I recently finished reading the new Haynes "manual" for the HMS Mary Rose. Very interesting, lots of nice illustrations and photographs, but not really worth the $36.95 Amazon is asking right now. I bought a new copy from an Amazon seller in the UK for $19.
My review, if anyone's interested: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2WHUI...SIN=0857335111 |
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Arrived today in the post, paid £2.50 for it a more realistic price for a 80 page book. No way was I going to pay £11.99 and above! Start reading tonight some time. :) |
^Just finished reading, good account and interesting as well. The Home Fleet reacted to the first torpedo hit was slow and after the next two fatal hits once again slow to react allowing Prien to escape.
The only upside for the Royal Navy was the fact HMS Royal Oak was now a second line ship and with good fortune Prien had not carried the raid out a week before where he would had a good choice of front line ships. |
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Just finishing this book about the USS Seawolf's exploits in the Pacific in the early days of WW II. I found it to be a great read. :yep: :yeah: |
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^That is a great read Wim :up:
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I've been slowing chipping away at my new copy of The Great War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1914-1919. Pretty interesting so far, but it's not quite as good as it's earlier companion book on World War II. There are some weird errors (Russia is described as having 10 dreadnoughts in 1914 for some reason...) here and there, and some of the maps have important information falling into the binding. Still, it's pretty cool seeing a WWI naval reference that doesn't focus 90% on the North Sea. There's plenty here on the Baltic and Black Seas, the Dardanelles campaign, minelaying and minesweeping operations, German auxiliary cruiser cruises, and some lesser-known amphibious operations. There's even a map of the siege of Tsingtao, something I haven't been able to find anywhere else!
I bought a gently used copy of the Seaforth edition from a seller on Amazon for $30, which is a heck of a lot more reasonable than the $67 Amazon is currently asking for the Naval Institute edition. |
Finished Reading "When Computers Went to Sea: The Digitization of the United States Navy "
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Just finished reading this book. More of a photography book than the kind of book you read cover to cover, but the photographs are excellent nonetheless. Here's my review if anyone is interested: https://www.amazon.com/review/R39O2S...cm_cr_rdp_perm Quote:
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A couple great books for anybody interested in the Apollo program. Unfortunately, both are out of print but you can get them for not to bad a price. A bit more for up here in Canada. It took me quite awhile to get the one on the LM for $80 Canadian. Usually went for a lot more then that. A lot of great reviews for them:
I've always been fascinated with the Lunar Module. The astronauts weren't to sure about it at first and I guess it does seem a bit ugly: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...4,203,200_.jpg Pretty amazing just how complicated the design and construction of the capsule is. Doesn't really look like there's much to it but boy was I wrong. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...4,203,200_.jpg |
Just finished reading the "Ocean Liners of the Past" book on the SS Normandie. It's a facsimile reprint of a souvenir issue of "The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder" devoted entirely to the ship. Jam packed with detailed technical descriptions and diagrams I haven't seen anywhere else...you just have to be really interested in the subject to read it cover to cover!
Here's my review: http://www.amazon.com/review/RYDGSSI...SIN=0821204793 |
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