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The fate of the enemy fleets after the two World Wars.

Author: Aidan Dodson & Serena Cant.

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing.

Hardback. 256pp. 22cm by 27cm.

ISBN: 9781526741981

Weight: 1594

Original Price: £35.00

This book takes a close look at Stena Line’s Irish Sea shipping operations it inherited and to celebrate their achievements some 30 years on.

Author: John Bryant.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 168pp. 25cm by 22cm.

ISBN: 9781911268420

Weight: 886g

Original Price: £21.50

The book includes a brief account of the history of this famous Swedish company. This publication brings together the many interesting ferries that they operated in the Baltic, North Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea.

Author: Miles Cowsill & Marc-Antoine Bombail.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 96pp. 25cm by 22cm.

ISBN: 9781911268444

Weight: 662g

Original Price: £16.95

This publication looks at the development and introduction of the Superfast ships operating in the Adriatic and Aegean seas.

Author: Bruce Peter.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 144pp. 22cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781911268277

Weight:

Original Price: £18.95

This illustrated fleet book encompasses the entire Townsend Thoresen fleet from The Forde to the Pride of Dover.

Author: Miles Cowsill & Marc-Antoine Bombail.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 96pp. 25cm by 22cm.

ISBN: 9781911268093

Weight: 671g

Original Price: £

This sister publication to the Train Ferries of Europe, covers the extensive American and Canadian Services which date back to 1853.

Author: Steve Barron.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 192pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781911268413

Weight: 1087g

Original Price: £25.00

The Trent and Mersey Canal first came into use in 1777. A vital transport link for the industries of the midlands - indeed Josiah Wedgewood of the pottery was an early supporter - it carried coal, ironstone, limestone merchandise, pottery and salt.

Author: Ray Shill.

Publisher: Crowood Press.

Paperbackback. 160pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781785008566

Weight. 454

Original Price: £18.99

This classic Images of War book traces the key role played by destroyers of the United States Navy since the first order for 16 in 1898. Prior to the USA’s entry into the First World War a further 63 destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorised by Congress once hostilities were joined.

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 208pp. 19cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526758545

Weight.0.678kg

Original Price: £16.99

As this well researched work reveals, Hitler’s handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.

Author: Adrian Stewart.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 212pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781526710574

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £19.99

1945 to the Present

In September 1945, with the surrender of Japan, some ninety-eight battleships or ex-battleships might be spotted around the world, and eleven of them were in or around Tokyo Bay for the surrender itself. What happened to all those ships?

Author: Chris Baker.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 146pp. 18x25x3.2cm.

ISBN: 9781399070089

Weight: 1.25kg.

Original Price: £30.00

The Design and Careers of Capital Ships of the World’s Navies 1900–1950

Author: Bruce Taylor.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 440pp. 24.6x26.5x3.2cm.

ISBN: 9781848321786

Weight: 2.1kg.

Original Price: £40.00