Ships category: 1007 books
Into the Maelstrom
The Wreck of HMHS Rohilla
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
On October 29, 1914, the hospital ship Rohilla left Queensferry with 229 persons on board, bound for Dunkirk on an errand of mercy, under wartime restrictions and in deteriorating weather. Just after 4 a.m. there was a tremendous impact as the ship ran onto rocks at Saltwick Nab, a mile south of...
by John H. Gould, F. E. Chadwick, William H. Rideing
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Ocean Steamships - A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliances. A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move propellers or paddlewheels.
by Sean Mcgrail, Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent. A fascinating and accessible read for anyone interested in boats or the South Asian way of life, as well as ethnographers, maritime...
Flattop Fighting in World War II
The Battles Between American and Japanese Aircraft Carriers
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
World War II’s naval battles between the United States and Japan have been the subject of many books, popular movies, and documentaries, but the very important story of the fighting between United States and Japanese aircraft carriers is often lost in broader discussions of the Pacific naval war....
The British Herring Industry
The Steam Drifter Years 1900-1960
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
At different times of the year, herring were found in commercial numbers in the North Sea, the Moray Firth, the Minches, the Firth of Clyde, the Irish Sea and the English Channel. Because the herring grounds were close to land, British fishermen were generally able to land their catches of herrings...
by Pat Manley
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Simple Boat Maintenance concentrates on the 67 most common boat maintenance jobs. Each is rated for difficulty on a scale of 1-5 and is explained in simple steps with lots of photos and diagrams. No special tools are required and no skill is assumed. Take this book in one hand, a spanner in the other...
by John A Love
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
This is the story of lightkeepers’ contributions to the natural history of lighthouses in conjunction with the history and maintenance of the manned navigation beacons – their primary function of course – ‘for the safety of all’. Since keepers were first engaged to maintain lighthouses around...
by Peter Plowman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This guide book features more than 130 paddle-boats found in various parts of Australia. It includes paddleboats presently operating public excursions and cruises on rivers, lakes and harbours around Australia, as well as privately owned boats, and vintage boats that have been restored for static public...
A Soldier Gone to Sea
Memoir of a Royal Marine in Both World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
In this memoir spanning nine decades, Lieutenant Colonel C.F. Jerram (1882–1969) of the Royal Marines recounts his life and military service through both world wars. Jerram describes in candid detail his late 19th-century childhood in Devon and Cornwall, the late Victorian and Edwardian Royal Navy,...
To Western Scottish Waters
By Rail and Steamer to the Isles
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
To Western Scottish Waters: By Rail & Steamer to the Isles is a pictorial tour through the decades and a peek into how both people and goods have travelled to the Isles over the years. Illustrated with old photographs, advertising leaflets and timetables, as well as more recent photographs by...
Discovering the North-West Passage
The Four-Year Arctic Odyssey of H.M.S. Investigator and the McClure Expedition
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West Passage. The Investigator and her consort the Enterprise...
Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography
A Biography, 1806-1873
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
In becoming “a useful man” on the maritime stage, Matthew Fontaine Maury focused on the ills of a clique-ridden Navy, charted sea lanes and bested Great Britain’s admiralty in securing the fastest, safest routes to India and Australia. He helped bind the Old and New worlds with the laying of...
Sabotage
The Mafia, Mao and the Death of the Queen Elizabeth
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
On 9 January 1972, the mighty Queen Elizabeth, then the largest liner in the world, caught fire in Hong Kong harbour. Watched by millions around the world, she burned live on television, including on Britain's children's programme Blue Peter. Since her retirement in 1968, she had been a tourist attraction...
Smuggling in Cornwall
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History tells the story of the smuggling trade that flourished in Cornwall during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on extant source material, it examines how the trade was organised and financed with particular reference to the fishing village...