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	- ADMIRAL HAWKE(, 7/6/2004 ) Pages SIGNED letter from Author, dated 12.3.1975. Light pencil scoring in text. Entered the navy as a volunteer aged 15 in 1720. By 1744 he was had his own ship, and saw his first action as commander of the Berwick at the Battle of Toulon (1744). He was created rear-admiral in 1747 after pressure from George II, became commander of the Home Fleet (1748-52), of the Western Fleet (1755-6) and the Mediterranean Fleet (1756), appointed admiral 1757. In 1758 he was able to restrict French attempts to reinforce Canada, although could not stop them completely, and after bad treatment by the Admiralty briefly retired from commander. In 1759 he was in command of the squadron blockading Brest (May-November 1759, guarding against a proposed French invasion of Britain. The French, under Admiral de Conflans, attempted to run from Brest to Quiberon Bay to join the troopships, but Hawke intercepted them, and at the battle of Quiberon Bay (20 November 1759), defeated the French fleet, ending the invasion threat and also ending French naval activity for the rest of the war. After the entry of Spain into the war on the French side (1762), Hawke had the great luck to capture Spanish treasure-ships, which at the time meant that he gained great wealth, after which he retired from active service. From 1766 until 1771 he was first lord of the Admiralty, he was made admiral of the fleet in 1768, and created Baron Hawke of Great Britain in 1776. 0 Price: $27.50
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	- Mackay, Ruddock F.(, 7/6/2004 ) Pages Clarendon Press Oxford 0 Price: $N
	Pope, Dudley - AT TWELVE MR. BYNG WAS SHOT(Lipincott, Philadelphia , 1962) 375 Pages 21 illusts, map and 7 battle diagrams. Royal Navy Admiral Byng and the disastrous 1756 Battle of Minorca, his court-martial, the government cover-up and `one of the most cold-blooded and cynical acts of judicial murder in all British history`. Author`s naval expertise provides excellent in-depth analysis of 18th century naval operations. Very firm and sound VG cloth, sunned at extrems in crudely repaired d/w lacking top segment Price: $15.40
	Chalmers, W S Rear Admiral - BEATTY, DAVID Life and Letters of(Hodder & Stoughton, London , 1951 1st ed) pp 488 Pages David, Earl Beatty: Admiral of the Fleet and hero of Jutland. Illustrations, sketches and diagrams. Important item of naval history. 15x23 cms (View image of Title and Frontis) VG+. Cloth brds; inscr on fly, no d/w Price: $24.20
	McGuire, Paul - PRICE OF ADMIRALTY, THE(Oxford University Press , Melbourne 1944) pp 328 Pages History of Royal Australian Navy`s HMAS `Parramatta`, sunk en route to the beleaguered garrison at Tobruk. Many photographic illustrations, endpaper maps. 15x22 cms. Significant Australian naval history item. Very good. Cloth brds, covers speckled, inscr and minor damage to endpp; no d/w Price: $30.80
	Schofield, Vice Admiral B B - RUSSIAN CONVOYS, THE(Pan Books , 1971 (orig 1964)) pp 237 Pages One of the most remarkable naval campaigns of WW2 was that which covered the carrying of arms and supplies to Russia by the Arctic route from 1941 to 1945. Illusts. 11x18 cms (Pan British Battles Series) Very good. Paperback Price: $ 8.80
	Steele R.N., Commander Gordon - THE STORY OF THE WORCESTER(Harrap , 1962, 1st ed) pp. 256 Pages Royal Navy officers` training college afloat. Illustrated. Hardcover. Blue cloth brds VG; Seafarers Education Service label and Withdrawn stamp on front blanks, otherwise unmarked. No d/w Price: $11.00
	Brett, Bernard - WORLD SEAPOWER, HISTORY OF(Hamlyn , 1985) pp 256 Pages `From the First Sailing Ships to the Present Day`. Excellent illustrations bolster text. Large format 24x32 cms Very fine. Cloth brds in pictorial dustwrapper. Price: $24.20