Book reviews that have appeared in South West Soundings
For print publication at a later date
Fighting Ships - From the Ancient World to 1750 Reviewed by D. B. Clement
The Great Edwardian Naval Feud Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Tudor Sea Power - The Foundation of Greatness Reviewed by D. B. Clement
The Court, The Atlantic And The City - Sir Walter Ralegh -v- William Sanderson Reviewed by David Clement
Seafarers' Voices Reviewed by David. B. Clement
Galley Slave Reviewed by Jon Seagrave
A Privateer’s Voyage Round the World Reviewed by Dee Holladay
Slaver Captain Reviewed by David B.Clement
Landsman Hay Reviewed by David B Clement
Life of a Sailor Reviewed by David B. Clement
Russian Warships in the Age of Sail - Design, Construction and Fates Reviewed by David B. Clement
Gunboat Command – the biography of Lt. Cdr. Robert Hichens Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Wheezers and Dodgers Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
To Auckland by the Ganges Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Rolling Home Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Edition 91, May 2013
Fight for the Fjords - The Battle for Norway 1940. Reviewed by Roger Bunbury
BRITISH WARSHIPS & AUXILIARIES ~ The Complete Guide to the Ships & Aircraft of the Fleet. Reviewed by Roger Bunbury
Gone.... A chronicle of the seafarers and ships of R & J Craig of Glasgow Reviewed by David. B. Clement
Edition 90, March 2013
The Plimsoll Sensation – The Great Campaign To Save Lives At Sea Reviewed by Julia Creeke
The Levelling Sea:The Story of a Cornish Haven and the Age of Sail. Reviewed by Mike Bender
Edition 89, November 2012
Traditional Fishing Boats of Britain & Ireland Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
The Boats of the Somerset Levels Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
Edition 88, September 2012
Britannia Naval Histories of World War II Reviewed by Roger Bunbury
The Loss of the Criccieth Castle Reviewed by Dee Holladay
The Secret Capture : U110 and the Enigma Story Reviewed by Peter Thomson
Edition 87, June 2012
Figureheads of the Royal Navy Reviewed by David B. Clement
A Century of Sea Travel - Personal Accounts from the Steamship Era Reviewed by Peter Ferguson
The German Invasion of Norway April 1940 Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Edition 86, April 2012
From Ship’s Cook To Baronet - Sir William Reardon-Smith’s Life in Shipping 1856-1935 Reviewed by David B. Clement
Captured At Sea - Merchant Ships Captured in the South West Seas of Britain 1803-15 Reviewed by David B. Clement
Sailing Barge Master – the story of a Victorian Bargeman Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Edition 85, November 2011
Ready for Anything: the Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-1950 Reviewed by Peter Thomson
Whale Hunter Reviewed by Dee Holladay
Teddy Suhren: Ace of Aces – Memoirs of a U-Boat Rebel Reviewed by David Pulvertaft
Edition 84, September 2011
From Coastal Sail to Global Shipping. The History of the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Reviewed by David B. Clement
Ebb & Flow - The Story of Maritime Lyme Regis Reviewed by David. B. Clement
More Tales From A Cornish Lugger Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
Historic Ships- The Survivors Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Conserving Historic Vessels - Understanding Historic Vessels Vol. 3 Reviewed by Sara Stirling
Edition 83, June 2011
Closing Down Sail Reviewed by David. B. Clement
Dynasty of Engineers - The Stevensons and Bell Rock Reviewed by Mike Bender
William Stone - Hero of the Fleet Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Edition 82, April 2011
Captain William Strike Of Porthleven Reviewed by David B. Clement
