Imperial War Museum

Department of Printed Books

Recommended Reading List (No. 53)

Naval operations, 1914-1918: general works

This is not a complete bibliography but a selected list of items that

should prove particularly useful and be relatively widely available.
You are welcome to make an appointment to consult them in our
Reading Room, where you can also study our catalogues for further
references. The Reading Room is open between 10am and 5pm
Monday to Friday and the same hours on most Saturdays, although
this is a more limited service.

If you are unable to visit the Reading Room, many items in this list
should be available through the inter-library loan scheme. Your local
public library should be able to provide more details. Please note
that, as a national reference library, our stock is not available for loan.

It may be possible to purchase some of the books in this list but

please note that none is sold by the Department of Printed Books
unless a note to that effect is given. Once books are out of print they
may be difficult to track down and could be expensive. We have a list
of second-hand military book dealers who may be able to locate them.
You could also try www.clique.co.uk on the Web, where you will find
details of over 1,350 British-based dealers and links to an
international database of many millions of second-hand books.

The Department of Printed Books has reprinted some key works for
sale, but these represent only a tiny proportion of the books held in
our library. A catalogue of our publications for sale is available on
request or can be downloaded from our website.

If copyright law and conservation considerations allow, we may be

able to provide photocopies of journal articles or extracts from
published books. Prepayment is required and you will need to
complete our copyright declaration/request form for each item. When
requesting copies, please state in which reading list the item was
found and give full details of the item, including our classification
number if appropriate and the page numbers required.

In addition to Printed Books, the Museum has six other Collecting

Departments – Art, Documents, Exhibits and Firearms, Film & Video,
Photographs and Sound. These may hold further information about
this subject. All can be visited by appointment. A leaflet about the
Collecting Departments is available on request.

Department of Printed Books, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road,

London SE1 6HZ. Tel 020 7416 5342 Fax 020 7416 5246 E-mail
books@iwm.org.uk Website www.iwm.org.uk

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ADMIRALTY. NAVAL STAFF. TRAINING AND STAFF DUTIES DIVISION
Naval staff monographs (historical): [10 volumes] / Fleet issue. - London : Naval Staff Training and
Staff Duties Division, 1923-1933. - 10 vols.: fold maps ; 25cm. - index.
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0-0 Our Accession No.: 83 / 2155

ALBION, ROBERT GREENHALGH

Naval and maritime history: an annotated bibliography / Robert Greenhalgh Albion. - 4th ed. - Newton
Abbot, Devon : David and Charles, 1973. - ix, 370p. ; 24cm. - index.
ISBN 0-7153-6007-8
Our Classification: 91.9(1):12 Our Accession No.: 72719

BEATTY, DAVID BEATTY (EARL)

The Beatty papers: selections from the private and official correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Earl
Beatty: [2 volumes] / edited by B. McL. Ranft. - Aldershot, Hampshire : Scolar Press, 1989-1993. - 2
vols., (xxiv, 600; xxiii, 500p.): frontis. ; 24cm. - bibl. - index. (Publications of the Navy Records
Society; vol. 128 Publications of the Navy Records Society; vol. 132).
Our Classification: 23(=41)/3 [ Beatty, David, 1st Earl Beatty]-2 Our Accession No.: 89 / 231

BENNETT, GEOFFREY
Naval battles of the First World War / Geoffrey Bennett. - London : Batsford, 1968. - 319p., 24p. of
plates: ill., figs., maps, ports. ; 23cm. - bibl. p.9-11 - index.
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0 Our Accession No.: 52549

BRITISH VESSELS LOST AT SEA, 1914-18 AND 1939-45

British vessels lost at sea, 1914-18 and 1939-45 - Wellingborough, Northamptonshire : Patrick
Stephens, 1988. - 423p. in various pagings ; 24cm. - index.
ISBN 1-85260-134-5
Our Classification: 13(41).24/1 Our Accession No.: 88 / 2702

BYWATER, HECTOR C.
Cruisers in battle: naval 'light cavalry'; under fire 1914-1918 / Hector C. Bywater. - London :
Constable, 1939. - xvi, 276p., 20 leaves of plates: ill., frontis. ; 21cm. - index.
Our Classification: 12/3(26).06243 Our Accession No.: 17435

COLETTA, PAOLO E.
Sea power in the Atlantic and Mediterranean in World War I / Paolo E. Coletta. - Lanham, Maryland :
University Press of America, 1989. - xiii, 176p.: ill., figs., maps, ports. ; 23cm. - bibl. p.159-171 -
index.
ISBN 0-8191-7427-0
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0 Our Accession No.: 91 / 454

