Ships category: 1007 books
Dive Palau
The Shipwrecks
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Recounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable account of the build-up to and implementation of Operation Desecrate 1 – the raid undertaken to destroy Japanese ships and aircraft in the lagoons of Palau. He uses his intimate knowledge of shipwrecks...
Floating Palaces of the Great Lakes
A History of Passenger Steamships on the Inland Seas
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Through much of the nineteenth century, steam-powered ships provided one of the most reliable and comfortable transportation options in the United States, becoming a critical partner in railroad expansion and the heart of a thriving recreation industry. The aesthetic, structural, and commercial peak...
The Real Jim Hawkins
Ships’ Boys in the Georgian Navy
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Generations of readers have enjoyed the adventures of Jim Hawkins, the young protagonist and narrator in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, but little is known of the real Jim Hawkins and the thousands of poor boys who went to sea in the eighteenth century to man the ships of the Royal Navy.
This...
by JMD Media
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Up until the early 19th century many emigrants would travel on the ocean-going sailing ships, but when the steamships started transatlantic crossings in the early 1830s there was a greater interest by the shipping lines in carrying mail and passengers, including a steerage class which increased profits....
Conquest of the Atlantic
Cunard Liners in the 1950s and 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
Cunard, the most famous name in shipping, turns 175 in 2015. The company began back in 1840, with paddlewheel steamers, but grew and progressed and created some of the largest, fastest and most luxurious liners afloat in their time. The final ‘golden age’ on the Atlantic run between Europe &...
by William H. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Founded in 1873, the Holland America Line provided services carrying passengers and freight between the Netherlands and North America. When the Second World War ended, only nine of Holland America Line’s twenty-five ships had survived and the company set about rebuilding. The pride of HAL’s post-war...
by D S Bist
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Safety and Security at Sea is concerned with the safe operation of ships and consequently with preventing errors and oversights. This book contributes to safety where it is most effective - right at the site of work, on board the ship itself. It is here, indisputably, that it will prevent accidents...
Elders & Fyffes
A Photographic History
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Ubiquitous in ever supermarket and corner shop, it is hard to imagine a world without bananas. But it was once so! Britain’s love affair with the humble banana is as much the story of Elders & Fyffes, a company set up to import the golden fruit into the United Kingdom. Originally, British imports...
by Ian Collard
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
The Mersey has changed over the past thirty years. The famous ships and shipping lines have changed or gone altogether, the means of shipping goods has changed and the numbers of people working in the docks have drastically fallen. With the advent of box boats and superfast ferries, we no longer see...
Over the Mountains of the Sea
Life on the Migrant Ships 18701885
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Drawing upon more than 80 personal diaries and journals of those on board, this resource explores the rich experience and the trials and tribulations of hopeful Anglo-Celtic pilgrims headed to Australia and New Zealand aboard migrant ships in the late 19th century. From daily routines to matters of...
by Gerald Sandvick
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
World War II hinged on the Allies having enough ships to both fight the enemy and to carry millions of tons of war goods across the world's oceans. Shipyards on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts built thousands of vessels, but America's sometimes forgotten Fourth Coast, the Great Lakes, built...
Canadian Railways 2-Book Bundle
Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways / Great Western Railway of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2016
Transportation history buffs rejoice. Ride the rails and the waves in this special two-book collection on the great railways from Canada’s past.
Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways
The first detailed account of the rise and fall of the maritime...
Cunard's Three Queens
A Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
2008 was a magical year for Cunard. For the first time, the line had three Queens in service; Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth 2 retired during the year, and sailed for Dubai on 11 November, while Queen Mary 2 had reached her fifth anniversary as the largest ocean...
Waterline Warships
An Illustrated Masterclass
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Philip Reed, best known for his superb models of ships from the age of sail, here turns his attention to the other highly popular subject for ship modelers - the warships of the Second World War.
The book is a step-by-step manual for building a scratch waterline model of the Ca Class destroyer...