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Nautical Narratives

A selection of books that share a naval/nautical theme...

Military history

A Bootneck's Footsteps

by Mike Pinnock 
The author sets off on a nostalgic journey to retrace his father's movements with the Royal Marines 1921-45
Naval memoir

A Corkhead's Chronicle

by David J. Lott
Experiences of a Royal Navy Clearance Diver 1955-76
Aviation memoir

Adventures of a Flying Dutchman

by Rudolf J Idzerda
Autobiography of a WW2 pilot in the Netherlands Naval Air Service who went on to become a Rear Admiral and later a Director of the World Wildlife Fund
Maritime history

An Ayrshire Shipbuilder

by Dougal McIntyre
Portrait of John McIntyre, a 19th/20th century Scottish shipbuilder
Maritime memoir

Apprentice to the Red Ensign

by Mike Holmes
A Merchant Seaman's experiences in the the late 1940s with the Ellerman & Bucknell line
RAF memoir

Coastal Command Pilot

by Ted Rayner

WW2 experiences of a Hudson pilot with 269 Squadron in Norway, Iceland and Greenand
RAF History

Crash Boats of Gorleston

by Tony Overill
The WW2 exploits of of No.24 Air Sea Rescue Unit of the RAF Marine Branch
Maritime fiction

Crossing the Line

by David North

An impecunious ex-Army officer is tempted into the murky waters of Cross-Channel smuggling

Duncan of Camperdown

by Neil Duncan

Biography of Admiral Adam Duncan, victor of the battle of Camperdown in 1797
Aviation memoir

Flying the Waves

by Richard Pike
Experiences of an air-sea rescue helicopter pilot around the Scottish coast in the 1980s/90s
military/civilian memoir

Inside and Out

by Robert Cosh
Entertaining memoir featuring the author's experiences in the wartime Royal Navy (1939-46) and postwar in HM Prison Service (1946-81)
Naval history

Intercepted at Sea

by Leslie Howson
& John Nixon
The human cost of insecure Royal Navy signals during two World Wars
Civilian memoir

Liverpool Tales

by John Williams
Humourous and nostalgic stories from a talented Liverpudlian raconteur
Naval history

On a Sailor's Grave (No Roses Grow)

by Mike Kemble
A personal investigation into some of the greatest Maritime Disasters of the Second World War
Maritime memoir

Red Duster Recollections

by Ron Tubb

A former Merchant Seaman recalls his experiences before and during World War Two
RAF memoir

Swinging the Lamp

by Ted Bedwell
Amusing nautical tales from a former 'webfoot' coxwain of the RAF Marine Branch