Destroyer Down - An Account of HM Destroyer Losses 1939-1945. Reviewed by Roger Bunbury
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN, Founder and First Governor of Australia: A British View. Reviewed by Michael Pentreath
Edition 81, December 2010
Tenacious - Jubilee Sailing Trust Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Young Nelsons - Boy Sailors During the Napoleonic Wars Reviewed by David Clement
A Privateer’s Voyage Round the World Reviewed by Dee Holladay
The Quiet Heroes – British Merchant Seamen at War Reviewed by James Saumarez
Edition 80, September 2010
A Hard Fought Ship - The Story of HMS Venomous Reviewed by D. B. Clement
A Maritime History of Somerset - Volume 1 - Trade & Commerce Reviewed by David Clement
The Wrecks Of Scilly Reviewed by David Clement
Sunk by Stukas, Survived at Salerno Reviewed by Bill Forster
Galley Slave Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Cornish Wrecking 1700-1860 Reviewed by David B Clement
Edition 79, June 2010
Samuel Pepys - Memoires of the Royal Navy 1690 Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities - A Book of the Sea Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Ambitious for Glory - The Career of a Victorian Naval Officer Reviewed by Mary Jones
Dönitz‘s Last Gamble; the Inshore U-boat Campaign Reviewed by Dennis Haslop
Black Flag: The Surrender of Germany’s U-Boat Forces 1945 Reviewed by Dennis Haslop
White Ship - Red Crosses - A Nursing Memoir of the Falklands War Reviewed by Charmian Astbury
Edition 78, March 2010
Shipwrecks And Disasters On The River Dart Reviewed by David B. Clement
The Four Days' Battle Of 1666 - The Greatest Sea Fight In The Age Of Sail Reviewed by David B. Clement
British Warships In The Age Of Sail - 1603-1714 - Design, Construction, Careers And Fates Reviewed by David B. Clement
Fragile Fortunes - The Origins of a Great British Merchant Family Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Nelson's Battles - The triumph of British Seapower Reviewed by David B. Clement
The Sea Chart - The Illustrated History Of Nautical Maps And Navigational Charts Reviewed by David B. Clement
On The Water - The Yachting Muse Reviewed by David B. Clement
The First HMS Invincible (1747-58) - Her Excavations (1980-1991) Reviewed by David B. Clement
Rats, Rust & Two Old Ladies Reviewed by Dave Hills
Young Nelsons - Boy Sailors During the Napoleonic Wars Reviewed by David B. Clement
Fishing Boats Of Cornwall Reviewed by David B. Clement
The Gloucester & Sharpness canal - An Illustrated History Reviewed by David B. Clement
Sailing Barge Master - The Story Of a Victorian Bargeman Reviewed by David B. Clement
Ballads of the Sea, June Tabor, Bristol Old Vic February 6th 2010 Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
French Battleships 1922 - 1956 Reviewed by Roger Bunbury
Edition 77, January 2010
An Illuminating Experience Reviewed by Mike Bender
A Century of Friendship - Breton Fishermen in Cornwall and Scilly Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
Well I Never Knew That Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Tramp to Queen Reviewed by Peter Stuckey , President, Bristol Shiplovers’
The Voyage Of The Beagle - Darwin’s Extraordinary Adventure Aboard FitzRoy’s Famous Survey Ship Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Edition 76, September 2009
Appledore Rope Mats - A history and exploration of mat-making techniques Reviewed by Charmian Astbury
Shipping Out - A Merchant Sailor's Tale Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
The Battle of Quiberon Bay Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
The Battlecruiser HMS Hood - an Illustrated Biography, 1916 - 1941 Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Puffin's Log Reviewed by Mike Bender
Hands to Make and Mend – a short appraisal of sailor-made ship models Reviewed by Peter Ferguson