COLETTA, PAOLO E.
Allied and American naval operations in the European theater, World War I / Paolo E. Coletta. -
Lewiston, New York : Edwin Mellen, 1996. - xv, 588p.: ill., plans, ports. ; 24cm. - bibl. p.503-576 -
index. (Studies in American history; volume 7).
ISBN 0-7734-8883-9
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0 Our Accession No.: 98 / 271
COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE. HISTORICAL SECTION
Naval operations: [5 volumes] / by Sir Julian S. Corbett [and Henry Newbolt]. - London : Imperial War
Museum, Department of Printed Books, 1995-1997. - 5 vols. (xix, 470; xi, 448; xvi, 470; xiii, 412; xx,
452p.), 75 leaves of plates (one fold.): frontis., graph, maps, plans ; 23cm. - index. (History of the
Great War based on official documents / by direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of
Imperial Defence; Battery Press Great War series; nos. 53, 41, 56, 55 and 54).
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0-0 Our Accession No.: 97 / 48
[copies of these volumes can be purchased from the Department of Printed Books or from Mail
Order – please telephone (01223) 499345 for more information]

DER KREUZERKRIEG IN DEN AUSLANDISCHEN GEWASSERN

Der Kreuzerkrieg in den ausländischen Gewässern - Berlin : E.S. Mittler, 1922-1937. - 3 vols.: ill.,
facsims., maps, plans ; 25cm. - index. (Der Krieg zur See, 1914-1918 / herausgegeben vom Marine-
Archiv).
Our Classification: 12/3(26).06243 Our Accession No.: 9814

DER KRIEG IN DER OSTSEE

Der Krieg in der Ostsee - Berlin : E.S. Mittler, 1921-1929. - 2 vols.: maps, plans ; 25cm. - index. (Der
Krieg zur See, 1914-1918 / herausgegeben vom Marine-Achiv).
Our Classification: 12/3(261.3).0 Our Accession No.: 9241

DIE KAMPFE DER KAISERLICHEN MARINE IN DEN DEUTSCHEN KOLONIEN

Die Kampfe der Kaiserlichen Marine in den Deutschen Kolonien: Erster Teil : Tsingtau. Zweiter Teil :
Deutsch-Ostafrika - Berlin : E.S. Mittler, 1935. - xvi, 330p., 1 fold. leaf of plates: maps, plans ; 25cm.
- bibl. - index. (Der Krieg zur See 1914-1918 / herausgegeben vom Marine-Archiv).
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0 Our Accession No.: 15558

DORLING, HENRY TAPRELL

Endless story: being an account of the work of the destroyers, flotilla leaders, torpedo-boats and patrol
boats in the Great War / Taffrail (Captain Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., Royal Navy). - London : Hodder
and Stoughton, 1931. - 451p.: ill., col. frontis., maps. plans ; 25cm. - bibl. p.11 - index.
Our Classification: 12/3(26).06244 Our Accession No.: 14328

FEUER, A.B.
The US Navy in World War 1: combat at sea and in the air / A.B. Feuer; forewords by Dwight R.
Messimer and Daniel P. Davison. - Westport, Connecticut : Praeger, 1999. - xxiii, 197p.: ill., maps,
ports. ; 25cm. - bibl. p.189-190 - index.
ISBN 0-275-96212-1
Our Classification: 13(73).0/3 Our Accession No.: 00 / 219

FLEET IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

The Fleet in the First World War. Volume 1: operations of the Russian Fleet / editor : Rear Admiral
(retired) Prof. N.B. Pavlovich; translated from Russian. - New Delhi : Amerind Publishing Co., 1979. -
xii, 560p., 4 fold. leaves of plates: maps ; 25cm.
Our Classification: 13(4792).0/3 Our Accession No.: 81 / 1437

GIBSON, R.H.
The German submarine war, 1914-1918 / by R.H. Gibson and Maurice Prendergast; with a foreword
by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe. - London : Constable, 1931. - xix, 438p., 43 leaves of plates: ill.,
maps, plans ; 23cm. - index.
Our Classification: 12/3(26).011 Our Accession No.: 13771
GREGER, RENE
The Russian fleet 1914-1917 / René Greger; translated by Jill Gearing. - London : Ian Allan, 1972. -
176p.: 202 ill., maps ; 26cm.
ISBN 0-7110-0255-X
Our Classification: 13(4792).0/3 Our Accession No.: 65649

GROOS, O.
Der Krieg in der Nordsee / bearbeitet von O. Groos. - Berlin : E.S. Mittler, 1920-1937. - 7 vols.: maps
; 25cm. - index. (Der Krieg zur See, 1914-1918 / herausgegeben vom Marine-Archiv).
Our Classification: 12/3(261.2).0 Our Accession No.: 8400

HALL, RICHARD COMPTON-

Submarines and the war at sea, 1914-18 / Richard Compton-Hall. - London : Macmillan, 1991. - xiv,
345p., 16p. of plates: ill., facsim., map, ports. ; 24cm. - index.
ISBN 0-333-44345-4
Our Classification: 12/3(26).011 Our Accession No.: 91 / 2000

HALPERN, PAUL G.
The naval war in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918 / by Paul G. Halpern. - London : Allen and Unwin,
1986. - xix, 631p.: maps ; 24cm. - bibl. p.595-608 - index.
ISBN 0-04-940088-6
Our Classification: 12/3(262).0 Our Accession No.: 87 / 696

HALPERN, PAUL G.
A naval history of World War I / Paul G. Halpern. - Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 1994.
- xiii, 591p.: maps ; 27cm. - bibl. p.535-556 - index.
ISBN 0-87021-266-4
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0 Our Accession No.: 94 / 1805

