Naval miscellany
By: Angus Konstam
Publisher: Osprey
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; Long Island City, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781846039898
Subjects: Miscellanea; Naval art and science; Naval battles; Naval history; Navies
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Rum, sodomy and the lash; title: America's first Naval hero; title: The first submarine; title: 'Hearts of oak"; title: Profile of a warship: the first warships; title: The largest naval battles in ancient history; title: Landlocked Navies; title: The warships that sank without the help of the enemy; title: Privateer or pirate?; title: US Navy acronyms; title: The watch system; title: Naval gun salutes; title: Piping the Side; title: Names of Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Second World War; title: Rating the Fleet; title: The Two Ocean Navy; title: Profile of a warship: Sovereign of the Seas; title: Anchors; title: the bottom line; title: Preserving Admiral Nelson; title: The seven sea battles for Guadalcanal; title: HMS Cromwell; title: Sea battle: the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797; title: Louis XIV's weapons of mass destruction; title: Quotes by Naval Commanders; title: The nuclear fleet; title: USS Nautilus; title: the first nuclear submarine; title: 'Anchors Aweigh"; title: Sea battle: the Battle of the Nile, 1798; title: The evacuation of Dunkirk; title: a miracle of planning; title: The world's greatest Naval bases; title: Naval disaster: the sinking of the Mary Rose; title: The smashing carronade; title: The first dreadnought; title: The ten most useful naval knots; title: Profile of a warship: The Constant Warwick; title: Roundshot, chainshot and grapeshot; title: Passing the Port and other wardroom etiquette; title: Fighting Admiral: Michael de Ruyter; title: Profile of a warship: HMS Victory; title: Sea shanties and shipboard music; title: Sea lanes and prevailing wind; title: Fighting Admiral: Richard Kempenfelt; title: Naval ranks in the US, UK and Canada; title: Naval disaster: wrecking of the Spanish Armada; title: Keelhauling; title: Naval signalling; title: Profile of a warship fleet: The Spanish Navy during the Napoleonic Wars; title: Sea battle: the Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864; title: The seven sea dogs; title: Fighting Admiral: John Byng; title: Naval disaster: the sinking of USS Maine; title: Profile of a warship: HMS The Fort Diamond; title: The rules of the road; title: Minesweeping for beginners; title: Signalling by Morse; title: Fighting Admiral: John Jervis; title: Alfred Mahan: the inventor of seapower; title: The theory of sailing; title: The Lords of the Admiralty; title: Profile of a warship fleet: the Pook Turtles; title: Painting the sailing man-of-war; title: How the press gang worked; title: Sea battle: the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898; title: Rum rations in the age of sail; title: Figureheads; title: The gunboats of Lake Tanganyika; title: What is the weather gage?; title: Profile of a warship: USS Monitor; title: Nelson's 'Band of Brothers'; title: Naval power in 1862; title: Pay and prize money in the Age of Fighting Sail; title: Profile of a warship: CSS Hunley; title: Mutiny!; title: Relative bearings; title: Fighting Admiral: Andrew Cunningham; title: Navel strategy: The Channel Fleet; title: The King of the Corsairs; title: Naval gun crews in the Age of Sail; title: Boarders away; title: Pearl Harbor hero: Doris Miller; title: Profile of a warship: Huascar; title: Injury and disease in the Age of Sail; title: Flogging; title: The Articles of War; title: Naval Arms Treaties; title: Profile of a warship: Admiral Popov; title: Naval technology: The Corvus; title: Naval disaster: the sinking of the Royal Oak; title: Portrait of a warship fleet: the first torpedo boats; title: Josiah Tattnal; title: US Naval hero; title: The guns of the Victory; title: The most treacherous waters in the Age of Sail; title: The world's most powerful battleship; title: The Captain; title: a man apart; title: The U-Boat aces; title: Nelson and other limbless Admirals; title: Anglo-American frigate duels; title: Ships' mascots; title: Raising the Vasa; title: The most successful Admirals in history; title: Naval power in 1914; title: Naval disaster: Arctic Convoy PQ-17; title: Profile of a warship: Q-Ships; title: The naval world of Patric O'Brian; title: Pearl Harbor; title: facts and figures; title: The Navy in the movies; title: Sea battle: the Battle of Midway, 1942; title: The Navy and the pirates; title: Historic ships: our international naval heritage; title: Fighting Admiral: Chester Nimitz; title: No flowers on a sailor's grave; title: Merrimack, Merrimac or Virginia?; title: Jack Speak.