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Fighting at sea : naval battles from the ages of sail and steam / edited by Douglas M. McLean ; contributors, Donald E. Graves ... [et al.] ; maps by Christopher Johnson.
- Title
- Fighting at sea : naval battles from the ages of sail and steam / edited by Douglas M. McLean ; contributors, Donald E. Graves ... [et al.] ; maps by Christopher Johnson.
- Publication
- [Montréal] : Robin Brass Studio, 2008.
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- Description
- xiv, 337 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Donald E. Graves explains the role of the Royal Navy in the Siege of Quebec in 1759 that led to its capture by Britain in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. British historian Andrew Lambert describes how the USS President was defeated by HMS Endymion in 1815, near the end of the War of 1812, and American William S. Dudley recounts the last battle of Old Ironsides, USS Constitution in which the famous ship was triumphant. Douglas M. McLean describes a four-day battle against U-boats stalking a major convoy in the North Atlantic during Wolrd War II. Michael Whitby describes in detail a nighttime destroyer battle in the English Channel, as the Germans attempted to harass supply lines to the Normandy beaches. Finally British historian Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones describes the intricacies of the hunt for a U-boat in British coastal waters. The book is well illustrated and there are detailed maps of the episodes described.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prelude: The Royal Navy at Quebec, 1759 1 -- 1759: "A perfect good understanding between the Army and the Navy": British Seapower and the Siege of Quebec / Donald E. Graves 4 -- Interlude: The Naval War of 1812 52 -- February 1815: "Old Ironsides'" Last Battle: USS Constitution versus HM Ships Cyane and Levant / William S. Dudley 55 -- 15 January 1815: Taking the President: HMS Endymion and the USS President / Andrew Lambert 86 -- Interlude: The Renewed Wolfpack Attacks of September 1943 129 -- September 1943: Hollow Victory: Gruppe Leuthen's Attacks on Convoys ON202 and ONS18 / Douglas M. McLean 132 -- Interlude: Clearing the English Channel 181 -- 9 June 1944: "Shoot, Shoot, Shoot!" Destroyer Night Fighting and the Battle of Ile de Batz / Michael Whitby 183 -- Interlude: A New Kind of U-Boat War 239 -- June-September 1944: On Britain's Doorstep: The Hunt for U-247 / Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones 241.
- ISBN
- 9781896941561 (pbk.)
- 1896941567 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2008279355
- OCLC
- 248953593
- SCSB-11041695
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library