of that war.

In his interesting work, the professional naval historian and archaeologist Brian Fagan has tackled a very rich topic, namely enduring quest to master the world's oceans, considered one of the most mysterious terrains. It will be great for all people fascinated with the sea stories and also interesting in boats. The content of the publication is very readable, covering a good portion of the naval history from the earliest boat journeys in the Pacific Islands to the nineteenth century transportations.

The author has made an excellent attempt to capture the types of the journeys and reasons why the mariners of the ancient times needed to strike out past the horizon line. In some cases the author has also tried to capture the technical parts of the journeys covered, for example how the boats were boats and what materials were used for construction, how they navigated and manned, and other important and interesting matters.

He recommends to read this volume in a linear manner but to start with the epilogue. The book starts quite slow but them rapidly picks up steam. It includes lots of information related to the people from different eras, correct interpretations of the collected data and even several personal anecdotes making it a very fascinating reading.

Nice and quite rare publication, very useful for people dealing with the PLC programming. Students who manage to satisfactorily complete the course material will be able to duly understand the system of numbering that is applicable to the programmable logic controllers, identify the most important parts of such controllers and explain how they function, identify all typical discrete inputs/outputs, configure the applicable hardware using the S7 Simatic Manager program, assemble the controller hardware as per the hardware configuration completed in the above mentioned software, understand how to properly wire the distributed input/output of this controller, read the basic ladder logic diagrams, know how to convert the electrical ladder to programmable logic controller ladder logic diagram and how to prepare the controller program using the ladder logic and same S7 Simatic Manager, know how to download the controller program to the S7 400 CPU and how to test and simulate the controller program with the above stated software.

The guide starts with the brief overview describing the very basics of the operation of the programmable logic controllers, the sensors and actuators, and all other equipment; this knowledge is considered pre-requisite for proper understanding of the rest of material...

This publication has been intended to describe the role Barrow's output of the war materials played in the total Great War effort, paying particular attention to the Barrovians and men who surrounded the South Lakeland area, people fighting abroad, and women war heroes.

The publication also includes valuable background information on the town's history, ship construction and iron ore, and it also provides a list of the vessels that were build at Barrow both before and during the Great War supplemented with the reference information on what exactly happened to each of those vessels. The author, Ruth Mansergh, has revealed the whole importance of the Barrow's industrial output.

He has also made an attempt to uncover some little-known stories and designed the content of this work in a manner allowing it to be accessible to every single reader. The publication may also serve as a reference guidance to the local soldiers of the First World War. Two appendices to the main text of the book provide some research guidance and contain the extract from the historical document.

The readers of this book will also find inside the information on the lost heroes of that War, recipients of the Victoria Cross and other relevant historical information.

Balmoral Marine are very pleased to release the present updated version of the Marine Equipment Handbook. Inside this comprehensive guide book the user will find everything he or she is willing to know about different marine and all associated equipment, anchoring and mooring equipment.

There are also basic conversion tables provided in this publication. You will definitely find all technical info you're looking for in this book - anchors, chasers and grapnels, chains and fittings, wire ropes and fittings, synthetic ropes, spooling machines, buoys, various lifting equipment, fenders, mooring systems, load testing, chain inspection, service and supply info requirements.

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