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  • The Wartime Irish Marine Service

    The first-hand experiences of broadcaster Norris Davidson

    by Daire Brunicardi ...
    'It was a farewell to all my pleasant life, a farewell to the enjoyment of summer. My theme was that we were all about to undergo a change. The hills and the streams would remain, the sun would set as redly on the western sea, but they would not ever be quite the same for us again.'In the 1930s, Norris Davidson was based in London, where he was involved in pioneering work on film, radio and ... Read more

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  • Three Corvettes

    by Nicholas Monsarrat ...
    This is how the war at sea really was...Nicholas Monsarrat's war, in those dark years of 1939-1945, was a ferocious, unforgiving, terrible war: the Battle of the Atlantic. An RNVR officer, he served on His Majesty's corvettes, tough little ships charged with the impossible task of seeing vital convoys safely through the packs of marauding U-boats. Between watches he kept a record of life on board, ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • One of Our Submarines

    by Edward Young ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    "[Young] immortalized his distinguished war service as a submariner in the bestselling autobiography, One of Our Submarines . . . [a] gripping memoir."— The Guardian"In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four years' adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beautifully, economically ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The End of Glory

    War & Peace in HMS Hood 1916-1941

    by Bruce Taylor ...
    The career of the legendary British battlecruiser is vividly recounted from its commissioning to its tragic end in this naval history.The HMS Hood was the glory of the Royal Navy. In The End of Glory, historian Bruce Taylor combines in-depth research and thrilling narrative to tell its story. For twenty years Hood symbolized the Royal Navy during the twilight years of the British Empire. Yet in ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alarm Starboard!

    A Remarkable True Story of the War at Sea

    by Geoffrey Brooke ...
    "Much more than a mere catalogue of a naval officer's experiences of war . . . All-in-all an excellent read and very highly recommended." —World Ship SocietyThe author's naval war experiences make the most exciting reading. After being mined on the battleship Nelson in 1939, he served on the Prince of Wales, during the Bismarck action, witnessing the sinking of the Hood and Churchill and Roosevelt ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battlecruiser HMS Hood

    An Illustrated Biography, 1916–1941

    by Bruce Taylor ...
    " A wonderfully illustrated biography" of one of history's greatest warships whose sinking "signaled the end of the surety that Britannia ruled the waves" ( War History Online).Unmatched for beauty, unequalled for size, for twenty years the HMS Hood was the glory ship of the Royal Navy, flying the flag across the world in the twilight years of the British Empire. Here, in words, photos and color ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gunboat Command

    The Biography of Lieutenant Commander Robert Hichens DSO* DSC** RNVR

    by Antony Hichens ...
    This biography draws heavily on the personal diaries of the subject, Robert Hichens (or Hitch as he was universally known).After a brief description of his early life, time at Oxford, his motor racing achievements (including trophies at Le Mans in his Aston Martin) and RN training, the book focuses on his exceptional wartime experiences. Hitch was the most highly decorated RNVR officer of the war ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Heart of Oak

    by Tristan Jones ...
    World War II helped to define Tristan Jones as an adventurous Welsh youth. After losing his parents, he spent much of his life working on sailing barges and so he is no stranger to the seas when he's called to fight for Britain during the Blitz in 1940. Tristan Jones is not only caught in the middle of arduous battles on board, but also the tragic battles he must fight in his heart. When the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stand By for Action

    The Memoirs of a Small Ship Commander in World War II

    by William Donald ...
    A naval memoir of the Second World War by a sea-officer who was awarded a DSC for providing anti-aircraft defense along the Norwegian coast.The author of this compelling memoir proved himself one of the most successful small ship commanders during the Norwegian campaign in 1940, and then served at sea continuously throughout the rest of the War.In Norway, as second-in-command of a Black Swan sloop ... Read more

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  • Morse Code Wrens of Station X

    Bletchley's Outer Circle

    by Anne Glyn-Jones ...
    Series Book 1 - Amphora Press
    Anne Glyn-Jones opens up the secret world of the interceptors of German Morse Code signals during World War II. Leaving her girls' boarding school with romantic ideas about joining the navy as a Wren, Anne had no idea that she would be working for the mysterious 'Station X', which we now know to be Bletchley Park. Round the clock shifts, bed bugs, rats and poor diet took its toll, as well as the ... Read more

    $12.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Singapore's Dunkirk

    by Geoffrey Brooke ...
    When Singapore fell so ignominiously to the Japanese in February 1942, many tens of thousands of men, women and children were left to their own devices. To stay in Singapore meant certain captivity. This book tells of some of the remarkable and shocking experiences that lay in store for those who decided to escape by whatever means. A shocking and inspiring book that embraces great courage and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Boy to Man

    Sailing with the Royal Navy in World War Two

    by Frederick Rogers ...
    This book is a personal story of life on board aircraft carriers during WWII. The author starts his story reminiscing about joining the British Navy and then continues with battles fought and time spent in various ports around the world."The morning of my departure for the training base was, for me, a continuous wave of excitement. My heart told me I was about to shake off my youth. I felt my old ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD