Kemp, Paul,

U-BOATS DESTROYED - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars,.

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1999, larger trade paperback, 288pp, photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 6 inches, an extensive reference on the sinkings by Allied action of German submarines during both world wars, 1914-18 and 1939-45, with details of each submarine including commissioning dates, class, commander, casualties, survivors, etc., the dates and locations of loss and brief details of the action, with separate indexes of U-boats and Commanders and a general index, fine,

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Book number: 28939

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: britain topography east anglia suffolk lowestoft war ww1 ww2 navy submarine u-boats fishing maritime battle atlantic convoy escort a/s

Kemp, Paul,

CONVOY! Drama in Arctic Waters.

Brockhampton Press, London, 1999, 1st in imprint, 256pp, 48pp half tone photo ills., laminated pictorial boards with matching coloured pictorial dustwrapper, decorative headband, a history of the WW2 PQ/QP and JW/RA arctic convoys, from the first on 28th September 1941 to the last on 30th May 1945, with detailed coverage of the major incidents, appendices of Allied and German Naval vessels lost and a detailed list of aid supplied to USSR, ills. include PQ18, JW53, RA53, RA64, HMS Matabele, Duke of York, Victorious, Trinidad, Eclipse, Edinburgh, Harrier, King George V, Empire Lawrence, Pozarica, Empire Tide, Dianella, Avenger, Scylla, Ashanti, Somali, Onslow, Sheffield, Achates, Lotus, Fencer, Belfast, Norfolk, Duke of York, Saumarez, Chaser, Royal Sovereign, Emperor, Nairana, Bluebell, HMT Ayrshire, USS Wainwright, Tirpitz, Lutzow, Hipper, Scharnhorst, U288, Albacore, BV138, Hampden AT109, Baracuda, faintly bumped at upper tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32818

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy convoy arctic kola murmansk russia pq17 pq18 jw53 jw56 ra53 ra64 hms matabele duke of york victorious trinidad eclipse edinburgh harrier king george v empire lawrence pozarica empire tide dianella avenger scylla ashanti somali onslow sheffiel

Kemp, Paul,

CONVOY! Drama in Arctic Waters.

Brockhampton Press, London, 1999, 1st in imprint, 256pp, 48pp half tone photo ills., laminated pictorial boards with matching coloured pictorial dustwrapper, decorative headband, a meticulously researched account by a noted naval historian of the history of the WW2 PQ/QP and JW/RA arctic convoys, from the first on 28th September 1941 to the last on 30th May 1945, with detailed coverage of the major incidents, appendices of Allied and German Naval vessels lost and a detailed list of aid supplied to USSR, ills. include PQ18, JW53, RA53, RA64, HMS Matabele, Duke of York, Victorious, Trinidad, Eclipse, Edinburgh, Harrier, King George V, Empire Lawrence, Pozarica, Empire Tide, Dianella, Avenger, Scylla, Ashanti, Somali, Onslow, Sheffield, Achates, Lotus, Fencer, Belfast, Norfolk, Duke of York, Saumarez, Chaser, Royal Sovereign, Emperor, Nairana, Bluebell, HMT Ayrshire, USS Wainwright, Tirpitz, Lutzow, Hipper, Scharnhorst, U288, Albacore, BV138, Hampden AT109, Baracuda, edges tanned, dustwrapper: faintly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44172

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy convoy arctic kola murmansk russia pq17 pq18 jw53 jw56 ra53 ra64 hms matabele duke of york victorious trinidad eclipse edinburgh harrier king george v empire lawrence pozarica empire tide dianella avenger scylla ashanti somali onslow sheffiel

Kemp, Lt. Cdr. P. K., FRHistS, RN,

H. M. DESTROYERS.

Herbert Jenkins, London, 1956, 1st edn., 237pp, [iii] blank and ads., 16pp half tone photo ills., red cloth lettered in black at spine, publishers device in black lower board, the Admiralty Archivist records the history and development of the Destroyer and describes a number of actions in which the Destroyer played a prominent role, including Jutland, Dover Patrol, Battle of the Atlantic, Norway, Malta and Russian Convoys, rubbed at extrems., with short nicks to cloth at ends of upper hinge, small dent upper board, edges tanned, part erased child's drawing front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, good reading copy,

