Guns of the Northeast : Coastal Defences from the Tyne to the Humber

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, Joe.

Series:

Battlefield Britain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiaircraft guns--England, North East--History.

Coast defenses--England, North East--History.

Fortification--Rome--History.

Coast defenses--History--England, North East.

Coast defenses.

Antiaircraft guns--History--England, North East.

Antiaircraft guns.

Local Subjects:

Antiaircraft guns--England, North East--History.

Coast defenses--England, North East--History.

Fortification--Rome--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A graphic account of the defence of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough against German seaborne raiders in 1914 and a detailed history the coastal defences that confronted the German navy. For the first time the author relates the wider story of the batteries of the Northeast of England and of the gunners who manned them in times of war and peace. His study covers all the coastal batteries from Northumberland and the Tyne, south through Wearside and Durham, Hartlepool and the Tees, to North Yorkshire and the Humber. Information on all the sites of the gun batteries along the coast is included.

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""HISTORY""; ""VICTORIAN MUZZLE LOADING BATTERIES""; ""BREECH LOADING BATTERIES""; ""PREPARING FOR WAR""; ""THE FIRST WORLD WAR""; ""BETWEEN THE WARS""; ""THE SECOND WORLD WAR""; ""THE FINAL YEARS""; ""COAST ARTILLERY""; ""MUZZLE LOADING GUNS""; ""SMOOTHBORE GUNS""; ""RIFLED MUZZLE LOADERS""; ""BREECH LOADING GUNS""; ""HARBOUR DEFENCE GUNS""; ""MEDIUM GUNS""; ""HEAVY GUNS""; ""UNUSUAL GUNS""; ""HITTING THE TARGET""; ""CASE I, II, III""; ""AUTOSIGHTS""; ""THE FORTRESS PLOTTING SYSTEM""

""SEARCHLIGHTS""""TABLE OF BREECH LOADING GUNS USED IN NE DEFENCES""; ""GUNNERS""; ""VICTORIAN REGULARS, MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS""; ""ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY""; ""THE SECOND WORLD WAR: A GUNNER REMEMBERS""; ""THE BOMBARDMENT OF HARTLEPOOL""; ""TABLE OF MILITARY CASUALTIES AT HARTLEPOOL""; ""GAZETTEER""; ""TYNE DEFENCES""; ""HARTLEPOOL AND TEES DEFENCES""; ""HUMBER DEFENCES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781783402892

178340289X

9781783460175

1783460172

OCLC:

854974548