Sea of Death: The Baltic, 1945

Nautilus Telegraph's Book of the Month for December 2020.

These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913

Nautilus Telegraph's Book of the Month for May 2021.

It’s a thorough work with useful charts and graphs, an interesting selection of photos and a good index. In addition to the facts and figures, Ireland provides analysis and insight, notably arguing provocatively that ‘the situation was never as parlous nor the struggle so evenly balanced as was perceived at the time and has consistently been described since’. It’s a stance that may not prove popular in the Merchant Navy community, but the book is worth a read nevertheless, and readers can make up their own minds after giving Ireland’s arguments a hearing.

They Went Down with the Titanic but They Lived to Take the Blame

This image-led title was produced to mark the 80th anniversary of the remarkable evacuation of more than a third of a million troops from the Normandy beaches. It highlights the ‘brilliant impromptu organisation’ to assemble a fleet of ferries, fishing vessels, coasters and other small craft to carry out the rescue work over a frantic nine-day period from 27 May to 4 June 1940.

Nautilus Telegraph's Book of the Month for November 2020. This meticulously researched and very well-produced book examines the fate of many scores of ships seized from the losing sides in both world wars.

On 15 June 1940, the British Admiralty launched Operation Ariel – a rescue effort in western France that followed the Dunkirk evacuations. Over the course of 10 days, Allied ships took terrible risks to snatch more than 500,000 civilian refugees and British soldiers from the grasp of advancing German forces.