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Allen, Stephen. "HMAS Sydney: The Limits of Historical Analysis." J Australian War Memorial, 22 (April 1993): 4-10. November 1941, Australian cruiser lost without a trace; massive public interest in Australia since; conspiracy theories abounded.
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Anglo-German; Anglo-Japanese; battles; cruiser; Royal Australian Navy; ship; World War II;
Keywords:
cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , battles, ship, boat, vessel, world war 2, second world war
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Allen, Stuart. "Sir John Duckworth, the Royal Navy and the Expansion of the British Empire." M. Phil/Ph.D. in progress (2004), King's College, London. Under Andrew Lambert.
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Admiralty; colonialism; expansion; imperialism; personality; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony
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Allen, Thomas B. & Polmar, Norman. Rickover: Father of the Nuclear Navy. Military Profile Series. Dulles: Potomac, 2007, xvi, 103 pp. Hyman J. Rickover.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-American; nuclear ; personality; propulsion ; Royal Navy; ship; submarine; United States Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, nuclear , personality, prominent leader, noted person , propulsion , Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, ship, boat, vessel
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Allen, Trevor. The Storm Passed By: Ireland and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-1941. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1996, 197 pp. Balanced account of stance of neutrality.
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Admiralty; Anglo-Irish; Battle of the Atlantic; diplomacy; neutrality; port; World War II;
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Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , neutrality, neutral, treaty , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , world war 2, second world war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Allen, W. Gore. King William IV. London: Gresset, 1960, 229 pp. "Sailor King."
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19th C. (1800-1899); Nelson, Horatio; prisoner of war; Royal Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, Nelson, Horatio, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allen, W.E.D., ed. Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings, 1589-1607. 2 vols. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 2 ser, #s 138 & 139. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1970, xlii, 640 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Russian; Baltic; diplomacy; Hakluyt Society publication; trade; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Hakluyt Society publication, voyage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Allen, William, Thomson, T.R.H. & Trotter, H.D. A Narrative of the Expedition Sent by HM Government to the River Niger in 1841, under the Command of Captain H.D. Trotter, RN. 2 vols. London, 1848.
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19th C. (1800-1899); exploration; memoir; river; Royal Navy; slave trade;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , river
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Allen, Elizabeth and Gaston, Lisa. Glenlee (Glasgow, Clyde Maritime Trust, 2011) 33 pages
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); maritime history; merchant marine; trade;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, merchant marine, maritime history, naval history , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Allin, Lawrence Carroll. "An Antediluvian Monstrosity: The Battleship Revisited." See W. Cogar, NHS-7, pp. 284-92.
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20th C. (1900-1999); architecture; battleship; critique of Royal Navy; gunnery; propulsion ; weapons;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , gunnery, gun, weapon , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , propulsion , weapon, arms trade , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy
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Allin, Lawrence Carroll. "The United States Naval Institute Intellectual Forum of the New Navy, 1873-1889." Ph.D. diss, Maine, Orono, 1976.
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20th C. (1900-1999); association; nautical fiction; naval lore; United States Navy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , nautical fiction, sea fiction , united states navy, US navy
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Allingham, Hugh. Captain Cuellar's Adventures in Connaught and Ulster, 1588. London: Stock, 1897, 72 pp. Trans: Robert Crawford; consequence of Spanish Armada.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Irish; Anglo-Spanish; armada; communication; memoir; wreck;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable
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Allington, Peter & Greenhill, Basil. The First Atlantic Liners: Seamanship in the Age of Paddle Wheel, Sail and Screw. London: Conway; Washington: Brassey, 1997, 167 pp. Folio; problems of handling early steamships at sea; based on original logbooks.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; architecture; liner; navigation; propulsion ; seamanship;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , propulsion , liner, passenger liner, steamship , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Allis, Frederick S., Jr., ed. Seafaring in Colonial Massachusetts: A Conference Held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 21-22 November 1975. Boston: Colonial Society, 1980, xviii, 240 pp. Essays, some cited.
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Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , 18th century, eighteenth
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Allison, A.F. English Translations from the Spanish and Portuguese to the Year 1700: An Annotated Catalogue of the Extant Printed Versions (Excluding Dramatic Adaptations). Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974, 224 pp. Author & translator catalogue; unnumbered entries; subjects, e.g., Drake & navigation.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Portuguese; Anglo-Spanish; bibliography; memoir; naval guide; naval lore; navigation;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Portuguese, Portugal , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , bibliography, list, listing , 17th century, seventeenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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Allison, David K. "The Development of Radar at the Naval Research Laboratory." See C. Symonds, NHS-4, pp. 153-62.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; aviation; radar; science ; technology;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, radar, electronic detection, electronic wave , science , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Allison, Michael J. "The National Service Issue, 1899-1914." Ph.D. diss, London, 1975.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Irish; Anglo-Scot; conscription; recruitment;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, recruitment, recruiting, recruit, recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service
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Allison, Richard Sydney. HMS Caroline: A Brief Account of Some Warships Bearing the Name, and in Particular of HMS Caroline (1914-1974), and Her Part in the Development of the Ulster Division, RNVR, and later RNR. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1974, 196 pp. Foreword: Earl Mountbatten; cruiser Caroline.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Irish; association; condition; Mountbatten, Louis; Royal Naval Reserve; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Royal Naval Reserve, volunteer , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , ship, boat, vessel, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
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Allison, Richard Sydney. Sea Diseases: The Story of a Great Natural Experiment in the Preventive Medicine in the Royal Navy. London: Bale Medical, 1943, xxiii, 218 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; age of sail; condition; health; Royal Navy; scurvy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency
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Allison, Richard Sydney. The Surgeon Probationers. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1979, xix, 142 pp. Included "Clinical Notes" by R.J. Willan.
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency
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Allison, Robert James. "Sailing to Algiers: American Sailors Encounter the Muslim World." Am Nep, 57 (Winter 1997): 5-17. Complicated international politics; Britain virtually urged Algerians to attack American ships since they were no longer under British protection; in Paris, Jefferson, John Paul Jone & Lafayette tried to assemble an alliance.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-French; Barbary; diplomacy; Mediterranean Sea; piracy; United States Navy;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , Barbary, pirate, corsair, Mediterranean, North Africa , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , united states navy, US navy
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |