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Seaforth Catalogue 2105 www.seaforthpublishing.com NEW BOOKS 2015 DISCOUNTS UP TO 20% FREE BOOK WITH EACH ORDER OF £50 OR MORE © Compton Verney House Trust Nelson’s Victory 250 Years of War and Peace Brian Lavery Launched 250 years ago, Victory has become the ultimate symbol of Britain’s domin - ion of the seas. In this new book, by one of Britain’s leading naval historians, the parallel stories of Victory and Nelson are brought together in a compelling narrative. Superbly illustrated throughout in colour, and with new and surprising revelations, it is the most comprehensive work yet on this great survivor of Trafalgar. 260 x 240mm, 208pp, 115 colour illustrations, hardback, ISBN 9781848322325, £30 , now £24 Japanese Battleships 1897–1945 French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861 R A Burt Design, Construction, Careers and Fates Rif Winfield & Stephen S Roberts This collection of 125 stunning images of the battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy contains both unfamiliar and The only comprehensive listing of French sailing warships in rare photographs presented in a large format that offers English and a ‘must-have’ reference work for anyone interest - maximum detail and visual impact. The period covered is ed in this field. This major new work follows the pattern set from the launch of Japan’s first real contemporary battleship, by the companion series on British warships and provides an Yashima , built by Armstrong’s on the Tyne, up the final impressive depth of information. It is organised by Rate, destruction of her fleet in the Pacific in 1945. It is an essen - classification and class, with significant technical and build - tial addition to the library of anyone with an interest in the ing data, followed by a concise summary of the career of navies of the Second World War. each ship. For the first time it is possible to form a clear pic - ture of the development of French warships in the latter half 260 x 240mm, 128pp, 135 b/w photos & line drawings, hardback, of the sailing era. ISBN 9781848322349, £25 , now £20 289 x 245mm, 464pp, 260 b/w illustrations, hardback, ISBN 9781848322042, £50 , now £40 (September) Express orderline – 01226 734222 THE FIRST WORLD WAR AT SEA The Great War at Sea From Imperial Splendour to Fighting the Great War at Sea A Naval Atlas 1914 –1919 Internment Strategy, Tactics and Technology Marcus Faulkner The German Navy and the First World Norman Friedman Introduction by Andrew Lambert War Nicolas Wolz This beautifully illustrated large-for - In this sumptuous, large format and mat new work explains how the First exclusively cartographic presentation This important new work describes World War became a titanic struggle of WWI at sea, 125 breathtaking large- how the Imperial German Navy, which for access to worldwide resources, and scale maps depict the complexities of had expanded to become second only describes the ships, technology, and the naval war and show how, through to the Royal Navy, proved, with the strategy that each side adopted in a the eventual control of the world’s exception of its submarines, to be desperate bid to dominate the oceans. oceans, the Allies brought the Central largely ineffective throughout the powers to their knees. years of conflict. A fascinating and per - 289 x 245mm, 416pp, 300 illustrations, ceptive analysis.. hardback, ISBN 9781848321892, 320 x 235mm, 184pp, 125 colour maps, £45 , now £36 hardback ISBN 9781848321830, 234 x 156mm, 288pp, 42 b/w photos and 3 £40 , now £32 (September) maps, hardback, ISBN 9781848322288, £30 , now £24 The Naval Flank of the From the Dardanelles to Oran German Battlecruisers of Western Front Studies of the Royal Navy in War and World War One The German MarineKorps Flandern Peace 1915–1940 Their Design, Construction and Operations 1914–1918 Arthur Marder Gary Staff Mark D Karau Introduction by Barry Gough The most comprehensive English-lan - A highly significant book describing These thought-provoking studies, by guage study yet of the German how the German destroyers, U-boats arguably the twentieth century’s finest Panzerkreuzer, superbly illustrated and coastal defence batteries along naval historian, together form an arc throughout with photos, maps and the Belgium coast prosecuted naval that spans the years from one naval line drawings as well as specially-com - guerilla warfare, Kleinkreig , against crisis in WWI to another in the war missioned colour computer renderings the Royal Navy and allied merchant that followed. of all the ships. A stunning book. shipping. 