Maritime History

Discover over 5000 years of seafaring history, packed with first-hand accounts of triumphs and disasters A fascinating journey through more than 5...

Erik Petkovic's Lake Erie Technical Wreck Diving Guide is packed with tales of sailing ships and steamers that foundered, succumbed to storms, coll...

The first attacks on Australia by the Japanese were made by four submarines of the Sixth Submarine Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Together...

Built at the end of the Depression and launched on the weekend of the Munich Crisis, the Queen Elizabeth's maiden voyage was a wartime dash to New ...

The brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. Conceived as 'super...

Written by the leading Danish authority on the period, this splendid work brings to life Nelson's historic victory immortalised by his so famously ...

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal N...

Launched during the last days of the Third Reich in an attempt to restart the Battle of the Atlantic, the majority of these revolutionary Electro-U...

These two volumes present a unique resource on the history and development of merchant shipping from the last decades of the eighteenth century to ...

Dundee, City of Discovery, is known around the world for its innovation, its jute and music, and its vibrant culture. But the critical role of the ...

The River Thames has been integral to the prosperity of London since Roman times. Explorers sailed away on voyages of discovery to distant lands. C...

No warship name in British naval history has more battle honours than Warspite. While this book looks at the lives of all eight vessels to bear the...

From anti-slavery heroes to evil murderers, from the Victual Brothers to Somali raiders today, a 1000-year roll call of the pirates. It is no use ...

William Dampier buccaneer, journalist, naturalist and explorer once shocked and delighted the literary world with the scarcely credible tales of ...

White Star Line was originally founded in Liverpool in 1845 for travel to Australia but was eventually purchased by Thomas Ismay and transformed in...

From the moment the iceberg was spotted to the moment Titanics fate was realised, it was a race against time for the 2,208 souls on board.At 11:40 ...

Pirates have a well-earned bad reputation, and this book invites the reader to join their ranks. Here you will discover everything the aspiring pir...

The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad, steam-powered naval vessels that established British dominance in Asian waters in the ninet...

Naming a boat is as personal as naming a baby (even if few male skippers would risk telling the wife that). The culmination of many years of dreami...

A visually stunning account of how naval conflict was recorded and planned, using contemporary mapping. Naval operations and warfare were, and rem...

Pull up anchor, set sail and hit the open water with this wonderful collection of sea shanties and their fascinating history.People have been singi...

Launched in 1906, HMS Dreadnought was the first all-big-gun battleship and as such revolutionised battleship design for more than a generation. She...

The BBC TV Tie-in to Dan Snows Timewatch series exploring the navys rise over four centuries. The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national...

Royal Bargemasters have been serving their monarchs for over 800 years, yet their story has never been told. Always working in close proximity to t...

Tudor and Stuart Seafarers tells the compelling story of how a small island positioned on the edge of Europe transformed itself into the worlds lea...

The perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet. Patrick O'Brien provides the forward to th...