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The Nottingham Canal ran from Trent Bridge to join the Cromford and Erewash canals at Langley Mill. The canal itself was abandoned in the 1930s and much has been built on it since then but this detailed book provides a lasting record of its journey from...

From the very beginnings of torpedo craft, all naval powers have seen the occasional need for larger, more powerful or in other respects special designs that stand outside the contemporary norms for flotilla craft. The driving forces were often different...

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...

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...

The Bible speaks of pilots in several places. References to pilots by the ancients in classical writing were commendatory and admiring. It seems very likely that professional pilots were guiding ships 3000 years B.C. Piloting is guiding seacraft in and...

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

The stretch of water between the Isle of Wight and the ports of Southampton and Portsmouth has been one of the busiest shipping areas around the British Isles since antiquity. It is no surprise that the Solent has claimed so many ships in its time. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951365656Author Nicholas LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Foxglove MediaPublisher Foxglove Publishing Ltd

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) 45g

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...

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Ship Management: Theory and Practice unpacks the complexity of this crucial maritime activity by spelling out its key elements, and the connections and linkages between them. Opening with an introduction and an overview of the special...

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 MuseumWeight(grams) 299g

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 MuseumWeight(grams) 1388g

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

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...

On a snowy morning in January 1910, the Alaska Steamship Company liner Farallon ran aground on Black Reef in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Thirty-eight men escaped in the ship's lifeboats and reached the barren, ice-strewn shore of Iliamna Bay where they...

Hobbs of Henley is not only one of the best-known businesses in Henley-on-Thames, it also boasts one of the most exclusive and recognisable fleets of boats plying the river today. Simon Wenham's illustrated history, written to mark the firm's 150th...

From anti-slavery heroes to evil murderers, from 'the Victual Brothers' to Somali raiders today, a 1000-year roll call of the pirates. It is no use pretending that these criminals do not evoke admiration - even envy. Part of the appeal is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943078Author John HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953465Author Andrew WiltshireFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

Take a look at the River Thames in East London now and you would think that it is commercially dead. Where once the banks of the river were lined with wharves, these have been replaced by or converted to luxury apartments. The mighty London Docks,...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909540293Author Nicholas LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Foxglove Publishing LtdPublisher Foxglove Publishing Ltd

The 1960s witnessed a magnificent, if misguided, swansong for the ocean liner. As the decade progressed a steady succession of elaborate new 'ships of state' populated the world's sea lanes, in futile defiance of the vapour trails above them. Into this...

The Royal Mail has, for over 500 years, provided a crucial service in keeping people connected by land, sea and air. As the British Empire grew, so too did the need for a fleet of liners to service it, and in 1839 Queen Victoria granted the initial Royal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901703559Author Andrew BellFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus PublicationsWeight(grams) 730g

For several generations of Londoners the highlight of each summer was a day trip to the coast aboard a well-loved pleasure steamer. The interwar years saw some of the finest pleasure steamers ever being built for Thames service and names such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781505225112Author Ben ProctorFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

It is hard to think of the passenger liners from the golden era of Mediterranean cruising without also conjuring the nostalgic, dream-like vision of azure-blue waters, bright sunshine and swimming pools with clusters of umbrellas and sunbathing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953540Author Andrew WiltshireFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

Menhaden steamers were double framed, heavily built offshore fishing boats in use during much of the 20th century. As the name implies, they were used to catch menhaden, a member of the herring family used for bait, oil, and fertilizer. Powered by diesel...

The Cunard Line's Britannia was the first steamship to establish regular communication across the Atlantic. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 4 July 1840, setting in motion the first regular steamship line. Iron supplanted wood in hull construction and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316159357Author Dean KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953687Author Bernard McCallFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

Dr Thomas Harrison Butler was a skilled, yet amateur, designer responsible for some hundreds of classic English cruising yachts which still grace our seas. Cruising Yachts, his design manifesto, first appeared in 1945-the year of his death-and last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892877959Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...