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Blue Star Line
Fleet List & History
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
The Blue Star Line was founded by brothers William and Edmund Vestey in 1911 to ship meat in refrigerated vessels from Australia, New Zealand and South America to the UK. Expanding into passenger services as well as refrigerated and general cargo, the line launched services to South America via Portugal...
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Fleet List & History
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Founded in 1838 in Liverpool, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company was the first to operate steamships in the Pacific and primarily traded from the UK to the Pacific coasts of South America. Its most famous ships included the Reina del Pacifico and the Reina del Mar. With a line of notable firsts...
The Lusitania's Last Voyage
Being a Narrative of the Torpedoing and Sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a German Submarine off the Irish Coast May 7, 1915
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
A first-hand account of the Lusitania’s doomed final voyage.
On May 7, 1915, the German U-boat U-20 fired a torpedo into the side of the passenger liner RMS Lusitania as it passed the Old Head of Kinsale in Ireland on its way to Liverpool, England. This act of war had a terrible toll-of the...
Mussolini’s Navy
A Reference Guide to the Regia Marina 1930-1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
This book is a complete guide to the Regia Marina, the navy with which Italy fought the Second World War. Starting with the historical background, it describes how the navy developed, how it was organised, the facilities that supported it, and the operations it conducted both before and after the...
Ancestors on the Move
A History of Overseas Travel
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Ever wanted to understand more about your ancestor's sea travels? What was life like aboard ship for both passengers and crew, how long did the journey take, what kind of conditions could be expected, and what exotic locations might they have visited along the way? Following the tried and tested routes...
by J. H. Craine
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
This vintage book is a complete guide to building model historical boats, with information on tools and equipment, complete directions for assembly, practical tips and hints, and more. Profusely illustrated and highly accessible, this volume is ideal for those with little previous experience, and...
Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696-1860
Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Peter the Great created a navy from nothing, but it challenged and soon surpassed Sweden as the Baltic naval power, while in the Black Sea it became an essential tool in driving back the Ottoman Turks from the heartland of Europe. In battle it was surprisingly successful, and at times in the eighteenth...
Titanic
True Stories of her Passengers, Crew and Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world’s most famous ship – TITANIC.
Her story is one of all those bound together on that fateful voyage. On board were: writers, artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, millionaires, children,...
by Peter Moir, Ian Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
The maritime history of the River Clyde is renowned throughout the world, but hidden beneath its surface is another part of its fascinating past only just being discovered. Clyde Shipwrecks records the loss of over three hundred and fifty vessels and describes the location and condition of many of the...
Cross Channel and Short Sea Ferries
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
This new book, beautifully illustrated with a magnificent collection of over 300 photographs, covers the development of a much-loved type of vessel, the 'classic' cross channel or short sea passenger ferry often described as a liner in miniature.
From the mid-19th century paddle ferries slowly...
by Ian Collard
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Before the development of canals, railways or metalled roads, the quickest and most effective means of transporting goods from one point to another in Britain was by the use of coastal shipping, shallow-draught boats travelling between the ports of the British Isles. With the development and improvement...
by Peter Gosson
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
This is the second half of a detailed history of sand dredging in the Bristol Channel - the result of over thirty years' research. Concentrating on the Welsh coast, A Century of Sand Dredging: Volume Two documents the sand trade from its inception in 1912 to the present day, and examines the sand...
by The West Highland Steamer Club
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
The Red Book, the twice-yearly newsletter, now the Journal of the West Highland Steamer Club, regularly contained a collection of ship photographs of both everyday and special events in the lives of the MacBrayne vessels which plied the waters of the west coast of Scotland, from charters of vessels...
by W. J. Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
This vintage book is a detailed guide to the designing and building of model yachts, being a treatise on the construction, rigging, and racing of model yachts, ships and steamers. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated, this book is highly recommended for model boat enthusiasts, and would make for...