Richard Woodman
Kapten Richard Martin Woodman LVO (lahir 1944) seorang novelis dan sejarah kemaritiman, berkebangsaan Inggris yang pensiun tahun 1997 setelah 37 tahun berkarier di bidang kelautan untuk Trinity House, sebagai penulis tetap.[1] Hasil karyanya adalah 14 jilid tentang karier Nathaniel Drinkwater,[2] dan cerita pendek tentang James Dunbar dan William Kite, tetapi dia juga menulis buku kisah nyata tentang sejarah abad ke-18 dan Perang Dunia II, termasuk trilogi penelitian konvoi pada Perang Dunia II dan 5 jilid sejarah Pelayaran Perdagangan Inggris. Tidak menyukai penulis sejarah kemaritiman modern seperti C.S. Forester atau Patrick O'Brian, Dia melaut sejak berumur 16 tahun sebagai penangkap ikan dan menghabiskan 11 tahun bertugas.[3] Pengalamannya mulai dari kapal cargo-liners sampai ocean weather ships dan spesialis kapal pendukung vessels seperti yachts, square-riggers, dan trawlers.[3]
Woodman sebagai koresponden majalah memancing Lloyd's List dan melanjutkan ekspedisi tertutup di laut seperti manusia yachts. Dia juga melayani Badan Kooperasi Trinity House. Dia memenangkan beberapa piala termasuk Society for Nautical Research's Anderson Medal pada tahun 2005[3] dan the Marine Society's Harmer Award pada tahun 1978.[1]
Woodman menjadi Letnan Royal Victorian Order (LVO) pada tahun 2014 Penghargaan Tahun Baru untuk pengabdian di Trinity House.[4]
Buku
Seri Nathaniel Drinkwater[5]
- An Eye of the Fleet
- A King's Cutter
- A Brig of War
- The Bomb Vessel
- The Corvette
- 1805
- Baltic Mission
- In Distant Waters
- A Private Revenge
- Under False Colours
- The Flying Squadron
- Beneath the Aurora
- The Shadow of the Eagle
- Ebb Tide
Trilogi William Kite
- The Guineaman
- The Privateersman
- The East Indiaman
Novel James Dunbar
- Waterfront
- Under Sail
Novel Kit Faulkner
- A Ship for the King
- For King or Commonwealth
- The King's Chameleon
Fiksi lainnya
- The Ice Mask
- Dead Man Talking
- Wager
- Endangered Species
- The Darkening Sea
- Voyage East or The Antigone
- The Accident
- Act of Terror
- Captain of the Caryatid
- The Cruise of the Commissioner
Non-Fiksi
- The Sea Warriors
- The Victory of Seapower, 1806 - 1814
- Keepers of the Sea: The Yachts and Tenders of Trinity House
- The Lighthouses of Trinity House
- A Brief History of Mutiny
- View from the Sea
- Arctic Convoys, 1941 - 1945
- Malta Convoys
- The Real Cruel Sea, The Merchant Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939 - 1943
- The History of the Ship
- The Story of Sail (co-author)
- ...Of Daring Temper, The History of The Marine Society
- A History of the British Merchant Navy
- Neptune's Trident
- Britannia's Realm
- Masters Under God
- More Days, More Dollars
- Fiddler's Green
Referensi
- ^ a b "Richard Woodman". Fantastic Fiction. Diakses tanggal 11 May 2011.
- ^ "The Nathaniel Drinkwater series, by Richard Woodman". Diakses tanggal 11 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "The Surprising History of the British Merchant Navy". The History Press. Diakses tanggal 11 May 2011.
- ^ You must specify date= when using {{London Gazette}}.
- ^ "Nautical novels by Richard Woodman". Sheridan House. Diakses tanggal 11 May 2011.
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