HERWIG, HOLGER H.
"Luxury" fleet: the Imperial German Navy 1888-1918 / Holger H. Herwig. - London : Allen and Unwin,
1980. - [8], 314p., 12p. of plates: ill., fig., maps, ports. ; 23cm. - bibl. p.292-300 - index.
ISBN 0-04-943023-8
Our Classification: 13(43).0/3 Our Accession No.: 80 / 856

HOEHLING, A.A.
The Great War at sea: a history of naval action 1914-1918 / A.A. Hoehling. - London : Arthur Barker,
1965. - xv, 336p.: ill., facsims., plans, ports. ; 23cm. - bibl. p.318-322 - index.
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0 Our Accession No.: 48623

HOUGH, RICHARD
The Great War at sea, 1914-1918 / Richard Hough. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983. - xii,
353p., 24p. of plates: ill., maps, ports. ; 24cm. - bibl. p.334-338 - index.
ISBN 0-19-215871-6
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0 Our Accession No.: 83 / 3514

JELLICOE, JOHN RUSHWORTH, 1ST EARL JELLICOE OF SCAPA

The crisis of the naval war / by Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa. - London : Cassell,
1920. - xii, 331p., 8 leaves of plates: ill., frontis. ; 24cm. - index.
 Our Classification: 12/3(26).012 Our Accession No.: 8283

JOSE, ARTHUR W.
The Australian Navy, 1914-1918 / by Arthur W. Jose. - 7th. ed. - Sydney : Angus and Robertson,
1939. - xli, 649p., 90p. of plates: ill., figs., maps, plans, ports. ; 22cm. - index. (Official history of
Australia in the war of 1914-1918; volume IX).
Our Classification: 13(94).0/3-0 Our Accession No.: 17234-4

KEYES, ROGER JOHN BROWNLOW, 1ST BARON KEYES OF ZEEBRUGGE

The Keyes papers: selections from the private and official correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet
Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge: [3 volumes] / edited by Paul G. Halpern. - London : Allen and Unwin,
1972-1981. - 3 vols. (xxiv, 547; xiv, 468; xiv, 398p.), 3 fold. leaves of plates: ill., frontis., maps, ports. ;
23cm. - index. (Navy Records Society publication; no. 117, 121-122).
Our Classification: 23(=41)/1 [ Keyes, Roger John Brownlow, 1st Our Accession No.: 76004
Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge]-2

LOREY, HERMANN
Der Krieg in den türkischen Gewässern / bearbeitet von Hermann Lorey. - Berlin : E.S. Mittler, 1928-
1938. - 2 vols.: ill., figs., maps, plans ; 25cm. - index. (Der Krieg zur See, 1914-1918).
Our Classification: 12/3(262).0 Our Accession No.: 12315

MARDER, ARTHUR J.
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: the Royal Navy in the Fisher era, 1904-1919 / by Arthur J.
Marder. - London : Oxford University Press, 1961-1970. - 5 vols.: ill., figs. (some col.), frontis., maps,
ports. ; 23cm. - bibl. - index.
ISBN 0-19-215187-8
Our Classification: 13(41).0/3 Our Accession No.: 47235

MOFFAT, ALEXANDER W.
Maverick navy / by Alexander W. Moffat, Captain USNR (ret.). - Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan
University Press, 1976. - 157p.: ill., frontis., ports. ; 22cm. - index.
ISBN 0-8195-5000-0
Our Classification: 23(=73)/3 [ Moffat, Alexander W.] Our Accession No.: 80 / 668

NAVAL AND MILITARY DESPATCHES RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN THE WAR

Naval and military despatches relating to operations in the war: with list of honours and rewards
conferred: [10 parts] - London : HMSO, 1914-1920. - 10 parts in 2 vols. (ca.2000)p.: ill., maps ; 25cm.
- index.
Our Classification: 24(=41).0/3 Our Accession No.: 7090

ROHWER, JURGEN
Der Krieg zur See, 1939-1945 / Jurgen Rohwer. - Grafelfing vor Munchen : Urbes, 1992. - 192p.:
chiefly ill., frontis. ; 31cm. - index.
ISBN 3-924896-28-3
Our Classification: 12/5(26).0-5 Our Accession No.: 93 / 351

ROYAL NAVY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 1915-1918

The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean 1915-1918 / edited by Paul G. Halpern. - Aldershot, Hampshire
: Temple Smith, 1987. - xv, 623p., 5 fold leaves of plates: frontis., maps ; 23cm. - index. (Publications
of the Navy Records Society; vol. 126).
 ISBN 0-566-05488-4
Our Classification: 12/3(262).0 Our Accession No.: 87 / 1724

WARSHIPS AND SEA BATTLES OF WORLD WAR 1

Warships and sea battles of World War I / edited by Bernard Fitzsimons. - London : Phoebus, 1973.
- 160p.: ill., (some col.), figs., maps, plans, ports. ; 31cm. (Phoebus history of the World Wars, Library).
ISBN 0-7026-0004-0
Our Classification: 12/3(26).0 Our Accession No.: 92 / 1706