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Book number: 38097

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy destroyer hms lightning boxer mentor bruizer viper arethusa broke invincible swift foresight albacore hunt starling fury kelly onslow ashanti daring

Kemp, Lt. Commander P. K.,

H. M. DESTROYERS.

Four Square Books, London, 1961, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, #346, pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), the Admiralty archivist records the history and development of the Destroyer as a weapon of war and describes a number of actions in which the Destroyer played a prominent role, including Jutland, Dover Patrol, Battle of the Atlantic, Norway, Malta and Russian Convoys, wrappers a little sunned, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45186

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy destroyer hms lightning boxer mentor bruizer viper arethusa broke invincible swift foresight albacore hunt starling fury kelly onslow ashanti daring

Kemp, Paul J.,

MIDGET SUBMARINES.

Arms and Armour Press, London, ND (copyright 1990), paperback, unpaginated [48pp], half tone photo ills. line drawings and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inchches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, in the Fotofax Warships series, an account of the development and use of the human torpedoes, semi-submersible and midget submarines mainly in WW2 but including some of the developments that took place in 1918, with many half tone photo ills. and brief accounts of many of the actions involving these craft, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 42644

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy midget submarines submersibles x-craft tirpitz chariot

Kennedy, Ludovic,

MENACE - The Life and Death of the Tirpitz.

Sphere, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, 157pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., diagrams, maps and charts in text, [iii] ads., half tone wraparound pictorial montage wrappers, drawing on the intelligence provided by the Ultra signals the author has produced a biography of the German battleship Tirpitz, from her contruction and launch in 1939 to sinking in a Norwegian fjord in 1944, with details of each of the various attacks made by the British Navy and Air Force, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45150

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 german navy tirpitz bismarck x-craft pq17 victorious raf lancaster tallboy

Kerr, J. Lennox and Granville, Wilfred,

THE R. N. V. R. - A Record of Achievement.

George G. Harrap, London, 1957, 1st edn., 304pp, frontis and 22pp half tone photo ills., line drawing in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorated lettered dustwrapper, a history of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and an account of their exploits from the late 19thC to post WW2, incl. in WW2 an account of Coastal Forces in home waters and the Mediterranean, the 2nd MTB flotilla at Hong Kong, minesweeping and mine disposal, the Fleet Air Arm, etc, photo ills. include trawlers (T66, T37), landing craft, ML's and an MTB, lightly rubbed at tips and a few tiny bumps at edges, a few fox marks upper edge, dustwrapper rubbed at extrems., loss at spine ends and tips, short closed tear tail upper joint, internally repaired, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 31007

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy history rnvr rncf

Kerslake, S. A.,

COXSWAIN IN THE NORTHERN CONVOYS.

William Kimber, London, 1984, 1st edn., [xii], 191pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the author first went to sea aged fourteen in a Hull trawler in 1935, by 1939 he was an experienced member of RNR and on call-up served first in the German built HMT Northern Gem on anti-submarine and convoy escort duties, in the Narvik campaign, on Arctic convoys PQ17 and QP14 and the Atlantic convoy JW51B, before leaving Gem and seeing further service in the Mediterranean in the steam yacht Sidi Ifni, in Tunisia and Sardinia and finally as coxswain of MGB177 based at Leghorn in Italy, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, faint diag. crease lower panel, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40207

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

Keywords: war ww2 navy rnps a/s rncf pq17 qp14 jw51b hmt northern gem sidi ifni mgb177

Kerslake, S. A.,

COXSWAIN IN THE NORTHERN CONVOYS.

