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Map of Homeric Greece. In the debate since antiquity over the Catalogue of Ships, the core questions have concerned the extent of historical credibility of the account, whether it was composed by Homer himself, to what extent it reflects a pre-Homeric document or memorized tradition, surviving perhaps in part from Mycenaean times, or whether it is a result of post-Homeric development. [2]
Early the following morning, the ship was chased by four Japanese Coast Guard vessels, who ordered it to halt, and fired 25 warning shots upon the ship when those orders were ignored. [9] A six-hour firefight ensued, in which over 1,000 machine gun rounds were fired by both sides; [ 1 ] the North Korean crew were said to have wielded shoulder ...
Dinyl’s ship is destroyed by Slatehulme’s mangonel, and he is killed. Meas and Joron rescue the surviving prisoners from Safe Harbor. Slatehulme is besieged by Hundred Isles ships; they believe that Meas is the Caller. In exchange for Meas's surrender, the Hundred Isles ships allow the remaining members of the peace faction to leave the island.
Away All Boats is a 1956 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, and Julie Adams.It was produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson (1907–1999), who served on the USS Pierce (APA-50) in World War II and used his experiences there as a guide for his novel.
The Destroyermen series is a series of alternate history books, written by American writer and historian Taylor Anderson.The fifteen books in the series are Into the Storm, Crusade (both 2008), Maelstrom (2009), Distant Thunders (2010), Rising Tides, Firestorm (both 2011), Iron Gray Sea (2012), Storm Surge (2013), Deadly Shores (2014), [1] Straits of Hell (2015), Blood in the Water (2016 ...
White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850. [1] The book is based on the author's fourteen months' service in the United States Navy , aboard the frigate USS Neversink (actually USS United States ).
A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War: Books in English, 1975–1983. Andre Deutsch. Enser, A. G. S (1990). A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War, and Aftermath: Books in English, 1975–1987. Andre Deutsch. Law, Derek G. (2003). The Royal Navy in World War II: An Annotated Bibliography (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press.
The Seafort Saga is a series of science fiction novels written by American author David Feintuch.The novels are set from the late 22nd century to the mid-23rd century and relate the adventures of Nicholas Seafort, an officer in the (fictional) UNNS| United Nations Naval Service. [1]