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Tony Lewery is acknowledged as an authoritative voice on all aspects of the 'roses and castles' folk art tradition of English narrow boat painting. This, a standard work on the subject, shows how the designs, proudly displayed on the narrowboats of...

British traditional working boats are famous - Morecambe Bay prawners, Manx luggers, Scots fifies and zulus, Lowestoft and Yarmouth drifters, Yorkshire cobles, Colchester smacks, Hastings beach boats, Brixham trawlers, and many others. Over a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788891842411Author Antonio MacalusoFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint RizzoliPublisher Rizzoli

Protective coatings are the most efficient way to protect ship steel structures from corrosion. However, cathodic protection, often in conjunction with protective coatings, is also used to protect immersed parts of bare steel surfaces (including coating...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM), a critical document for ensuring the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships. At the heart of this book is the matter of compliance with the Hong Kong...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890062111Author Preston E. LawFormat HardbackPage Count 568Imprint Artech House PublishersPublisher Artech House PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890062470Author Preston E. LawFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Artech House PublishersPublisher Artech House PublishersWeight(grams)...

Volume 4 of the acclaimed Leith-built Ships series follows Ship Nos 495 to 535 built from 1965 until the eventual closure of the shipyard in 1984 by a government that was hell-bent on destroying British industry and breaking the powerful unions. Great...

This is an unusual maritime story in that the author looks at life from the lower echelons of a merchant ship's company and the relationship between officers and crew, deck department and the catering staff, recounting his life and experiences with...

Royal Fleet Auxiliaries are distinctive in the maritime world - civilian-crewed Merchant Navy ships owned by the Crown working under naval orders. This Dictionary showcases both the famous and the often overlooked ships that have supported the Royal Navy...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909540323Author Nicholas LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Foxglove Publishing LtdPublisher Foxglove Publishing Ltd

Over centuries past, powerful nations and empires have expressed their might and control in part through the strength of their navies and their industrial and commercial prowess through fleets of vessels whether powered by sail or later steam. The desire...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596293502Author Wayne KirklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439145753Author Michael TougiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm)...

From aerial survey to zoology, Part I of this two-part encyclopedia covers all aspects of underwater archaeology, treasure hunting and salvaging. For example, entries are included for different types of artifacts, notable treasure hunters, the various...

Up and down the Eastern seaboard during the 1850s, American shipyards constructed numerous large wooden merchant sailing vessels that formed the backbone of the commercial shipping industry. This comprehensive volume appraises in minute detail the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909540316Author Nicholas LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Foxglove Publishing LtdPublisher Foxglove Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738540146Author Jon Paul Van HarpenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738554136Author Michael BarnetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429679060Author Mary LindeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 45gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 142mm * 5mm

Michigan's "storms of November" are famous in song, lore, and legend and have taken a tragic toll, breaking the hulls of many ships and sending them to cold, dark and silent graves on the bottoms of the Great Lakes. On November 18, 1958, when the...

This text provides an original contribution to the maritime literature focusing on developments in this field in the Baltic Region. This part of the world has seen dramatic changes in recent years, particularly with the collapse of the Communist led...

Turkey is one of the largest and most important shipping and logistics centres in the world. This edited collection brings together industrialists actively involved in the shipping trade with an interdisciplinary team of academics from the region to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870335310Author Tuuli MesserFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Cornell Maritime Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Cornell Maritime Press Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Start Ship Watching on the Great Lakes Today!Ship watching on the Great Lakes is fascinating! It's hard to fathom how big a 1000-foot-long ship is until you see one navigating on the Great Lakes or passing under a lift bridge. Immediate questions come to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954538330Author Michael PearsonFormat PaperbackImprint J.M.Pearson & Son (Publishers) LtdPublisher J.M.Pearson & Son (Publishers) Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913372470Author William H EwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Mystic Seaport MuseumPublisher Mystic Seaport Museum

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939511136Author John RousmaniereFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Mystic Seaport MuseumPublisher Mystic Seaport Museum

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913372951Author Maynard BrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Mystic Seaport MuseumPublisher Mystic Seaport Museum

Each boat has a story to tell and this book features nearly two dozen profiles of classic/unique boats, drawn from articles written for the Westerly Sun newspaper during the summers of 2014 and 2015. Explore not only the histories of the individual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913372975Author Benjamin A G FullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Mystic Seaport MuseumPublisher Mystic Seaport Museum

Hiroaki Kobayashi has trained 1500 mariners in ship handling over twenty years and he has systematized the methods of safe navigation into nine elemental techniques. Taking a rigorous and scientific look at good practice and attitudes, good seamanship...

A history of the shipwrecks of KentBook InformationISBN 9780752417202Author Anthony LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 165mm * 10mm

This is a book which will appeal equally to naval enthusiasts and ship modellers. It offers an overview of the design, development and classification of modern warship types and it studies the constructors' original models, explaining why and how they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335859Author Andrew ClarkFormat HardbackPage Count 314Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 300mm * 213mm * 30mm

A smuggler ... 'honest thief' or 'wretch'? Opinion was divided some 200 years ago when smuggling was in its heyday and known as 'that infamous traffick'. Charles Lamb, the essayist, was in favour when he wrote in the early 1800s, 'I like a smuggler;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953878Author Andrew WiltshireFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

This authoritative textbook will cover the principal topics in thermodynamics for officer cadets studying Merchant Navy Marine Engineering Certificates of Competency (CoC) as well as the core syllabi in thermodynamics for undergraduate students in marine...