Showing 73 items matching " battleships"
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Warrnambool RSL Sub BranchBook, HMS WARSPITE. The Story of a Famous Battleship
Hard Cover with Dust CoverAuthor Captain S. W. Roskill DSC. RN. Collins, London. 1957 -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - Newspaper, Ballarat School of Mines and Industries and Junior Technical School double page newspaper article, 25/08/1934
The Ballarat School of Mines was the first school of technical education in Australasia.Double page, double sided, newspaper article from The Weekly Times with 10 images and captions depicting scenes within the School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat Technical Art School and Junior Technical School, Ballarat. Verso: Top Half page: 5 photographs on Callawadda, A pastoral district near Glenorchy Verso Bottom Half page: large photograph of boys attending the Junior technical school at Ballarat Verso Right hand page: 7 "Intersting photographs from England, Scotland and The United StatesSide A: Magazine- Section 8, The Weekley Times, Heading and captions, torn lower left corner to centre, small tears throughout especially left hand side and centre fold, Side B: the weekly times, school of mines and industries, scientific instruments, junior technical school, ballarat, smb, ballarat school of mines, university of ballarat, 1934, callawadda, glenorchy, boys, hutchings, mr j. c. hutchings j.p., state school, bryn avon homestead, broadcasting, mrs hutchings, sheep, xray, cancer treatment, northern belle, loch lomond, oxford college, red lion brewery, aldershot tattoo, siege of namur, battleship, idianapolis battleship, new york, quartz crushing battery, machine shop, pottery, electrical engineering, art department, dressmaking, building, woodwork, assaying, laboratory, architectural drawing, engineering drawing, drawing, assay, drawing from the antique, plaster casts, assay room, ballarat technical art school, bicycles -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Schiffer Publishing, The German battleship Gneisenau, 1990
Illustrated and textual description of the German battleship GneisenauBib, ill, p.48.non-fictionIllustrated and textual description of the German battleship Gneisenaunaval warfare - germany, battleships - germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Schiffer Publishing, Pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, 1990
Illustrated and textual description of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf SpeeBib, ill, p.48.non-fictionIllustrated and textual description of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Speenaval warfare - germany, battleships - germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Naval Institute Press, Battleship Arizona : an illustrated history, 1991
Pictorial and textual description of the Battleship ArizonaIndex, bib, ill, p.404.non-fictionPictorial and textual description of the Battleship Arizonaarizona (battleship) - history, pearl harbour attack -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Time Life Books, The Dreadnoughts, 1979
A history of the Dreadnought class of battleshipsIndex, bib, ill, p.176.non-fictionA history of the Dreadnought class of battleshipsworld war 1914-1918 - naval operations, world war 1914-1918 - great britain - royal navy -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Pan Books, Hitlers high seas fleet, 1971
A history of the Kriegsmarine in World War TwoIll, p.159.non-fictionA history of the Kriegsmarine in World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - naval operations - germany, battleships - germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook - Great naval blunders, Andre Deutsch, 2012
Who was responsible for the design of the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight? Why did Lord Ansonset out to circumnavigate the world with a crew of Chelsea pensioners? And how did the British cruiser HMS Trinidad manage to torpedo itself in the Arctic?Ill, p.271non-fictionWho was responsible for the design of the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight? Why did Lord Ansonset out to circumnavigate the world with a crew of Chelsea pensioners? And how did the British cruiser HMS Trinidad manage to torpedo itself in the Arctic?marine accidents - history, naval art and science - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Layman, R.D.,McLaughlin, S, The Hybrid Warship: The Amalgamation of Big Guns a Aircraft
The Hybrid Warship chronicles the seventy year quest for an elusive, and perhaps impossible, goal; the combination of big guns and air power in a single ship that would be both more potent and cost-effective than separate battleships and aircraft carriers.The Hybrid Warship chronicles the seventy year quest for an elusive, and perhaps impossible, goal; the combination of big guns and air power in a single ship that would be both more potent and cost-effective than separate battleships and aircraft carriers.warships, aircraft carrier -
Highett RSL Sub Branch IncTie, HMS King george V 14 " gun "v" class Battleship Tie
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Lilydale RSL Sub BranchBook, Gregory Haines & Cdr. B. R. Coward RN, Battleship Cruiser Destroyer, 1994
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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Faber and Faber, The Bismarck Episode, 1958
The British Navy's sinking of a notorious symbol of Nazi Germany, the battleship Bismarck, in May 1941 ranks as one of the most significant victories of the Second World War. It was imperative that Britain find and destroy the Bismarck, a true threat to Britains ocean lifeline, before it could escape into the Atlantic. In The Bismarck Episode a veteran naval writer tells the intense and dramatic story of how the battleship was discovered, pursued, and ultimately destroyed.Index, ill, maps, p.219.non-fictionThe British Navy's sinking of a notorious symbol of Nazi Germany, the battleship Bismarck, in May 1941 ranks as one of the most significant victories of the Second World War. It was imperative that Britain find and destroy the Bismarck, a true threat to Britains ocean lifeline, before it could escape into the Atlantic. In The Bismarck Episode a veteran naval writer tells the intense and dramatic story of how the battleship was discovered, pursued, and ultimately destroyed. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain, bismarck - battleship -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Richard Hough, The hunting of Force Z : the brief, controversial life of the modern battleship, and its tragic close with the destruction of the 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse', 1963
This book is a terrific example of popular military history writing, telling in swift prose the story of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by the Japanese in December 1942, and providing both the longer term context in which Britain had developed its fleet of battleships and battlecruisers, and the shorter term strategic and tactical decisions which led to the fateful decision to dispatch Force Z to Singapore.Index, ill, maps, p.255.non-fictionThis book is a terrific example of popular military history writing, telling in swift prose the story of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by the Japanese in December 1942, and providing both the longer term context in which Britain had developed its fleet of battleships and battlecruisers, and the shorter term strategic and tactical decisions which led to the fateful decision to dispatch Force Z to Singapore. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain, world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – malaya
