A Midshipman in the Pacific PDF Download

Author: Cyrus Townsend Brady
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Author: Waite Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780978493806
Category : Midshipmen
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Author: Yates Stirling
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 9781434414120
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Yates Stirling Jr. (1872-1948) wrote a series of novels chronicling the adventures of two Naval Academy graduates as they sailed from conflict-to-conflict from South America and around the Pacific Ocean based on his own naval service. Yates retired as a Rear Admiral, as did his father, and was known as the "stormy petrel" for his outspoken comments about the Navy and international affairs.

Author: Frank Wade
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412239362
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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"Frank Wade was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in October 1921. He was sent to England to train for the navy in the schoolship HMS Conway in Liverpool and the Dartmouth (Devon) Royal Navy College from 1936 to December 1940. Then in May 1941 he was appointed to the staff of the Commander-in Chief of the Mediterranean fleet, Admiral A.B. Cunningham, doing most secret cipher messages. At this time the navy had evacuated the British army from Greece and Crete with great losses from German bombers- we had no air coverage. Two cruisers were lost with a 1.000 men drowned or killed. Another cruiser was severely damaged with 250 killed. Other smaller ships were also lost. Our desert army had been driven back to the Egyptian border but Tobruk had not been taken. It was under siege for 9 months from April to December 1941 putting more strain on our fleet. Wade was in battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth when the battleship HMS Barham was sunk by U331 on 25 November 1941 with 862 men lost and 495 saved. A strange attack was made on Alexandria Harbour on the night of 15 December 1941 by Italian frog men; severely damaging two battleships. These two ships were given light repairs and sent to the USA for long refits. The cruiser HMS Neptune leading a squadron from Malta to attack an enemy convoy ran into an unknown mine field and was sunk with only one survivor out of 750. The island of Malta located in the middle of the Mediterranean was never taken by the enemy and it played a vital part in winning the naval war. It was under siege for nearly three years from June 1940 to May 1943. Thirty convoys were sent from Gibraltar and Alexandria. These convoys were hard-fought with many of our merchant ships and warships being sunk. One fully loaded merchant ship was needed by the island every month to prevent starvation. Malta was the most bombed place anywhere. The islanders were awarded the George Cross and a special citation awarded by the US president to Buz Buerling, the Canadian air ace who shot down 26 enemy planes over Malta. The Canadian motor torpedo and gun boats fought many sea battles and were awarded bravery medals. The turning point of the Middle East war came when a renewed 8th Army under General Montgomery achieved a stunning land victory at El Alamein 60 miles west of Alexandria on 4th November 1942. Tunis was taken in May 1943 and landings in Sicily took place on the night of 9/10 July 1943 and Messina fell on 14 August.

Author: Charles Henry Eden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Author: Yates Stirling
Publisher:
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Category : Midshipmen
Languages : en
Pages : 411

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Author: Waite Brooks
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481740369
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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A blow-by-blow eye-witness account of the British Pacific Fleets participation in the invasion of Okinawa and the attacks on the Japanese homeland.

Author: Stuart Banner
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674026124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Tells the story of colonial settlement in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska, and how the settlers acquired vast amounts of land from the Indigenous people. This acquisition still shapes the relations between whites and Indigenous people in most of the world.

Author: Frederick Marryat
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513294326
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Wreck of the Pacific (1841) is a novel by Frederick Marryat. Inspired by the author’s experience as a captain in the Royal Navy, Wreck of the Pacific is a tale of disaster and survival on the high seas. Responding to such novels as Robinson Crusoe (1719) and The Swiss Family Robinson (1812), Marryat hoped to tell an entertaining story with a Christian moral while remaining true to the dangers of nautical life. “I am an old man, and it is of little consequence. I care little whether I am taken away a year or two sooner, but I do not like to see blossoms cut off in early spring: I may be of use if I remain, for I’ve an old head upon my shoulders, and I could not leave you all to perish when you might be saved if you only knew how to act. But here the seamen come—the boat is all ready, and they will now take poor Captain Osborn with them.” When the Pacific sails through a terrible storm, losing its masts and captain in one fell swoop, its crew are forced to make difficult decisions. Below deck, the Seagrave family are virtually helpless, left to the mercy of men and nature alike. While the first mate and surviving sailors load most of the provisions onto the only remaining yawl, Masterman Ready remains behind with the terrified landlubbers, offering his services should they find a way to survive. Soon, the ship drifts toward the shores of a deserted island, giving them the chance they so desperately need to survive. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Frederick Marryat’s Wreck of the Pacific is a classic of British literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author: Frederick Marryat
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Masterman Ready; Or, The Wreck of the "Pacific"" by Frederick Marryat. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.