Tag: Naval

January 16, 2024

The Trafalgar Chronicle Dedicated to Naval History in the Nelson Era New Series 5

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Free Download The Trafalgar Chronicle: Dedicated to Naval History in the Nelson Era: New Series 5 by Sean Heuvel, Judith Pearson, John Rodgaard
English | January 18, 2021 | ISBN: 1526759624 | 192 pages | PDF | 14 Mb
The Trafalgar Chronicle is a prime source of information as well as the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian Navy, sometimes also loosely referred to as ‘Nelson’s Navy’, though its scope reaches out to include all the sailing navies of the period. The central theme of the 2020 issue is ‘portrayals of the Georgian Navy though art, literature, and film’. The feature article, by Gerald Stulc, MD, analyzes film depictions and portraits of Horatio Nelson, throughout his service and after his death, comparing these images to the clinical realities of Nelson’s injuries in battle.

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January 11, 2024

Naval Firepower Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era

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Free Download Norman Friedman – Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era
Naval Institute Press | 2008 | ISBN: 1591145554 | English | 328 pages | PDF | 229.14 MB
For more than a half a century the big gun was the arbiter of naval power, but it was useless if it could not hit the target fast and hard enough to prevent the enemy doing the same. Because the naval gun platform was itself in motion, finding a ‘firing solution’ was a significant problem made all the more difficult when gun sizes increased and fighting ranges lengthened and seemingly minor issues like wind velocity had to be factored in. This heavily illustrated book outlines for the first time in layman’s terms the complex subject of fire-control equipment and electro-mechanical computing.

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January 5, 2024

Tracing Your Naval Ancestors

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Free Download Simon Fowler, "Tracing Your Naval Ancestors"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1848846258 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 8.0 mb
This concise guide to naval history and naval records is essential reading and reference for anyone researching the fascinating story of Britain’s navy and the men and women who served in it. Whether you are interested in the career of an individual seaman, finding out about a medal winner or just want to know more about a particular ship, campaign or operation, this book will point you in the right direction.

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January 4, 2024

Naval Weapons of World War Two (2024)

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Free Download John Campbell – Naval Weapons of World War Two
Anova Books | 2002 | ISBN: 0870214594, 0851779247 | English | 416 pages | PDF | 179.39 MB
There is no shortage of reference books on the warships that fought the Second World War, but the weapons they carried have been largely ignored. This situation is entirely rectified in this classic work, which is encyclopaedic in scope and largely based on original research. Divided by country (including minor powers not directly involved in the war), the book covers all the major weaponry of the period. Weapons of earlier vintage which were employed during the war, and those that were at an experimental, trial or design stage in 1945 are also included. The size, scope and originality of this work make it one of the most important reference works available on naval warfare during the Second World War.

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