William Kimber, London, 1984, 1st edn., [xii], 191pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the author first went to sea aged fourteen in a Hull trawler in 1935, by 1939 he was an experienced member of RNR and on call-up served first in the German built HMT Northern Gem on anti-submarine and convoy escort duties, in the Narvik campaign, on Arctic convoys PQ17 and QP14 and the Atlantic convoy JW51B, before leaving Gem and seeing further service in the Mediterranean in the steam yacht Sidi Ifni, in Tunisia and Sardinia and finally as coxswain of MGB177 based at Leghorn in Italy, edges tanned, upper edge faintly fioxed, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44146

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

Keywords: war ww2 navy rnps a/s rncf pq17 qp14 jw51b hmt northern gem sidi ifni mgb177

Kerslake, S. A.,

COXSWAIN IN THE NORTHERN CONVOYS.

William Kimber, London, 1984, 1st edn., [xii], 191pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the author first went to sea aged fourteen in a Hull trawler in 1935, by 1939 he was an experienced member of RNR and on call-up served first in the German built HMT Northern Gem on anti-submarine and convoy escort duties, in the Narvik campaign, on Arctic convoys PQ17 and QP14 and the Atlantic convoy JW51B, before leaving Gem and seeing further service in the Mediterranean in the steam yacht Sidi Ifni, in Tunisia and Sardinia and finally as coxswain of MGB177 based at Leghorn in Italy, slightly cocked, lightly bumped lower cnrs., edges a little tanned, ink name top edge front pastdown and title, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, relined at spine ends, repaired tear lower panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44147

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

Keywords: war ww2 navy rnps a/s rncf pq17 qp14 jw51b hmt northern gem sidi ifni mgb177

Kilbracken, Lord (formerly Lieutenant-Commander (A) John Godley, DSC, RNVR),

BRING BACK MY STRINGBAG.

Pan, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 221pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art by Douglas Post, called up as a naval airman 2nd class in 1940 by the end of the war the author was a Lt. Cdr. commanding a squadron of 14 Swordfish - his postings include the Merchant Aircraft Carrier Adula and Escort Carrier Nairana, lightly rubbed and creased at exterms., bumped at upper tips, some sunning, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45113

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy aviation battle atlantic arctic swordfish barracuda mac adula nairana

Kilbracken, Lord (formerly Lieutenant-Commander (A) John Godley, DSC, RNVR),

BRING BACK MY STRINGBAG.

Pan, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 221pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art by Douglas Post, called up as a naval airman 2nd class in 1940 by the end of the war the author was a Lt. Cdr. commanding a squadron of 14 Swordfish - his postings include the Merchant Aircraft Carrier Adula and Escort Carrier Nairana, slight roll and slant to spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45114

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy aviation battle atlantic arctic swordfish barracuda mac adula nairana

Krancke, Theodor and Brennecke, H. J.,

POCKET BATTLESHIP (original title on first publication The Battleship 'Scheer').

Tandem, London, 1975, reprint, paperback, 252pp, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, account of the German Pocket Battleship Admiral Scheer, sister ship to the Admiral Graf Spee and Deutschland (later renamed Lützow), a commerce raider which sank the Jervis Bay in November, 1940 and was active in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans until she returned to Germany in March 1941, then in 1942 in Norwegian waters, eventually being bombed in Kiel harbour April 1945 and capsizing, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44573

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy germany scheer

Krancke, Theodor and Brennecke, H. J.,

POCKET BATTLESHIP (original title on first publication The Battleship 'Scheer').

Tandem Publishing, London, 1975, paperback, 252pp, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the German Pocket Battleship Admiral Scheer, sister ship to the Admiral Graf Spee and Deutschland (later renamed Lützow), a commerce raider which sank the Jervis Bay in November, 1940 and was active in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans until she returned to Germany in March 1941, then in 1942 in Norwegian waters, eventually being bombed in Kiel harbour April 1945 and capsizing, slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, cnrs. inclined to curl, good,

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Book number: 45116

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy admiral scheer pocket battleship jervis bay commerce raider atlantic indian oceans