Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Naval Battles : Graphic Eyewitness Accounts History's Key Naval Conflicts, from Salamis to the Gulf War

by LAWRENCE RICHARD RUSSELL (ED)

• ISBN13: 9780786712380
• ISBN10: 0786712384
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-16
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

In the words of those who fought them, here are historic sea battles, ranging from broad views of the whole arena of engagement as seen by those in command, to the personal and hardhitting insights of non-commissioned officers and men in the thick of it. From the Battle of Salamis, recounted by the great Greek historian Herodotus, to carrier operations during the Gulf War, the changing nature of naval warfare is recorded here. In seven parts, the book begins with the classical world, where war galleys ruled the seas, then moves to the age of sail, with battles like the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, and in later centuries the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Trafalgar, where Nelson famously broke the rules of the standard "line of battle." Then come the ironclads and dreadnoughts, taking in the American Civil War as well as both World Wars. The modern era encompasses both submarines and the flat tops that brought dominant air power to the world's oceans. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Richard Russell Lawrence read history and art history at university and has worked in art and design for over 20 years

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
GALLEYS
Ancient Greeks	3	(58)
The Battle of Salamis 480 BC	3	(1)
Map of the Mediterranean showing locations of battles fought by galleys	4	(2)
Cross-section of the rowing positions on an ancient Greek trireme	6	(5)
Map of the Battle of Salamis	11	(7)
The Peloponnesian War Introduction	18	(4)
The Battle of Syracuse 414 BC	22	(2)
Map of the Battle Of Syracuse	24	(10)
The First Punic War - Introduction	34	(1)
The First Punic War 264-241 BC	35	(1)
Map of the Mediterranean during the First & Second Punic Wars	36	(7)
The Second Punic War Introduction	43	(1)
The Siege of Syracuse 214 BC	43	(5)
The Battle of Actium 31 BC	48	(7)
Postscript: The Battle of Lepanto - Introduction	55	(1)
The Battle of Lepanto 1571	56	(1)
Map of the Battle of Lepanto	57	(4)
THE AGE OF SAIL	61	(210)
The Spanish Armada	63	(14)
The Spanish Armada	65	(1)
Map of the route taken by the Spanish Armada	66	(2)
Diagram of Elizabethan tactic	68	(1)
Diagram of English gálleon, including typical sail plan	69	(8)
Anglo-Dutch Wars	77	(48)
Map of the United Provinces	79	(1)
The First Anglo-Dutch War	80	(1)
Map of the Battles of the First Anglo-Dutch War	81	(1)
Ayscue's Fight 1652	82	(1)
Diagram of naval tactics 1652	83	(1)
The Battle of the North Foreland (Kentish Knock) 1652	84	(1)
Map of the Battle of the North Foreland	85	(2)
Diagram of a typical seventeenth century sail plan	87	(1)
The Battle of Portland Bill 1653	88	(2)
Map of the Battle of Portland Bill	90	(1)
The Battle of the Gabbard 1653	91	(1)
The Battle of Scheveningen 1653	92	(2)
The Second Anglo-Dutch War	94	(1)
Map of the Battles of the Second & Third Anglo-Dutch Wars	95	(2)
The Battle of Lowestoft 1665	97	(2)
The Four-Day Fight 1666	99	(1)
The St James' Day Fight 1666	100	(3)
The Dutch Raid on the Medway 1667	103	(1)
Map of the Dutch Raid on the Medway	104	(1)
The Third Anglo-Dutch War	105	(1)
The Battle of Sole Bay 1672	106	(5)
The First Battle of Schooneveld 1673	111	(1)
The Second Battle of Schooneveld 1673	112	(2)
The Battle of the Texel 1673	114	(5)
Map of the Battle of the Texel	119	(6)
The War of the Grand Alliance	125	(12)
Map of the Battle of Beachy Head	126	(1)
The Battle of La Hogue 1692	127	(1)
Map of the Battle of La Hogue	128	(9)
The Seven Years' War	137	(12)
The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759	138	(1)
Map of the Battle of Quiberon Bay	139	(10)
American War of Independence	149	(14)
Bonhomme Richard v HMS Serapis 1779	149	(4)
The Battle of Chesápeake1781	153	(1)
Map of the Battle of the Chesapeake	154	(3)
The Battle of the Saintes 1782	157	(1)
Map of the Battle of the Saintes	158	(5)
The French Revolutionary Wars	163	(69)
The Siege of Toulon 1793	163	(1)
Map of Europe during the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars	164	(4)
Corsica 1794	168	(1)
Admiral Hotham's Action 1795	169	(5)
The Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797	174	(1)
Map of the Battle of Cape St Vincent	175	(3)
The Great Mutinies at Spithead & the Nore 1797	178	(2)
Map of Spithead, the Nore & Camperdown	180	(9)
The Attack on Vera Cruz, Tenerife 1797	189	(4)
The Battle of Camperdown 1797	193	(1)
Map of the Battle of Camperdown	194	(5)
