Tag: Portsmouth

Free Download Stephen Courtney, "Home of the Fleet: A Century of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard in Photographs"
English | ISBN: 0752449427 | 2009 | 192 pages | PDF | 51 MB
During the past century, the Royal Navy and its support services at Portsmouth dockyard have experienced a pace of change not seen since the 15th century. This book examines the impact of that change on the ships, buildings, and personnel of the naval base. The dockyard has evolved continually as a support service, reinventing itself in response to changing social, economic, and political circumstances. The authors look at the dockyard’s role in times of conflict, from World War I to the 1991 Gulf War, and consider the effects of privatization and cutbacks. Portsmouth is now ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century when it will be the Royal Navy’s premier base. Richly illustrated with photographs from the Royal Naval Museum and Historic Dockyard collections and exclusive, newly-commissioned photographs,

Free Download James Daly, "Portsmouth’s World War One Heroes: Stories of the Fallen Men and Women "
English | ISBN: 0752491490 | 2014 | 224 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
Over 5,000 men from Portsmouth are believed to have been killed during World War -the greatest loss of life that the city has ever known. Not only were thousands of Portsmouth soldiers killed on the Western Front, but Portsmouth-based ships were sunk throughout the war, causing massive loss of life. Thanks to a wealth of sources available and painstaking use of database software, it is possible to tell their stories in more detail than ever before. James Daly builds an extremely detailed picture of Portsmouth’s World War I dead, down to where they were born and where they lived. Not only will their stories tell us about how the war was fought and won, and their sacrifices, but they will also provide a clearer picture than ever before of how Portsmouth and its people suffered.

Free Download Glen M Williford, Leo K. Polaski, "Portsmouth Harbor’s Military and Naval Heritage"
English | 2004 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0738536474, 1531621392 | EPUB | 46,0 mb
Including more than two hundred vintage photographs and illustrations, Portsmouth Harbor’s Military and Naval Heritage chronicles the history of the Piscataqua River’s naval shipyard and harbor defenses. Long before it became home to one of the U.S. Navy’s first federal shipyards, the harbor at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine, was protected by gun batteries, mainly at Fort Point, New Castle, New Hampshire. By the end of World War II, modern concrete batteries mounting guns of ever longer range had been constructed at this and three other forts straddling the river’s mouth. These fortifications reflected the increasingly important role of the shipyard, dedicated after 1917 to building submarines that contributed significantly to the World War II victory.