Edition 75, March 2009
Yankee Jack Sails Again Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Pepys’s Navy Ships Men & Warfare 1649-1689 Reviewed by David Clement
Anti-Submarine Warfare - An Illustrated History Reviewed by Derek Kitch
Jack Tar - Life In Nelson's Navy Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Traditional Boats of Ireland - History, Folklore and Construction Reviewed by Colin Green
John Hawley Merchant, Mayor, And Privateer Reviewed by David Clement
Squarerigger Days - Autobiographies Of Sail Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Edition 74, November 2008
Architectura Navalis Mercatoria Reviewed by David Jenkinson
An Account of the Motor Vessel ‘Eilian’ and her Master - Jack Newcombe Reviewed by Charmian Astbury
The Purton Hulks The story of the Purton Ships Graveyard Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Inshore Craft - Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles Reviewed by David. B. Clement
In The Shadow Of Nelson: The Life Of Admiral Lord Collingwood Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Escape To The Sea, Tom Sullivan AB Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Squarerigger Days - Autobiographies Of Sail Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Tacky’s Tugs - W. J. Reynolds Ltd of Torpoint Reviewed by Gary Hicks
Edition 73, August 2008
British Warships In The Age Of Sail - 1714/1792 Design, Construction, Careers and Fates Reviewed by David B. Clement
Royal Navy Versus The Slave Traders - Enforcing Abolition At Sea 1808-1898 Reviewed by D. B. Clement
A Successful Raider - A Forgotten Tale From WW I Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Five Months on a German Raider: Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
The War At Sea In Photographs 1939-45 Reviewed by D. B. Clement
POLES APART - Polish Naval Memories of World War Two Reviewed by James Saumarez
Windfall Yachts - A Legacy Of Goodwill Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Naval Firepower Reviewed by Roger Richardson-Bunbury
Big Gun Monitors ~ Design, Construction and Operations 1914-1945 Reviewed by Roger Richardson-Bunbury
The Seaforth Bibliography: A Guide to more than 4000 works on British Naval History Reviewed by D. B. Clement
The Flowers of the Sea An anthology of quotations, poems, and prose Reviewed by GD
Edition 72, May 2008
The Wreck of the Batavia Reviewed by Bob Wilson
Flamborough, A Major Fishing Station Reviewed by John Bartlett
Disease In The Merchant Navy - A History Of The Seamen's Hospital Society Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Welsh Ships And Sailing Men Reviewed by D. B. Clement
T.R.Brown of Bristol Reviewed by Colin Green
Down The Slipway: Ships Of Pembrokeshire's Secret Waterways Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Edition 71, March 2008
Light over Lundy: A History of the Old Light and the Fog Signal Station Reviewed by Sarah Parsons
Falmouth Haven – the Maritime History of a Great West Country Port Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Henry Trengrouse Reviewed by Jean Jenkinson
Poor England has lost so many men Reviewed by Jean Jenkinson
Plymouth's Other Fleet The Merchant Shipping Registers of the Port of Plymouth 1814-1815 & 1817-1876 Reviewed by Dave Hills
Plymouth's Other Fleet The Merchant Shipping Registers of the Port of Plymouth 1814-1815 & 1817-1876 Reviewed by David Clement
The Agnes, the Clara May and the Traly Reviewed by Judith M L Godfrey
Charts of War Reviewed by Adrian Webb
Brunel’s Hidden Kingdom Reviewed by Bill Kelly
Braunton: Home of the Last Sailing Coasters Reviewed by Charmian Astbury
Edition 70, October 2007
Once Aboard a Cornish Lugger Reviewed by Martin Hazell
A Postcard History of the Passenger Liner Reviewed by David Clement
