Ships and boats: general interest

Sir Martin Frobisher was one of the great sea dogs of Elizabethan England.

Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's fishing heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs.

On 2 August 1708 Captain Woodes Rogers set sail from Bristol with two ships, the Duke and Duchess, on an epic voyage of circumnavigation that was to make him famous.

The execution of Captain William Kidd on 23 May 1701 is one of the most controversial and revealing episodes in the long history of piracy.

Since the end of the nineteenth century there has been a stunning succession of transatlantic liners, from the White Star Line's Oceanic of 1899 to the Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 of 2004.

The wreck in 1866 of the General Grant in the desolate sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands is one of the world's great nautical mysteries, a story that still tantalises and thrills.

The Alligator was an amphibious machine designed and patented in Canada in the late 1880s.

Winner for the 2010 SOS Marine Heritage Award The steamer Wexford, with her flared bow, tall masts, and her open, canvas-sided hurricane deck, charmed spectators as she carried cargo across the Great Lakes.

The Frances Smith was not only the first steamboat to be built in Owen Sound, but also the largest vessel on Georgian Bay at that time.

Steamboats carrying passengers from Hamilton to Montreal via the rapids of the St.

In the 450 years since Jacques Cartier's arrival, Prince Edward Island's history has been tied to the sea and to ships.

The modern lobster boat has evolved slowly over decades to become the craft it is today: seaworthy, strong, fast, and trusted implicitly by the lobstermen and women to get the job done and get them home, each and every time, through the most terrifying--and sometimes life-threatening--conditions that the sea can dish up.

There is a need to capture a child's attention using appropriate themes just to get him/her to go over a book.

Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.

China's shipbuilding industry has grown more rapidly than any other in modern history.

Readers say it best: fascinating book with beautiful photos and information regarding all kinds of light housesFrom ancient times until the present, lighthouses have symbolized safety, homecoming, and the seafaring way of life.

For anyone who owns a boat, this is the handbook you need to own.

In 1914, as Europe braces for an unfathomably deadly war, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets sail for Antarctica to do the impossible: traverse the continent.

Here is the ultimate collection of stories about the sea for sailors old and young, experienced seamen and armchair admirals.

Manned almost entirely by reservists, the USS Abercrombie (DE343) and her sister ships did the dirty work of the Pacific War.

The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine.

Savor the story of the ultimate warship in Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship, which chronicles the history of Sovereign of the Seas, an immensely powerful floating fortress.

Now in its sixth edition, Yachtmaster for Sail and Power is an essential companion for anyone enrolling on the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore course.

A breathtaking minute-by-minute account of the most catastrophic tragedy-at-sea since the sinking of the Titanic-told by a survivor.

On January 25, 1917, the HMS Laurentic struck German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank.

On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank.

The Supercarriers is a comprehensive historical overview with extensive photos, maps, drawings, and operational detail, including all air-wing deployments.

This is the most comprehensive, English-language study of the German Imperial Navy's battlecruisers that served in the First World War.

This volume completes the reissue of R.

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world.

The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world's first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete while at the same time wiping out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage.

Scotland's maritime heritage is a highly significant one, embracing as it does a quite outstanding contribution to Britain's development both as an empire and as the world's leading maritime power in the nineteenth century.

In 1803, at the age of fourteen, Robert Hay joined the Royal Navy and spent the next eight years at sea.

From the East Coast to the West Coast, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and Hawaiian Islands, this handsome book helps explain the lure of lighthouses in the United States.

This richly detailed tribute to the legendary Yamato is now back in print by popular demand.

When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton was commissioned in November 1959, its commanding officer, Captain Edward L.

Manned almost entirely by reservists, the USS Abercrombie (DE343) and her sister ships did the dirty work of the Pacific War.

Small though they were, PT boats played a key role in World War II, carrying out an astonishing variety of missions where fast, versatile, and strongly armed vessels were needed.

From the moment colonists at Popham launched the first ship constructed in the New World in 1608, Maine has been a shipbuilding powerhouse.

On October 25, 1836, the sidewheel steamer Royal Tar caught fire in Maines Penobscot Bay.

Meticulously researched, this book reveals the agonizing day-to-day wait of Mainers for news of what really happened on the Titanic, and tells the stories of Maine passengers from their boarding to the sinking and rescue; and, for those who survived, of their coming ashore in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

A breathtaking minute-by-minute account of the most catastrophic tragedy-at-sea since the sinking of the Titanic-told by a survivor.

The excavation of the shipwreck La Belle grabbed public attention in Texas, across the nation, and overseas.

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Captain Metz was a Great Lakes captain for 30 years.

Between the world wars, France produced some of the largest and fastest destroyers in the world.

Under Canadian Pacific's red-and-white-checkered flag, the company's founders, George Stephen and William C.

The Frances Smith was not only the first steamboat to be built in Owen Sound, but also the largest vessel on Georgian Bay at that time.

For more than two hundred years, thousands of giant sailing ships traversed the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers.

Rescue From Grampa Woo is an exciting tale of fear and heroism on Lake Superior.