Chapman, A. J. (Tony Chapman),

WAR OF THE MOTOR GUN BOATS - One man's personal war at sea with the Coastal Forces 1943-1945.

Praetorian Press, Barnsley, 2023, 1st thus, paperback, xii, 163pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9 x 6" approx.), coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, the author's experiences in RN Coastal Forces 1943-1945, in the English Channel, North Sea, Mediterranean and Aegean Sea. After training his first operational posting in September 1943 was to RML522, a 'B' class Fairmile Rescue Launch based at HMS Attack, Portland. After nightly patrol between Portland Bill and The Needles by mid-October he was considered sufficiently proficient to be transferred to a more active command. He was drafted to MGB 607, a 'D' class Fairmile gunboat, part of the 17th MGB Flotilla, based at HMS Midge, Great Yarmouth. On his first patrol he experienced the raid by 32 E-boats on convoy FN1160, on 25th October 1943. The author was a telegraphist with a limited view of the action but he includes the detailed account written by MBG 607's navigating officer, Sub. Lt. Arkell. The encounter resulted in half the crew of MGB 607 being killed or wounded but they destryed two E-boats. In attempting to destroy a third they rammed an E-boat, ripping away their entire mess-deck with all their personal posessions. They were found by their sister MGB 603 and towed backwards to HMS MIdge, After 14 days survivors leave he returned to HMS Midge and to MTB 605, identical to MGB 607 apart from a couple of torpedo tubes either side of the bridge, In early 1944 he passed the Telegraphists examination and qualified as a senior telegraphist. He was drafted to the Mediterranean and at Cairo he became a member of the crew of a new boat being assembled there, ML 838, a ‘B’ Class Fairmile of the 43rd ML Flotilla. Once ready for sea ML 838’s task was escorting merchant vessels between Alexandria, Tobruk and Benghazi through JUne and July 1944. In August new orders moved ML 838 to patrol the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea which remained their task for the rest of the war, transporting Greek commandos, making reconnaisance landings, etc. fine,

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Book number: 45792

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - Coastal Forces, Clandestine Naval Ops and Landing Craft

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Clayton, Tim,

SEA WOLVES - The Extraordinary Story of Britain's WW2 Submarines,.

Little, Brown, London, 2011, reprint, [xii] inc. maps, 436pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9.5 x 6 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured endpapers, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive account of the development of the Royal Navy's Submarine Service during WW2, relating the history up to WW2, the state preparedness for war, operational use in the North Sea, the effects of depth charges, losses of submarines, the 1940 Norway Campaign, the fall of France and the balance of power in the Mediterranean, patrols from Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria, the Adriatic and North Africa, successes and failures, the Far East,Singaore and the malacca strait, with details of the early career of Max Horton as a submarine commander in WW1 and Rear Admiral Submarine in 1940, an excellent grounding for his later command of the Western Approaches, with first hand accounts of many of the eccentrics who served in submarines as well as many of the operations, edges tanned, dustwrapper: faintly creased at upper edges of flaps, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44259

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Clayton, Tim,

SEA WOLVES - The Extraordinary Story of Britain's WW2 Submarines,.

Abacus, London, 2012, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [x] inc. 3 maps, 436pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, a comprehensive account of the development of the Royal Navy's Submarine Service during WW2, relating the history up to WW2, the state preparedness for war, operational use in the North Sea, the effects of depth charges, losses of submarines, the 1940 Norway Campaign, the fall of France and the balance of power in the Mediterranean, patrols from Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria, the Adriatic and North Africa, successes and failures, the Far East,Singaore and the malacca strait, with details of the early career of Max Horton as a submarine commander in WW1 and Rear Admiral Submarine in 1940, an excellent grounding for his later command of the Western Approaches, with first hand accounts of many of the eccentrics who served in submarines as well as many of the operations, slight roll and slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., with light creasing at cnrs., cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44512

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Cocker, M. P.,

MINE WARFARE VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - 1908 TO DATE.

Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury - UK, 1993, 1st edn., 223pp, over 200 half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered in gilt st spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a complete guide to all Minelayers and Minesweepers by Class from 1908 to 1993, the majority in the period 1939-45, including Fleet Minesweepers, Admiralty, Purchased and Requisitioned Trawlers, Drifters and Whalers, ML's, Paddle Vessels, Motor Minesweepers, Landing Craft, etc., includes description of types of mines, history of mines, etc., faintly bumped at tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42383

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

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Cocker, M. P.,

MINE WARFARE VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - 1908 TO DATE.

Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury - UK, 1993, 1st edn., 223pp, over 200 half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered in gilt st spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a complete guide to all Minelayers and Minesweepers by Class from 1908 to 1993, the majority in the period 1939-45, including Fleet Minesweepers, Admiralty, Purchased and Requisitioned Trawlers, Drifters and Whalers, ML's, Paddle Vessels, Motor Minesweepers, Landing Craft, etc., includes description of types of mines, history of mines, etc., edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44135

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

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Cocker, M. P.,

MINE WARFARE VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - 1908 TO DATE.

Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury - UK, 1993, 1st edn., 223pp, over 200 half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered in gilt st spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a complete guide to all Minelayers and Minesweepers by Class from 1908 to 1993, the majority in the period 1939-45, including Fleet Minesweepers, Admiralty, Purchased and Requisitioned Trawlers, Drifters and Whalers, ML's, Paddle Vessels, Motor Minesweepers, Landing Craft, etc., includes description of types of mines, history of mines, etc., very slightly cocked, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44136

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy minesweeper minelayer history rnps

Collingwood, Donald,

THE CAPTAIN CLASS FRIGATES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 1998 1st edn., xvi inc. maps, 208pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an operational history of the American-built Destroyer Escorts serving under the White Ensign 1943-1946, edges tanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44834

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy frigate destroyer white ensign

Connell, G. G.,

JACK'S WAR - Lower-deck recollections from World War ll.

Crecy Books, Bristol, 1995, revised edn., 236pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the author joined the London Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as an ordinary seaman in the 1930s and served in a cruiser and two destroyers during WW2. He continued in the Reserve for a total of 40 years and has collected accounts from numerous members of the lower deck of their experiences mainly during WW2, including the Battle of the River Plate, convoy PQ17, the invasion of Sicily, the battle of Sirte and many others, edges tanned, upper edge faintly foxed, dustwrapper: lightly creased at spine ends., near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45328

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Cooper, Bryan,

THE BUCCANEERS.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War', Weapons Book No.13, an account of MTB's, MGB's, ML's and PT boats worldwide during WW2, covering the 'Narrow Seas', Mediterranean, Far East and Pacific with details of combined MTB/MGB tactics, lightly rubbed at tips, tanning to edges, near fine,

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Book number: 44911

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mgb mtb pt boat vosper fairmile s-boat higgins schnellboot ml f-lighter sgb grey goose elco history rncf coastal forces

Coote, Captain John Royal Navy,

SUBMARINER.

Leo Cooper, London, 1991 1st edn., xvi inc. maps and diagram, 240pp, 20pp half tone photo ills., large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, edges a little tanned, dustwrapper: nick at top edge lower hinge repaired to reverse, near fine in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44835

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy submarines

Costello, John and Hughes, Terry,

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.

Fontana, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 352pp inc. 2pp maps by Richard Natkiel, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, an account and analysis of the battle between the escorting Allied warships of the convoys and the German u-boats in the North Atlantic, 1939-1945, with details from eye-witness account, official reports and, for the first time, Enigma intercepts, describing the changing tactics of both sides and with tables of losses of both u-boats and convoy vessels, a little rubbed and creased at extrems., slight ripple to leaves, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 45101

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy atlantic convoy escort submarine u-boat

Costello, John and Hughes, Terry,

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.

Fontana, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 352pp inc. 2pp maps by Richard Natkiel, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, an account and analysis of the battle between the escorting Allied warships of the convoys and the German u-boats in the North Atlantic, 1939-1945, with details from eye-witness account, official reports and, for the first time, Enigma intercepts, describing the changing tactics of both sides and with tables of losses of both u-boats and convoy vessels, slight roll and slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., crease lower wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45142

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy atlantic convoy escort submarine u-boat

Creighton, Rear-Admiral Sir Kenelm, KBE, MVO (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO,

CONVOY COMMODORE.

Futura, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), for the numerous allied convoys of WW2, the post of 'Commodore of Convoy' was created to act as the Senior Officer of the merchant vessels, the buffer between the Naval Escort Commander and the merchant captains. The author, a retired Rear-Admiral, spent three years and twenty-five convoys from 1940-43 in this capacity mainly in the North Atlantic and relates his experiences, edges tanned, light creasing to wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 45796

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy escort convoy creighton atlantic

Creighton, Rear-Admiral Sir Kenelm, KBE, MVO (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO,

CONVOY COMMODORE.

Futura, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), for the numerous allied convoys of WW2, the post of 'Commodore of Convoy' was created to act as the Senior Officer of the merchant vessels, the buffer between the Naval Escort Commander and the merchant captains. The author, a retired Rear-Admiral, spent three years and twenty-five convoys from 1940-43 in this capacity mainly in the North Atlantic and relates his experiences, edges tanned, spine darkened, very good,

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Book number: 45797

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy escort convoy creighton atlantic

Detmers, Captain Theodor (trans. Edward Fitzgerald),

THE RAIDER KORMORAN.

Tandem, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 208pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, account by the captain of the Armed Merchant Cruiser Kormoran, originally built for the Hamburg Amerika line, the vessel patrolled the Indian Ocean minelaying and sinking or capturing over 60,000 tons of Allied shipping before encountering HMAS Sydney in November, 1941, and left her a burning hulk. Following the action against Sydney, with their engine room out of action and on fire, the crew abandoned her shortly before her cargo of mines blew up. They were rescued and made prisoners of war in Australia. a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45798

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy german auxilliary cruiser armed merchant raider kormoran hsk8 raiderg ship 41 vf45