John Davis 1543-1605 The Master Navigator from the Dart Reviewed by Dee Wood
Steering to Glory – A Day in the Life of a Ship of the Line Reviewed by David Clement
Fiddlers and Whores – The Candid Memoirs of a Surgeon in Nelson’s Fleet Reviewed by David Clement
A Naval Life – The Edited Diaries and Papers of Admiral John Locke Marx 1852-1939 Reviewed by Jonathan Seagrave
Norumbega Navigators – Early English Voyages to New England Reviewed by David Clement
Edition 69, June 2007
Voyaging Over Life's Sea - A History of the British Seamen's Boy's Home, Brixham 1859 Reviewed by Jeremy Puckett
Rolle Canal and the North Devon Limestone Trade Reviewed by Colin Green
Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800 Reviewed by David Clement
The War for all the Oceans – From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo Reviewed by Francis Bennett
The Basingstoke Admiral – a life of Sir James Lancaster Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Chantiers Navals and Pont-Aven Reviewed by David Wheeler
T.S. Mount Edgcumbe : Training Ship for Homeless and Destitute Boys Reviewed by Alston Kennerley
Fish on Friday Reviewed by Francis Bennett
Edition 68, February 2007
Sea Charts of the British Isles a Voyage of Discovery Around Britain and Ireland’s Coastline Reviewed by Adrian Webb
Robert Sturmey's Commercial Expedition to the Mediterranean -1457/58 Reviewed by Geoff Amos
Six Frigates Reviewed by James Saumarez
Figureheads & Ships Carvers Reviewed by David Clement
Churchill’s Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation 1939 - 1945 Reviewed by Adrian Webb
The right kind of boy- A portrait of the British sea apprentice, 1830-1980 Reviewed by Jeremy Puckett
Edition 67, October 2006
Destroyer - An Anthology of First-Hand Accounts of the War At Sea 1939 - 1945 Reviewed by Roger Bunbury
Marooned: the story of a Cornish seaman Reviewed by Charmian Astbury
The Steamship Shieldhall Reviewed by Bill Kelly CEng FIMarEST
Lamentable Intelligence From The Admiralty - The Sinking Of HMS Vanguard In 1875 Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash - A Devon Lad’s Life in Nelson’s Navy Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Edition 66, June 2006
Reuben Chappell: Pierhead Painter Reviewed by Judith Godfrey
The World’s First Great Ocean Liner: A Select Bibliography of the SS Great Britain 1834-1970 Reviewed by Mike Baker
Holman’s: A Family Business of Shipbuilders, Shipowners and Insurers from 1832 Reviewed by Mike Baker
D-Day Ships - the Allied invasion Fleet, June 1944 Reviewed by Martin Hazell
Crosses & Comforts - The Life & Times of Captain Sir Richard Whitbourne Reviewed by Neil Macaulay
Up the Creek - A Lifetime Spent Trying to be a Sailor Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Edition 65, February 2006
Our Family of Cape Horners Vol.1 - The Nineteenth Century Seafarers and Their Relations Reviewed by Helen Doe
Our Family of Cape Horners Vol.1 - The Nineteenth Century Seafarers and Their Relations Reviewed by D. B. Clement
North-East Passage to Muscovy: Stephen Borough and the First Tudor Explorations Reviewed by Helen Doe
The Habit of Victory - The Story of the Royal Navy 1545-1945 Reviewed by David Clement
British Warships in the Age of Sail. Design, Construction, Careers and Fates Reviewed by D. B. Clement
The Ships of Trafalgar. The British, French and Spanish Fleets - October 1805 Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Cosens of Weymouth 1848-1918 Reviewed by Dave Hills
The Bi-Centennial Edition of The Nelson Dispatch. Reviewed by David Clement
Edition 64, October 2005
News of Nelson, John Lapenotiere's Race from Trafalgar to London Reviewed by Derek Kitch
Nelson’s Avenger Reviewed by Mike Baker
The Trafalgar Captains - Their Lives and Memorials. Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Building the Wooden Fighting Ship Reviewed by Mike Baker
