The Waikato River Gunboats
Author : Grant Middlemiss
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Page : 117 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Gunboats
ISBN : 9780473278007
Author : Grant Middlemiss
Publisher :
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Gunboats
ISBN : 9780473278007
Author : Grant Middlemiss
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 2014
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Author : Roger Branfill-Cook
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 1268 pages
File Size : 39,49 MB
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1848323808
A comprehensive, fully illustrated encyclopedia of river gunboats from the early 19th century to the present day. The first recorded engagement by a steam-powered warship took place on a river, when in 1824 the Honorable East India Company’s gunboat Diana went into action on the Irrawaddy in Burma. In the 150 years that followed, river gunboats played a significant part in over forty campaigns and individual actions around the world. This comprehensive reference book covers the development of riverboat warfare from the early 19th century to current riverine combat vessels in service today. River gunboats proved to be the decisive factor in a wide range of conflicts across the world—from the New Zealand Wars to the American Civil War, and from both World Wars to the conflicts in Indochina and Vietnam. This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia describes the river gunboats that saw action, plus those converted river steamers which took part in combat. This volume also includes maps of the river systems where they operated, together with narratives of the principal actions involving river gunboats.
Author : John Featon
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,71 MB
Release : 1879
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Author : Graham Vercoe
Publisher : Raupo
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,29 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : 9780790005782
History of shipping on the Waikato River.
Author : Ian Barton
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
ISBN : 9780995126886
"On 12 July 1863, British and colonial troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Duncan Cameron crossed Mangatawhiri stream, Waikato Maori's northern border, instigating the Waikato War. In order to do so they had amassed a vast infrastructure that included building the Great South Road (the 'Road to War'), establishing a military supply train capable of providing for the needs of 6,000 soldiers, erecting a telegraph service between Auckland and Pokeno, forming a navy of armoured gunboats on the Waikato River, and constructing the second largest military fort built by the British Army in New Zealand: The Queen's Redoubt. At the height of the invasion, some 14,000 British and colonial troops contested the Waikato against Maori forces which never exceeded 3000. The Waikato was occupied from July 1863 to April 1864, followed by massive land confiscations. This book tells the story of the Redoubt, and the buildup of military power along the Waikato border, which led directly to the most significant campaign of the New Zealand Wars, the invasion of the Waikato"--Back cover.
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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 2007
Category : New Zealand
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Author : Herbert Baillie
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 1919
Category : New Zealand
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Author : John Featon
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
ISBN :
Author : Nick Tolerton
Publisher :
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Cargo ships
ISBN : 9781877418884
"For a century until container ships came alo ng the Home Boats were the foundation of New Zealand and Australia's prosperity. This book tells the story of these great passenger and cargo liners and the seafarers who manned them - salty stories of wars, storms and smuggling cargoes ranging from butter to bras to bombs, and tales from the bridge and from the engine rooms and of the aloft on the siling ships."--Back cover.