Ships and boats: general interest

An annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development and service of the world's warships.

An annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development and service of the world's warships.

A uniquely detailed visual representation of the legendary Japanese warships.

Packed with fascinating facts and using original source material about the ship, this is a perfect introduction to the Cutty Sark.

Packed with fascinating facts and using original source material about the ship, this is a perfect introduction to the Cutty Sark.

A visually stunning account of how naval conflict was recorded and planned, using contemporary mapping.

A visually stunning account of how naval conflict was recorded and planned, using contemporary mapping.

An annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development and service of the world's warships.

An annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development and service of the world's warships.

Marine archaeologist Dr Innes McCartney reveals for the first time the location and state of the wrecks of all 25 warships sunk in the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow.

Marine archaeologist Dr Innes McCartney reveals for the first time the location and state of the wrecks of all 25 warships sunk in the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow.

A unique guide to this famous warship, collating authentic period sources including design notes and information for sailors to provide a unique guide to this famous warship.

A unique guide to this famous warship, collating authentic period sources including design notes and information for sailors to provide a unique guide to this famous warship.

This manual collates authentic period sources including design notes and information for sailors to provide a unique guide to this famous warship.

This manual collates authentic period sources including design notes and information for sailors to provide a unique guide to this famous warship.

A highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the War in the Pacific in World War II.

A highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the War in the Pacific in World War II.

A compact guide to 40 of the most iconic ships that have shaped warfare from the Ancient world to today.

A compact guide to 40 of the most iconic ships that have shaped warfare from the Ancient world to today.

Welcome to the Louisiana Bayou and the world of Macy Beckett's series, where hopeful hearts will go to great lengths to change their luck in love.

';The passages he addresses directly to Phoebe are as tender as the father-daughter letters in Karl Ove Knausgaard's Seasons Quartet' Times Literary Supplement ';This book tells the inspiring story of how even the least skilled of us can make something wonderful if we invest enough time and love' The Daily Mail Both the book, and place, are magical The Sunday Telegraph When Jonathan Gornall decided to build a boat for his daughter, he had no experience and no practical skills.

TRAMPER tells the story of the Capelin, a battered old World War II supply ship that earns its keep crossing the stormy North Pacific between Seattle and the Aleutian Islands delivering cargo to the remote fishing villages of Western Alaska.

Following the structure of previous editions, Volume 2 of this Sixth Edition proceeds through four individual chapters on geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners, geofoam and geocomposites.

From T-2 to Supertanker provides a unique insight into the oil tanker industrys efforts to produce safe and efficient vessels.

The story of steamboating in the Canadian West comes to life in the voices of those aboard the vessels of the waterways of the Prairies.

The story of steamboating in the Canadian West comes to life in the voices of those aboard the vessels of the waterways of the Prairies.

The sinking of the Canadian Pacific steamship Princess Sophia was Alaska's worst maritime disaster - until it nearly happened again.

The sinking of the Canadian Pacific steamship Princess Sophia was Alaska's worst maritime disaster - until it nearly happened again.

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

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

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

A richly illustrated story from the glory days of passenger travel on the Great Lakes.

A richly illustrated story from the glory days of passenger travel on the Great Lakes.

The year was 1910 and signs of progress were in the air.

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

One hundred and twenty-five years of steamboating in Muskoka come alive with the anniversary celebration of the RMS Segwun.

One hundred and twenty-five years of steamboating in Muskoka come alive with the anniversary celebration of the RMS Segwun.

Environmentalists want industrialized nations to reduce the emission of greenhousegases that warm the atmosphere.

Originally published London 1931, this is a well illustrated book that will prove invaluable to the class of yachtsmen for whom it is intended, with much information that will still be found practical and relevant to the modern reader.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Sealink's antecedents go back to the packet boats of the days before steam.

Take a look at the River Thames in East London now and you would think that it is commercially dead.

Take a look at the River Thames in East London now and you would think that it is commercially dead.

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.

Located on the north bank of the River Thames opposite Gravesend, with which there has been a ferry link for centuries, Tilbury Landing Stage is a fine vantage point for viewing shipping passing to and from upriver berths.

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 certificates offering cruises on the South Coast today.

After the German surrender in November 1918, the German High Seas Fleet was interned at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, the anchorage for the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet throughout the First World War.

An Act of Parliament passed in 1836 authorised the Southampton Dock Company to build a dock at Southampton.

Two things made the battleship possible: the harnessing of steam for propulsion and Britain's vast industrial power in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.