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Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition departed England in 1845 with two Royal Navy bomb vessels, 129 men and three years' worth of provisions. None were seen again until nearly a decade later, when their bleached bones, broken instruments, books, papers...

Britain has had, over many hundreds of years, a huge diversity of working boats operating around her coasts. This work offers an account of the Lochfyne skiff that emerged from generations of innovation and which resulted in one of the prettiest...

In this evocative story of his unusual upbringing on the May Flower, Nick Ardley gives us a colourful account of life on the water. He tells tales of places visited, techniques learned and characters met that combine to give a real sense of what sailing...

'Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970' is a glorious reference of a grand but bygone age to those passenger ships, large and small, that crossed the Atlantic. There were the likes of the 'Queen Mary' and 'Queen Elizabeth', 'SS United States', 'Caronia',...

The development of Birmingham into a major modern industrial city can be said to have begun in 1772 with the opening of its first canal. At that time Birmingham was a small and largely rural town with a growing manufacturing base. The growth of...

A history of the Wiltshire & Berkshire CanalBook InformationISBN 9780752416199Author Doug SmallFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

The Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring addresses anchoring systems, techniques, and permanent moorings for boats from twelve feet to eighty feet in length. It covers monohulls, multihulls, light displacement sailboats, cruisers, sportfishers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909540262Author Leach NicholasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Foxglove Publishing LtdPublisher Foxglove Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913797010Author BERNARD McCALLFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

This little book, chock-a-block with the wit and wisdom of a Captain who came up through the hawse pipe to command one of the most famous vessels afloat, gives you the whole nine yards.Book InformationISBN 9781574092271Author Capt. Nick BatesFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953328Author Nick RobinsFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909540279Author Nicholas LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Foxglove Publishing LtdPublisher Foxglove Publishing Ltd

When Royal Princess was named in Southampton by HRH The Princess of Wales in November 1984, she was the most advanced purpose-built luxury cruise ship ever conceived and constructed. Built at the beginning of the modern commercial age of cruising, she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901703221Author Roy FentonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus PublicationsWeight(grams) 1140g

Dockmanship, according to author Bell, is "the art, skill, and practice of safely berthing and unberthing a vessel." Anyone who has ever spent time observing the action at a marina or boat ramp will concede that the docking practiced by many recreational...

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 riverside wharves, these have been replaced by or converted to luxury apartments. The mighty London...

From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West...

This book covers every aspect of the dry docking of sea going vessels. It provides a guide to industry for the different dock types and docking procedures inclusive of material management, steelwork operations and dry dock legislation. Many thousands of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953717Author Nick RobinsFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892877270Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

At about 7 p.m. on 27 July 1916, the Germans committed one of the worst atrocities of the First World War. Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt, Master of the Great Eastern Railway ship SS Brussels, had been court-martialled, even though a civilian, for...

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...

Any who think that the end of the long coastal excursions by paddle steamers of yesteryear brought a halt to a trip on the briny may be surprised to learn that there are still more than eighty vessels with Maritime and Coastguard Agency passenger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743297042Author Michael TougiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm)...

Steamship Travel in the Interwar Years: Tourist Third Cabin offers a window into a bygone era in which modern steamships like the Queen Mary, the Normandie, and the Olympic transported new breeds of tourists between Europe and North America, and dazzled...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906294543Author Alan KittridgeFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Twelveheads PressPublisher Twelveheads Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338171Author Andrew ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 173mm * 240mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901703023Author Ships in Focus PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus...

This book is a guide to the study of the most marvelous structures ever built by humankind-wooden ships and boats. It is intended for nautical archaeologists and for anyone charged with documenting and interpreting the remains of wrecked or abandoned...

Marcia Pirie's account of her travels across the Pacific Ocean.Book InformationISBN 9780850364712Author Marcia PirieFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Seafarer BooksPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

From the Celtic sea-farers to the Cutty Sark and the Royal Yacht Britannia - Osborne and Armstrong champion great ships. Combining the ships' histories with their involvement and significance in Scottish life and imagination, this is a unique study of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953595Author Gilbert MayesFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953830Author Philip ParkerFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

This is the story of lightkeepers' contributions to the natural history of lighthouses in conjunction with the history and maintenance of the manned navigation beacons - their primary function of course - 'for the safety of all'. Since keepers were first...

Flotilla sailing enables thousands of people every year to charter a yacht and enjoy a holiday in a sunny foreign location: a group of boats sails together under the guidance of a lead crew. In 1974, the first holiday flotilla of eleven yachts set off...

The Bristol Channel has an incredibly rich maritime history, reaching back to when men first went to sea in ships powered by the wind. Many were built locally - the Bristol Channel pilot cutters have a legendary reputation right across the world;...

Merchant Ship Types provides a broad and detailed introduction to the classifications and main categories of merchant vessels for students and cadets. It introduces the concept of ship classification by usage, cargo type, and size, and shows how the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906294819Author Alan KittridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Twelveheads PressPublisher Twelveheads Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953779Author Bernard McCallFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892875511Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...