2012

Mountbatten Maritime Award

WINNER

Professor Callum Roberts – Ocean of Life (Allen Lane / Penguin Books)

NOMINEES

Bernard Edwards – War under the Red Ensign (Pen and Sword)
Kevin Brown – Poxed and Scurvied (Seaforth Publishing)
David Hobbs – The British Pacific Fleet – The RN’s Most Powerful Strike Force (Seaforth Publishing)
Conrad Waters – Naval Review 2012 (Seaforth Publishing)
Andrew St George – The Royal Navy Way of Leadership (Random House)
Sharon Poole and Andrew Sassoli-Walker – P&O Cruises – Celebrating 175 Years of Heritage (Amberley Publishing)
Richard Hopton – Captain Robert Ryder VC (Pen and Sword)
Marcus Faulkner – War at Sea – A Naval Atlas 1939-45 (Seaforth Publishing)
John Johnson-Allen – “They couldn’t  have done it without us” – The Merchant Navy in the Falklands War (Seafarer Books)
Andrew Lambert – The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 (Faber & Faber)
Tad Fitch, J Kent Layton, Bill Wormstedt – On a Sea of Glass: The Life and Loss of the RMS Titanic (Amberley Publishing)
Nic Compton – Titanic on Trial (Bloomsbury)
Brendan Hall – Team Spirit: Life and leadership on one of the world’s toughest yacht races (Adlard Coles Nautical)
Les Powles – Solitaire Spirit: Three times around the world single-handed (Adlard Coles Nautical)
Jonathan Eyers – How to Snog a Hag Fish: Disgusting things in the sea (Adlard Coles Nautical)
Sandra Clayton – Turtles in our Wake (Adlard Coles Nautical)
Justin Ruthven-Tyers – Phoenix from the Ashes: The boat that rebuilt our lives (Bloomsbury)
Steve Bush – British Warships and Auxiliaries 1952 – Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Edition (Maritime Books)
Nigel Cliff – The Last Crusade – The Epic Voyages of Vasco Da Gama (Atlantic Books)
Robin Paine and Roger Syms – On a Cushion of Air – The Story of Hoverlloyd (Writersworld)
Nick Childs – Britain’s Future Navy (Pen and Sword)
Martin Black – G L Watson: The Art and Science of Yacht Design (Peggy Bawn Press)
Alastair Graham and Eric Grove – HMS Ark Royal: Zeal Does Not Rest 1981-2011 (Maritime Books)
Meriel Larken – The Ship, The Lady and The Lake (Bene Factum Publishing)
Frances Wilson – How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J Bruce Ismay (Bloomsbury)
Andrew Bell and Murray Robinson – Shaw Savill’s Magnificent Seven (Ships In Focus Publications)
Philip Marsden – The Levelling Sea (Harper Collins)
Rear Admiral John Lang – Titanic: A Fresh Look at the Evidence by a Former Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents (Seafarer Books / Rowman & Littlefield)
Shane Spall – The Voyages of The Princess Matilda (Ebury Publishing)
John Jordan – Warships After Washington (Seaforth Publishing)
Bruce Taylor – The End of Glory (Seaforth Publishing)
Dr Jane Harrold  – Dark Seas: The Battle of Cape Matapan (University of Plymouth Press)