Naval category: 2015 books

Shipbuilding at Glasgow during the later half of the nineteenth century was a race to build faster ships for Trans-Atlantic travel. This is a brief look at the building of “The City of New York.”

The history of the development and operations of flying boats in the early twentieth century is a vibrant one, full of colourful characters and experimentation. In 'Fabulous Flying Boats', Leslie Dawson captures this spirit of dynamism, reminding us of the most successful early pioneers of the seaplanes...

Jean Bart fut l'un des marins les plus célèbres français de tous les temps. Ses exploits maritimes ont traversés les âges et les batailles et les combats qu'il a menés contre les Anglais et les Hollandais ont largement contribué à la grandeur...

SEAL Team Six's team leader, James Riley, has been honorably discharged. Despite their heavy hearts, the SEALs continue their training exercises without missing a beat. In his new job at the CIA, Riley reads a report from a madman claiming to be responsible for the Japanese Tsunami that devastated...

After all of their harrowing experiences, SEAL Team Six is being given an easy mission or so they think. Sent to a United Allies Conference in Germany to train with other militaries from around the world, Team Six members Riley and Bowe happen upon shady CIA agents who may be giving away some vital...

Six men of the Elite Navy SEAL Team have been specially selected for a mission in Southeast Asia where an extremist organization is set to create a new political party and religion to get rid of the current establishment. Based CIA Intelligence, they’re said to have connections to recent terrorist...

A compelling account of history's most famous pirate. The Pirate King is the compelling true story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. The inspiration for dozens of fictionalized pirates in film, television, and literature-as...

Early on a wartime winter's morning in 1941, an 8,000-ton cargo ship loaded with whisky ran aground in the beautiful and treacherous seas of the Outer Hebrides. The events which followed became the stuff of folklore, and resulted in the famous fiction of Whisky Galore. But what really happened ... ?

Fascinating, lesser-known facts about the Titanic and details on the ship, the passengers, and the sinking. The book also explores aspects of the wreck today and salvage operations. Although the main events of the Titanic disaster are well known, significant facts and tidbits remain obscure. Who were...

The Kaiser’s Pirates is a dramatic and little-known story of World War I, when the actions of a few men shaped the fate of nations. By1914 Germany had ships and sailors scattered across the globe, protecting its overseas colonies and “showing the flag” of its new Imperial Navy. After war broke...

Pirates are often glorified as nautical Robin Hoods, heroes of the seas - and some were great navigators, map makers, and discoverers. But they were also thieves and murderers. They were undoubtedly merciless, but their crimes took place in a cruel age when even children might be hanged for stealing...

The riveting true account of the Battle of Tarawa, an epic World War II clash in which the U.S. Marines fought the Japanese nearly to the last man. In November 1943, the men of the 2d Marine Division were instructed to clear out Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Betio, a speck at...

The press-gang. An unmitigated evil, or the savior of a nation? You decide. Impressment was nothing new for the Royal Navy. It had been used as early as 1664 as a way of obtaining crews for warships. In many respects, impressment was inevitable. The number of trained sailors was finite, and...

A fantastic look at narrow escapes from the perils of the historical high seas, such as icebergs, sickness and pirates.