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 people and places in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
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.
This is an in-depth appraisal of the 30-year post Second World War period that covered significant changes in the history of British Petroleum Shipping.
This volume includes some very famous ships with tales of adventure and new trade routes, also sadness, the launch and then the loss of the largest sailing ship ever built in a British shipyard - the five-masted auxiliary sailing barque, Kobenhavn.
This book reveals the part played by the eight Bustler Class Rescue Tugs built at the Henry Robb Shipyard during the Second World War and will shed more light on the almost-forgotten part played by this country's mariners.
This under-documented expedition was a pivotal moment in the annals of polar exploration and was the starting point, in historical terms, of revealing the great unknown continent of Antarctica.
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.
DIE GRÖSSTEN DEUTSCHEN PASSAGIERSCHIFFE: DIE IMPERATOR KLASSEDie Imperator-Klasse war eine Serie von drei großen Ozeandampfern, die für die Hamburg-Amerika-Linie (HAPAG) entworfen und gebaut wurden.
Glasgow Harbour, the port and shipbuilding centre along the River Clyde from Glasgow Green to the River Kelvin and beyond to Clydebank, became the greatest seaport in Scotland and one of the largest in Britain.
In the late 1960s, drawing on Scandinavian experience, Western Ferries pioneered roll-on roll off ferry operations in Scotland's West Highlands and Islands.
2017 International Thriller Writers Award - Shortlisted, Best Paperback Original NovelPhillip Scarnum must employ his cunning and seamanship to stay alive and out of prison in this fast-paced, gritty thriller.
This chronicle of coastal shipping in the western United States forms an important but hitherto neglected part of the history of transportation in America.
2017 International Thriller Writers Award - Shortlisted, Best Paperback Original NovelPhillip Scarnum must employ his cunning and seamanship to stay alive and out of prison in this fast-paced, gritty thriller.