Edition 63, June 2005
The War at Sea 1914-1918 Reviewed by Mike Baker
Inshore Craft of Britain in the Days of Sail and Oar Reviewed by David B Clement
The Pursuit of Victory - The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson Reviewed by D. B. Clement
Edition 62, February 2005
A Deck Boys Diary Reviewed by Jeremy Puckett
Cosens of Weymouth Reviewed by Mike Baker
The Habit of Victory: The Story of The Royal Navy 1545-1945 Reviewed by David Clement
The Captain Cook Encyclopaedia Reviewed by David Bailey
The Life and Death of the Liverpool Barque "Dryad" (1874-91) Reviewed by D. B. Clement
British Tramp Shipping, 1750-1914 Reviewed by David Clement
Edition 61, October 2004
Quarterdeck Reviewed by Mike Baker
The Nautical Magazine Reviewed by D. B. Clement
The Stories of the Dido C and the Ceres Reviewed by JR Seagrave
Edition 60, June 2004
The Sail & Steam Navy List - All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889 Reviewed by D.B. Clement
Marked For Misfortune Reviewed by D.B. Clement
Shipbuilding On The Thames and Thames Built Ships Reviewed by D.B. Clement
Edition 59, February 2004
A History of the Plymouth Lifeboats Reviewed by Derek Kitch
The Falmouth Packets Reviewed by Richard Larn
Warship 2002-2003 Reviewed by Derek Kitch
Watchet Boat Museum Flatner Plans Reviewed by David Clement
Edition 58, October 2003
The Havener’s Accounts of the Earldom & Duchy of Cornwall, 1287-1356 Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
The History of The Radio Officer in The British Merchant Navy and on Deep-Sea Trawlers Reviewed by Neil Macaulay
Braunton’s 20th Century Mariners. Reviewed by D B Clement
The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal - An Illustrated History Reviewed by Edward Paget-Tomlinson
Mersey Ferries - The Wallasey Ferries Reviewed by Neil Macaulay
Diary of a Wren 1940-1945 Reviewed by Jean Jenkinson
Edition 57, June 2003
A History of the Torbay Lifeboats Reviewed by Derek Kitch
The Chronicles of Dartmouth Reviewed by David Clement
South Devon Steamers and Ferries Reviewed by Mike Baker
The Log Book of the Society of the Shiplovers of the City and Port of Bristol Reviewed by David B. Clement
Edition 56, February 2003
British Royal Yachts. A complete illustrated history. Reviewed by Michael Duffy - University of Exeter
The Wreck at Sharpnose Point Reviewed by D.B. Clement
The Victorian Titanic - The loss of the S.S. Schiller in 1875 Reviewed by George Hogg
Riding Madly Off in All Directions Reviewed by Alston Kennerley
Edition 55, October 2002
The Evolution of the Fishing Village: Landscape and Society Along the SouthDevon Coast, 1086-1550 Reviewed by Alston Kennerley
The Voyages of the Great Britain Reviewed by Joe Chapman
Christian Missionary Work Among the Seamen and Dock Workers of Bristol, 1820-1914 Reviewed by Alston Kennerley
A Pot Mess: Journals of a Royal Navy Cook by J.A.Parker Reviewed by Mike Baker
Cornwall at War 1939-1945 by Peter Hancock Reviewed by Helen Taylor
Growing up with Boats: an autobiography by William Stevenson Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
British Shipbuilding and the State since 1918: A Political Economy of Decline Reviewed by David Bailey
Seamen's Crew Lists, 1851 (PRO: BT 98) - by Liz Hore (CD) Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
Edition 54, June 2002
Philip & Son Ltd., Shipbuilders & Engineers by Derek Blackhurst Reviewed by Bob Wilson
Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve by F.N.Goodwin. Reviewed by John Beck
Jane Slade of Polruan by Helen Doe Reviewed by Martin Hazell
The Same Wife In Every Port by Suzanne Kyrle-Pope Reviewed by Mary Rose Pulvertaft
Edition 53, February 2002
The Glorious First of June 1794. A Naval Battle and its Aftermath. Reviewed by Adrian Reed
Poor Jack Reviewed by David Bailey
