Pen And Sword Maritime imprint: 64 books
Fight for the Sea
Naval Adventures from the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
This collection of popular naval stories covers the entire span of World War II, beginning when the British Royal Navy faced fascist forces on its own until the final Allied victory over the Japanese in 1945. Fight for the Sea offers a rich mixture of accounts about such large and well-known battles...
Battleships of the United States Navy
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
From 1895 to 1944 the US Navy commissioned some 60 steel-clad battleships; the first being Indiana (BB-1) and the last USS Missouri (BB-63). After an impressive showing in the Spanish-American War and the ‘Great White Fleet’s’ circumnavigation of the world, US battleships played only a minor...
Treaty Cruisers
The First International Warship Building Competition
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 and subsequent treaties in the 1930s effectively established the size and composition of the various navies in World War II. In particular they laid down design parameters and tonnage limitations for each class of warship including battleships, aircraft carriers,...
Escort Carrier of the Second World War
Combustible, Vulnerable and Expendable!
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
To the US Navy they were CVEs! To the Royal Navy auxiliary carriers! To crews of endangered merchantmen in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans they were heaven-sent protection! To their crews they were Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable!The need for air cover against enemy aircraft and submarines brought...
The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse
The End of the Battleship Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2014
On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The authors re-create for the...
Royal Navy Submarines
1901 to Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
This is a must-buy for the Royal Navy and Submarine enthusiast, being a complete directory of RN submarines from the outset to the present day. There is a wealth of detail on each class. Every entry contains the specification, launch dates of individual boats, details of evolving construction and...
Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
In 1922 the US Navy commissioned its first small experimental aircraft carrier. This was followed into service by two much larger and capable carriers in 1927 with five more being built prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor including three large Yorktown class.
To take the offensive against...
In Pursuit of the Essex
Heroism and Hubris on the High Seas in the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
On 26 October 1812, during the war between Britain and the United States, the frigate USS Essex set sail on the most remarkable voyage in the early history of the US navy. After rounding Cape Horn, she proceeded to systematically destroy the British South Seas whaling fleet. When news reached the...
by John Barratt
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2006
The 200 years that separate the navy of Drake's day from that of Nelson were critical for the development of Britain's sea power, and the decade of the Commonwealth, of Cromwell's rule, is one of the turning points in the story. In the aftermath of a disastrous civil war and the execution of Charles...
by Martin Mace
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Germany's attempts to build a battleship fleet to match that of the United Kingdom, the dominant naval power on the 19th-century and an island country that depended on seaborne trade for survival, is often listed as a major reason for the enmity between those two countries that led to the outbreak...
by John Grehan, Martin Mace
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Despatches in this volume include those covering the Battle of Matapan in 1941, Fleet Air Arm operations in 1940, the Battle of Sirte in 1942, the action with the Italian Fleet off Calabria (Central Mediterranean) in 1940, the engagement between British and Italian forces off Cape Spartivento (Central...
Royal Navy and the Peruvian-Chilean War 1879 - 1881
Rudolf de Lisle's Diaries and Watercolors
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
This beautifully presented book captures the spirit of a little known war where the Royal Navy played a peripheral but crucial role. The power of the British Empire was at its height, thanks to the reach of the Royal Navy and officers from that service who often found themselves far from home and in positions of power way beyond their rank.
by David Blackmore
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2004
As any sailor knows, life at sea is hazardous under even normal circumstances. In times of war with an enemy intent on killing and sinking you it is infinitely more so. David Blackmore has researched 100 extreme cases over the span of history and written graphic descriptions covering the background,...
by Philip Warner
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
On 23 April 1918 a force drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines launched one of the most daring raids in history. The aim was to block the Zeebrugge Canal, thereby denying U-boat access, although this meant assaulting a powerfully fortified German naval base. The raid has long been recognised...