216 x 138mm, 320pp, 8 photos and 5 289 x 245mm, 340pp, more than 400 b/w 234 x 156mm, 288pp, 28 b/w photos, charts, paperback, ISBN 9781848322523, & colour illustrations, hardback, ISBN paperback, ISBN 9781848322318, £16.99 , now £13.50 9781848322134, £45 , now £36 £16.99 , now £13.50 Free postage on orders of £30 or more (UK only) WORLD WAR II AND WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE British and Commonwealth British and Commonwealth German Naval Camouflage Warship Camouflage of WWII Warship Camouflage of WWII Volume two 1942–1945 Vol 2: Battleships and Aircraft Carriers Volume 1 Eric Leon & John Asmussen Malcolm Wright Malcolm Wright This second volume completes the A totally original reference book for This earlier volume depicted the highly original survey of German naval naval enthusiasts and ship modellers schemes of destroyers, frigates, escorts, camouflage and markings in the Nazi which depicts the official and unofficial minesweepers, coastal warfare craft, era, and covers all major surviving paint schemes that adorned the capital submarines and auxiliaries in some 740 ships down to destroyers from 1942 to ships of the Royal Navy and colour illustrations and has already the end of the war, and adds a new Commonwealth. Each scheme is been hailed a classic work. section on torpedo boats. depicted in detail, along with changes of armament and electronics that 200 x 254mm (landscape), 160pp, 200 x 254mm (landsape), 192pp, affected outward appearances. 740 colour illustrations, hardback, 300 colour plates & 85 b/w photos, hard - ISBN 9781848322059, £30 , now £24 back, ISBN 9781848322233, 200 x 254mm (landscape), 192pp, (September) £35 , now £28 525 colour illustrations, hardback, ISBN 9781848322530, £30 , now £24 The Gathering Storm Big Gun Battles Very Special Intelligence The Naval War in Northern Europe Warship Duels of the Second World War The Story of the Admiralty’s September 1939–April 1940 Robert C Stern Operational Intelligence 1939–1940 Geirr H Haarr Patrick Beesley A riveting account of some of the A fascinating survey of the fierce naval most dramatic sea battles and gun fire A new paperback edition of this grip - struggles that took place from the out - duels of WWII that demonstrate the ping story about the nerve centre of the break of war until the invasion of changing face of surface warfare British Admiralty in WWII, that was Norway. This was no ‘phoney war’ but a under the influence of rapidly improv - dedicated to the collection, analysis and highly significant period of naval ing fire control systems, radar and dissemination of information that might action and this is the first major assess - other systems. throw light on the deployment of ment of the period. German naval forces. 172 x 246mm, 288pp, 150 b/w photos, 234 x 156mm, 560pp, more than 150 pho - hardback, ISBN 9781848321533, 216 x 138mm, 328pp, 8 b/w photos, paper - tos, hardback, ISBN 19781848321403, £35 , £30 , now £24 back, ISBN 9781848328211, now £28 £14.99 , now £11.99 Find out more at www.seaforthpublishing.com SEAFORTH HISTORIC SHIPS Employing a concise text and more than 200 specially-commissioned photographs, the Seaforth Historic Ship editions take the reader on a superbly illustrated tour of a particular ship, from bow to stern and deck by deck. No other books offer such superb visual impact and detailed information on our ships from the past. Each title: 246 x 172mm, 128pp, 200 colour photos, paperback, £ 14.99 each , now £11.99 Buy any three for only £29.99, saving more than 30% HMS Trincomalee 1817, Frigate HMS Cavalier , Destroyer 1944 HMS Belfast , Cruiser 1939 Wynford Davies & Max Mudie Richard Johnstone-Bryden Richard Johnstone-Brysen HMS Trincomalee belonged to a class of HMS Cavalier is a ‘C’ Class destroyer, one HMS Belfast, originally a Royal Navy 38-gun Fifth Rates that can claim to of 96 War Emergency Programme light cruiser, is now permanently have been the Royal Navy’s standard destroyers that were ordered between moored on the Thames in London. One frigate type for the whole of the 1940 and 1942. Now designated as a of ten Town-class cruisers she saw Napoleonic Wars. Built in India of teak, war memorial to the 142 RN destroyers service on the icy Arctic convoys and she is now beautifully restored at and 11,000 men lost during WWII, she was also present at the bombardment Hartlepool, and can justly claim to be is beautifully displayed at Chatham of the D-Day beaches in 1944. the last of Nelson’s frigates. Historic Dockyard. ISBN 9781848321557 ISBN 9781848322219 ISBN 9781848322264 HMS Warrior , Ironclad Frigate SS Great Britain , Transatlantic HMS Victory , First Rate 1765 1860 Liner 1843 Jonathan Eastland & Iain Ballantyne Wynford Davies & Geoff Dennison Wynford Davies & Herb Schmidt HMS Victory is probably the best- HMS Warrior , launched in 1860, was The SS Great Britain , designed by known historic ship in the world. the first iron-hulled, sea-going Isambard Brunel, was the first ocean- A symbol of the Royal Navy’s achieve - armoured ship, and for many years was going vessel to be screw-driven and ments during the great age of sail, she the most powerful warship in the built entirely of iron. Rescued from the is based in Portsmouth and seen by world.
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