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by Jack Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Do you know how many cannons a Tudor ship could carry? How many people go missing from cruise ships every year? What is a hawsehole? And why are submarines painted black? This fantastic quick-read eBook features 101 amazing facts about ships and boats, split into categories such as famous ships, seafaring...
by Mark L. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This book is an account of the ships that have borne the name "Queen of the Lakes," an honorary title indicating that, at the time of its launching, a ship is the longest on the Great Lakes. In one of the most comprehensive books ever written on the maritime history of the lakes, Mark L....
Henry V's Navy
The Sea-Road to Agincourt and Conquest 1413-1422
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
An examination of the men, ships, and technology that helped Henry V win one of his greatest victories, the Battle of Agincourt In 1415, Henry V's English invasion force was carried across the Channel by 1500 ships and boats, eventually to fight at Agincourt. Henry V built the Jesus, the first...
The Ships That Came to Manchester
From the Mersey and Weaver Sailing Flat to the Mighty Container Ship
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The merchants of Manchester were concerned about the high tariffs charged at Liverpool Docks and the excessive rates for transhipment of goods to Manchester. They decided that the best thing for their trade was to bring seagoing ships up to Manchester. And this they did – via numerous enabling Bills...
Cruise Ships The Small Scale Fleet
A Visiual Showcase
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Peter C. Smith presents us here with the second release in his visually splendid Cruise Ships series. Whilst his first book concerned itself with the large-scale ships currently cruising through our seas (those weighing 40,000 GT and more) this volume focusses on the other end of the market; the ships...
The Liberty Ships of World War II
A Record of the 2,710 Vessels and Their Builders, Operators and Namesakes, with a History of the Jeremiah O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This book details the Liberty ships and the Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. For the first time, comprehensive information is provided about the builders, the namesakes, and the operators under one cover. Included is a list of all 2,710 Liberty ships delivered by U.S. shipyards,...
by R. C. Anderson, Romola Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2012
This outstanding, amply illustrated book traces the evolution of the sailing ship from ancient times to the end of the 19th century. Extremely well-written in clear, non-technical language, the work provides detailed coverage of the ships of ancient Egypt and Crete (4000-1000 B.C.); Phoenician, Greek,...
The Last Atlantic Liners
Getting There is Half the Fun
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
It was a golden age of travel. The period from the end of the Second World War to the early 1960s saw some of the finest ocean liners ever built and, until the advent of the jet, the ships travelled full every trip, criss-crossing the Atlantic between the Old World and the New, carrying businessmen,...
Nautical Training Ships
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
For well over a hundred years all around the coast of Britain there were located a series of nautical training ships. Often surplus navy wooden walls, the ships provided a means of educating boys and young men, while preparing them for a lifetime at sea. The more famous of the schools included HMS...
by Richard C. McKay
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
"A magical tale of a master-mechanic and creative artist, whose genius lifted the construction of sailing ships from the level of a journeyman's trade to the plane of an exact science. He stands pre-eminent among those acute and daring Americans whose marine achievements were the wonder of the...
The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920
A Comprehensive History, with a Listing of Builders and Their Ships
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of...
German Luxury Ocean Liners
From Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse to Aidastella
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
From the 1890s, the German shipping lines had begun to build the fastest and most luxurious liners. It had started when Kaiser Wilhelm had visited Spithead and been transported on White Star Line's Teutonic and had mentioned that Germany must have ships like this. The first four stacker, the Kaiser...
British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identification Albums
Volume II: Armoured Ships 1860-1895, Monitors and Aviation Ships
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manuscript artifact in the care of the National Maritime Museum, so despite its value it is rarely seen by...
Giants of the Seas
The Ships that Transformed Modern Cruising
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The cruise ship market is a 30 billion-dollar industry, and in 2013 it is estimated that it will carry more than 20 million passengers; nor is there any sign of a slow down in the seven percent annual growth. What keeps the passengers coming in such huge numbers isn't the food, the ports or the entertainment....