Pen And Sword Maritime imprint: 64 books
Convoy Will Scatter
The Full Story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
On 5 November, 1940 the eastbound convoy HX 84 of thirty-seven merchant ships, escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay, was attacked in mid-Atlantic by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. The Jervis Bay, commanded by Captain Edward Fegen, charged at the enemy. Hopelessly out-gunned,...
Naval Air
Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance, and interest was stirring in naval circles in a greater aeronautical capacity for the service. Britain's tradition of projecting a global reach through her sea...
Exocet Falklands
The Untold Story of Special Forces Operations
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
This is a revelatory account of three un-tabulated special forces operations, PLUM DUFF, MIKADO and KETTLEDRUM, that were tasked to destroy Argentina's Exocet missiles during the 1982 Falkland's campaign. In that context alone this book is of international military importance.
Using previously...
Defiant and Dismasted at Trafalgar
The Life and Times of Admiral Sir William Hargood
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Born in 1762, William Hargood's naval career spanned over 30 years, as he rose from humble midshipman to the captain of one of the most powerful warships of the day at Trafalgar. He campaigned all over the known world: the Americas, West Indies, throughout the Mediterranean. Britain was hardly ever...
Sailors Behind the Medals
Waging War At Sea 1939–1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
The story of the Royal Navy in the Second World War is an epic, consisting both of dramatic battles such as the River Plate and Matapan, and drawn-out campaigns such as the escort of convoys to Malta and northern Russia. The author examines the careers of twenty-three sailors who took part in these...
Scapegoat
The Death of Prince of Wales and Repulse
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
Scapegoat: The Death of Prince of Wales and Repulse' is a radical new account of one of Britain's greatest naval disasters. Making full use of modern research and unrivalled access to privazte family papers, it suggests that Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, the commander of the so-called 'Force Z', was made...
The Decoys
A Tale of Three Atlantic Convoys, 1942
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
In November 1942, Britain and America launched Operation TORCH, the ambitious invasion of French North Africa.
To convey 70,000 troops and their equipment required 600 merchant ships crossing the U-boat infested North Atlantic. The need for their protection meant withdrawing escorts from...
by Denis Orde
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
In 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte, who was all but Master of Europe, assembled a formidable expeditionary force at Toulon. While its purpose was unknown there was every reason to believe that Great Britain was its destination and the Nation was on invasion alert.
The overwhelming British priority was...
Battleships: The First Big Guns
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This new addition to the Images of War series takes as its focus the early Big Gun battleships that saw development and deployment during the First World War. Iconic ships such as HMS Warspite and Malaya feature amidst this pictorial history that is sure to appeal to fans of the series, and naval...
Beneath the Waves
A History of HM Submarine Losses 1904-1971
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Since the beginning of the Royal Navy Submarine Service in 1901, 173 submarines have been lost and in many circumstances with their entire crew. War inevitably takes a heavy toll: in World War Two alone – 341 officer and 2,801 ratings failed to return to harbour. The loss of personnel was roughly...
by Colin Pengelly
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
The story of HMS Bellerophon is a record of the many and varied duties which the Royal Navy had to carry out in the period 1793 – 1815. It was involved in the first great fleet action of the War and was involved in the last moments of the struggle with the surrender of Napoleon.
The 74-gun...
13 Sharks
The Careers of a series of small Royal Navy Ships, from the Glorious Revolution to D-Day.
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
John D Grainger charts the careers of the thirteen vessels that have served the Royal Navy under the name HMS Shark. Despite the ferocious name, they have all been relatively small vessels including one brigantine, five sloops, one Sixth Rate, a gunvessel, four destroyers and a submarine. Collectively...
by Geoffrey Bennett, Rodney M Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
In 1919, the new governments of the besieged Baltic states appealed desperately to the Allies for assistance. A small British flotilla of light cruisers and destroyers were sent to help, under the command of Rear Admiral Sir Walter Cowan. They were given no clear instructions as to what their objective...
Mr Midshipman VC
The Short Accident-Prone Life of George Drewry, Gallipoli Hero
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Of the thirty-nine Gallipoli Victoria Crosses arguably none was more deserved than the medal earned by George Leslie Drewry.
At just 20, he was the first officer of the Royal Naval Reserve to get the nation’s premier award for valour when part of the landing on V Beach at Cape Helles. In...