The Battle of the Nile 1798	199	(1)
Map of the Battle of the Nile	200	(13)
The Capture of Le Généreux 1800	213	(2)
The Capture of the Guillaume Tell 1800	215	(9)
The Battle of Copenhagen 1801	224	(1)
Map of the Battle of Copenhagen	225	(7)
The Napoleonic Wars	232	(19)
Admiral Calder's Action 1805	233	(1)
The Battle of Trafalgar 1805	233	(7)
Map of the Battle of Trafalgar	240	(11)
The War of 1812	251	(20)
Cross-sections of ordinary frigate & Constitution-clays frigate	252	(2)
USS Constitution v HMS Guerriers 1812	254	(1)
Diagram of USS Constitution v HMS Guerriere	255	(2)
USS United States v HMS Macedonian 1812	257	(7)
USS Constitution v HMS Java 1812	264	(3)
HMS Shannon v USS Chesapeake 1813	267	(4)
IRONCLADS	271	(62)
The American Civil War	274	(37)
Map of the Chesapeake during the Civil War	276	(2)
The Battle of Hampton Roads (Merrimac v Monitor) 1862	278	(1)
Diagram of Merrimac and Monitor	279	(17)
Riverine warfare on the Mississippi 1862-3	296	(1)
Map of the Mississippi Valley	297	(6)
CSS Alabama v USS Hatteras 1863	303	(3)
CSS Alabama v USS Kearsage 1864	306	(3)
Confederate Torpedo Boat v USS Housatonic	309	(2)
Spanish-American War	311	(8)
The Battle of Manila Bay 1898	311	(2)
Map of the Battle of Manila Bay	313	(5)
Map of Asia showing the location of the ironclad battles of Manila Bay and Tsúshima	318	(1)
The Russo-Japanese War	319	(14)
The Battle of Tsushima 1905	320	(1)
Map of the Battle of Tsushima	321	(2)
Side-view of Imperial Japanese ship Mikasa	323	(10)
DREADNOUGHT Part 1	333	(50)
The First World War 1914-1918	335	(3)
Map of N.Europe during WW1	336	(2)
Surface Ship Actions during the First World War	338	(45)
The Battle of Heligoland Bight 28 August 1914	338	(1)
Side-view & plan of HMS Lion	339	(3)
The Battle of Dogger Bank 24 January 1915	342	(7)
The Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916	349	(1)
Map of the Battle of Jutland 1	350	(4)
Side-view & plan of Imperial German battlecruiser Deriflinger	354	(9)
Side-view & plan of HMS Queen Elizabeth	363	(4)
Side-view & plan of Imperial German battlecruiser Seydlitz	367	(3)
Map of the Battle of Jutland 2	370	(5)
Map of the Battle of Jutland 3	375	(6)
Battle of Jutland: List of Ships Sunk	381	(2)
TORPEDO Part 1	383	(44)
Submarine Warfare	385	(42)
Map of the WW1 Submarine Warfare zones	386	(1)
The Fist Battle of the Atlantic 1917-1918	387	(40)
DREADNOUGHT Part 2	427	(58)
Surface Ship Actions during the Second World War	429	(56)
The Naval Evacuation of Dunkirk 26 May-4 June 1940	430	(1)
Map of the Fall of France & retreat to Dunkirk	431	(7)
Hunt the Bismarck 20-27 May 1941	438	(2)
Map of the Bismarck campaign	440	(3)
Side-view & plan of Bismarck	443	(2)
Side-view & plan of HMS Hood	445	(3)
Side-view & plan of HMS Ark Royal	448	(3)
Side-view & plan of HMS King George V	451	(4)
Side-view & plan of HMS Rodney	455	(2)
Force Z 10 December 1941	457	(2)
Map of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse (Force Z) 10 December 1941	459	(6)
Side-view & plan of HMS Repulse	465	(4)
The Channel Dash 11-13 February 1942	469	(9)
The Battle of the North Cape 26 December 1943	478	(2)
Side-view & plan of Scharnhorst	480	(5)
TORPEDO Part 2	485	(32)
The Second Battle of the Atlantic	487	(30)
Map of the Battle of the North Atlantic during World War 2	489	(4)
Cross-section of a typical World War 2 submarine	493	(10)
Ballast tanks of a typical World War 2 submarine	503	(14)
FLATTOPS	517	(96)
Naval Air Power during the Second World War	519	(67)
The Battle of Taranto 11 November 1940	519	(1)
Map of Europe& the Mediterranean in 1940	520	(3)
Map of Taranto	523	(6)
Pearl Harbor - Introduction	529	(1)
Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941	530	(6)
Map of the Pacific 1942	536	(1)
The Battle Of Midway 3-4 June.1942	537	(2)
Side-view & plan of USS Lexington	539	(4)
Side-view & plan of Imperial Japanese Ship Akagi	543	(4)
Side-view & plan of USS Yorktown	547	(13)
The Naval Battles of Guadalcanal - Introduction	560	(1)
The Battle of Cape Esperance 11 October 1942	561	(1)
Map of the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal 1	562	(3)
Map of the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal 2	565	(1)
The Final Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 13-14 November 1942	566	(14)
Map of the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal 3	580	(6)
Naval Air Power during the Korean War 1950-1953	586	(27)
Map of Korea during the Korean War 1950-1953	596	(17)
MISSILES	613	(26)
The Falklands War 2 April 14 June 1982	615	(22)
Map of the Falklands during the Falklands War	616	(6)
Diagram of an Aerotspatiale Exocet AM39 Anti Ship Missile	622	(2)
Side-view & plan of HMS Invincible	624	(13)
The Gulf War 17 January 28 February 1991	637	(2)
Bibliography & Sources	639