Edition 52, October 2001
Lewis Harding Cornwall's Pioneer Photographer Reviewed by George Hogg
Lundy Packets Reviewed by John Hooper
The Making of the University of Plymouth Reviewed by Paul G Wright
Bude's Maritime Heritage Past & Present Reviewed by David Clement
Edition 51, May 2001
Cornwall Reviewed by David Bailey
Coastal and River Trade in Pre-Industrial England: Bristol and its Region, 1680-1730 Reviewed by Alston Kennerley,
Institute of Marine Studies
England's Sea Fisheries Reviewed by Neil Macaulay
Maritime Activities of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Reviewed by Angus Watkins
Edition 50, February 2001
The Chronicles of Dartmouth Reviewed by David Bailey
Plymouth and Devonport Church and Chapel Rowing Clubs Before the 1939-45 War Reviewed by Alston Kennerley,
Institute of Marine Studies,
Edition 49, October 2000
Bazeley's of Penzance and the Little Western Steamship Company Reviewed by Robin Craig
Britain's Historic Coast Reviewed by Alston Kennerley,
Institute of Marine Studies,
The Honourable Balmoral Her Peers and Piers Reviewed by Alan Kittridge
Edition 48, June 2000
Brunel's Ships Reviewed by Peter J. Stuckey
The Nurse Family of Bridgwater and Their Ships, Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
Union-Castle Line Purserette by Ann Haynes Reviewed by Judith M L Godfrey [Members only]
Edition 47, February 2000
Porthgwarra Reviewed by John Oates
Liverpool Docks Edited Reviewed by Neil Macaulay
BR 1806 : British Maritime Doctrine, Second Edition Reviewed by Roger Bunbury
Survivors Reviewed by G.A.B. King
Edition 46, October 1999
The Letters of Sir Walter Ralegh, Reviewed by David B Quinn
H.M.S. Weazel 1720-1799 Reviewed by M. Guegan
Newlyn, a Brief History, and Mousehole, a Brief History Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
The Sailing Pilots of the Bristol Channel Reviewed by Sara Powell
Vigilance, the Brixham Trawler BM76 Reviewed by Jeremy Puckett
Shipping Movements in the Ports of the United Kingdom, a Statistical Profile Reviewed by Alston Kennerley
Severn Traders Reviewed by Angus Watkins,
Edition 45, June 1999
The Palmerston Forts of the South West - Why were they built? Reviewed by Adrian Reed
Cornwall, The Canaries and The Atlantic - The Letter Book of Valentine Enys 1704 - 1719 Reviewed by David. B. Clement
The Foundations of Naval History: John Knox Laughton, the Royal Navy and the Historical Profession Reviewed by Peter Hore
Eddystone 300 - The Finger of Light Reviewed by Paul G Wright
Trinity House: The Super Silent Service Reviewed by John Cook
Edition 44, February 1999
The Port of Penzance A History Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras Reviewed by David Bailey
Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall New Series II. Volume III. Part I 1998 Reviewed by Peter Mills
The Mohegan 1898-1998 Reviewed by Derek Blackhurst
Historic Shipwrecks: Discovered, Protected & Investigated Reviewed by Martin Read
David MacGregor Plans Reviewed by Ralph Bird
The Naval Chronicle: The Contemporary Record of the Royal Navy at War. Volume 1 1793-1798. Consolida Reviewed by Derek Kitch
Slaves of Rapparee Reviewed by Michael Guegan
Rustic Rambles and Military Marches Reviewed by Adrian Reed
Edition 43, October 1998
Exploiting The Sea : Aspects of Britain's Maritime Economy Since 1870. Reviewed by Ronald Hope
Tony Warren's Sketchbook 'Falmouth-born Painter of Ships and the Sea'. Reviewed by George Hogg
Maritime Sources at Cornwall Record Office Handlist No.7 1998 Reviewed by Tony Pawlyn
Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn 1772-1853 Reviewed by Evan Davies
Dimensions of Sea Power: Strategic Choice in the Modern World, Reviewed by Roger Bunbury
Pirates And Privateers - New Perspectives on the War on Trade in the 18th and 19th Centuries Reviewed by Jeremy Rowett Johns
