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Author: Philip MacDougall
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-02-15
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1445663996
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Portsmouth Dockyard has changed and developed over time.
Author: Dr Paul Brown
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2018-09-24
Total Pages: 558
ISBN-13: 0750989572
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From muddy creek to naval-industrial powerhouse; from constructing wooden walls to building Dreadnoughts; from maintaining King John's galleys to servicing the enormous new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers: this is the story of Portsmouth Dockyard. Respected maritime historian Paul Brown's unique 800-year history of what was once the largest industrial organisation in the world is a combination of extensive original research and stunning images. The most comprehensive history of the dockyard to date, it is sure to become the definitive work on this important heritage site and modern naval base.
Author: Walter Burt
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-01-15
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1445648970
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The history of Rosyth Dockyard and Naval Base, showing how it has changed and developed over the last hundred years.
Author: John Christopher
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-04-15
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1445657821
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This fascinating selection of images records the works of the pre-Victorian engineer Thomas Telford and what remains of the great roads, canals and bridges he built in Scotland, England and Wales.
Author: Clive Holden
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2014-02-15
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1445619113
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Chatham Naval Dockyard & Barracks have changed and developed over the last century.
Author: Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780853726180
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dr Paul Brown
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2016-03-10
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 0750968710
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For three centuries Portsmouth has been the leading base of the Royal Navy but the naval heritage of its port can be traced back to the Roman invasion of Britain. From the Roman walls of Portchester to the best-preserved Georgian dockyard in the world and the illustrious HMS Victory, Portsmouth is amongst the most important naval sites in the world. This fascinating book, in its new and fully revised edition, focuses on the history and present status of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as well as the magnificent ships Victory, Warrior and Mary Rose that have been preserved and are now on display at Portsmouth. Drawing on impressive original research and illustrated by a host of colourful photographs, author Paul Brown has created a concise and helpful guide to the key maritime attractions in Portsmouth and Gosport, including the Submarine Museum, the sea forts, the Gunwharf and the commercial port.
Author: Sir Neil Cossons
Publisher: Historic England
Published: 2021-05
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781800859494
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nowhere in the world is it possible to see such an intact naval dockyard for the building and maintenance of the ships of the sailing navy as at Chatham. This book, edited by Neil Cossons, Jonathan Coad, Andrew Lambert, Paul Hudson and Paul Jardine - all experts in their fields - brings together their combined knowledge to tell the dockyard's history, from Elizabethan origins to fleet base and shipbuilding yard, from sail to steel to submarines. They set out the extraordinary scale of the legacy and the challenges of the future once the yard closed in the 1980s. This is a story of the creation of the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and the management of an outstanding historic asset for the benefit of the public. Profusely illustrated, it is the first authoritative account of how Chatham's dockyard was saved for the nation and managed for nearly forty years to exemplary standards.
Author: John Jordan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-05-31
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1472830016
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Warship 2018 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery and much more to maintain the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history. This 40th edition features the usual range of diverse articles spanning the subject by an international array of expert authors.
Author: David Childs
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2014-04-30
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13: 1473852854
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This new paperback edition brings the history of Henry VIII's famous warship right up to date with new chapters on the stunning presentation of the hull and the 19,000 salvaged artefacts in the new museum in Portsmouth.Mary Rose has, along with HMS Victory, become an instantly recognisable symbol of Britain's maritime past, while the extraordinary richness of the massive collection of artefacts gleaned from the wreck has meant that the ship has acquired the status of some sort of 'time capsule', as if it were a Tudor burial site. But she is much more than an archaeological relic; she was a warship, and a revolutionary one, that served in the King's navy for thirty-four years, almost the entire length of his reign.This book tells the story of her eventful career, placing it firmly within the colourful context of Tudor politics, court life and the developing administration of a permanent navy. And though the author also brings the story right down to the present day, with chapters on the recovery, the fresh ideas and information thrown up by the massive programme of archaeological work since undertaken, and the new display just recently opened at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, it is at heart a vivid retelling of her career and, at the end, her dramatic sinking.With this fine narrative and the beautiful illustrations the book will appeal to the historian and enthusiast, and also to the general reader and museum visitor.
