WWI Naval Bibliography

"Naval Actions" - Papers (English)

Loss of SMS Hilfstreuminendampfer B // Konigin Luise, 5 August 1914

  • Barnett, Len A 'Well Known' Incident Reassessed - the German Attempted Mining of the Thames in August 1914, in
    The Mariner's Mirror, May 2003
    A very good re-examination of the events of the action and the location of the mines which sank HMS Amphion.

    Loss of HMS Pegasus, 20 September 1914

  • Contey, Frank A. The Sinking of HMS Pegasus in Naval History, October 1998.

    Cape Sarych, 18 November 1914

  • McLaughlin, Steve Predreadnoughts vs a Dreadnought: The Action off Cape Sarych, 18 November 1914 in
    Preston, Antony (editor), Warship 2001-2002
    Conway Maritime Press, 2001.
    Perhaps the English-language account of this fascinating action.

    Coronel

  • Sweetman, Jack Coronel: Anatomy of Disaster in
    Jordan, Gerald (editor) Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century
    Croom Helm, 1977.

    Cuxhaven Raid, 25 December 1914

  • Schuster, Captain Carl O. Strike Warfare, 1914 in Naval History (published by the United States Naval Institute)
    Vol 12, number 1 (January/February 1998).
    "HMS Empress helped usher in a new era of naval warfare with her strikes on zeppelin sheds."

    Dogger Bank

  • Schofield, Brian 'Jacky' Fisher, HMS Indomitable and the Dogger Bank Action: A Personal Memoir in
    Jordan, Gerald (editor) Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century
    Croom Helm, 1977.

    Dardanelles

  • Erickson, Edward J. Strength Against Weakness: Ottoman Military Effectiveness at Gallipoli, 1915 in
    The Journal of Military History, October 2001.
  • Golda, E. Michael The Dardanelles Campaign: A Historical Analogy for Littoral Mine Warfare, in
    Naval War College Review, Summer 1998
    May be read online
  • Marder, Arthur J. The Dardanelles Revisited: Further Thoughts on the Naval Prelude in From the Dardanelles to Oran
    Oxford University Press, 1974.
  • Travers, Tim Liman von Sanders, the Capture of Lieutenant Palmer, and Ottoman Anticipation of the Allied Landings at Gallipoli on 25 April, 1915 in
    The Journal of Military History, October 2001.

    Engagement Between SMS Leopard and HM Ships Achilles and Dundee, 16 March 1917

  • McBride, Keith St. Patrick's Eve: Leopard v. Achilles and Dundee, 16 March 1917, in
    The Mariner's Mirror, Volume 85, Number 4, 1999.

    Plans for the "Great Landing," 1917

  • Page, C. L. W. The Great Landing 1917 in
    Journal of Naval History, April 2002.
    It may be read online.

    Operation "Albion", October 1917

  • Ganz, A. Harding "ALBION" - The Baltic Islands Operation
    Military Affairs, Vol. XLII, No. 2, April 1978.
    A look at the German combined operation to seize the Baltic islands of Oesel, Dago and Moon at the entrance to the Gulf of Riga.

    Halifax Explosion, December 1917

  • Armstrong, John G. Letters from Halifax: Reliving the Halifax Explosion Through the Eyes of My Grandfather, A Sailor in the Royal Canadian Navy in
    The Northern Mariner // Le Marin du Nord, volume 8, number 4 (October 1998).
  • Duffy, Francis James Blast at Halifax in
    Naval History (published by the United States Naval Institute)
    Vol 12, number 6 (November/December 1997).
    A very nice little summary of the explosion.
  • Scanlon, Joseph Source of Threat and Source of Assistance: The Maritime Aspects of the 1917 Halifax Explosion in
    The Northern Mariner // Le Marin du Nord, volume 10, number 4 (October 2000).

    "Battle" of May Island, January 1918

  • Mullay, Sandy The 'Battle' of the Isle of May in
    Ships Monthly, September 2000

    Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids, April 1918

  • Karau, Mark Twisting the Dragon's Tail: The Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids of 1918 in
    The Journal of Military History, April 2003.
    A reassessment that shows they were more successful than usually considered.

    Air Strike on Tondern 1918

  • Rimmell, Raymond Laurence Tondern: The First Carrier Strike in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 9
    Conway Maritime Press, 1985.

    Miscellaneous Land Operations

  • Miller, Colonel John G. "Devil Dogs" at Belleau Wood in Naval History (published by the United States Naval Institute)
    Vol 11, number 6 (November/December 1997).
    Purely a ground operation, this has been included in this list as it was an action of great importance to the United States Marine Corps.
  • Simmons, Brigadier General Edwin H. Leathernecks at Soissons in Naval History
    December, 2005.
  • Simmons, Brigadier General Edwin H. The Great War Crucible in Naval History
    December, 2005.
    A summary of the actions fought by the US Marine Corp on the Western Front.

    Surrender and Scuttling of the German Fleet, and the Wrecks in Scapa Flow

  • Layman, R. D. The German High Seas Fleet's Surrender in
    McLean, David and Preston, Antony (editors) WARSHIP 1997-1998 (volume XXI)
    Conway Maritime Press, 1997.
    Hitherto unpublished aerial views of the German ships.
  • Oxley, Ian Scapa Flow and the Protection and Management of Scotland's Historic Military Shipwrecks, in
    Antiquity, 76 (2002).
    A look at the management issues surrounding wreck sites in the Orkneys.

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