Ships and boats: general interest

When Titanic sailed on her maiden voyage she carried two cousins.

On both sides of the Hudson River, along the Manhattan and Hoboken waterfronts, for the best part of a century, millions of people teemed out of ocean liners, bound for a new life in North America.

Through the French Canals has probably tempted more people to explore the beautiful waterways of France than any other book.

Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.

Einsteiger, die sich ein neues Boot kaufen möchten, erfahrene Yachteigner, die sich ein größeres Schiff wünschen oder Umsteiger, die zwischen Segel- und Motoryacht wechseln wollen: Sie alle stehen vor der Frage, welches das richtige Schiff für sie ist und was es beim Kauf zu beachten gilt.

Alles für die Bootsreparatur: So erstrahlen alte Yachten in neuem GlanzKlassische Yachten lassen die Herzen vieler Bootsbesitzer höherschlagen.

Artist Roger Bansemer gets an unexpected invitation to dive two and a half miles down into the Atlantic to the site of one of the most famous shipwrecks in history.

This is the first half of a detailed history of sand dredging in the Bristol Channel - the result of over thirty years' research.

A treasure trove of invaluable information for boatowners, designers, builders, surveyors, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat.

As mankind gave up the nomadic hunter gatherer life and became farmers, they were largely self sufficient.

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

An illustration-packed new account of the powerful Royal Navy fleet that fought alongside the US Navy throughout the last year of the Pacific War.

A fresh approach to the Battle of the Atlantic, told through the spectacular story of HG-76, a major turning point in the naval war.

Ships and Guns brings together experts from the field of historic artillery and underwater archaeologists to present a series of papers which focus on the development of naval ordnance in Europe and, especially, Venice, in the 15th17th centuries, as exemplified by the maritime archaeological resource.

Cruises by pleasure steamer along the Essex coast have been a popular day out since the Victorian age, and are still going strong today despite a plunge in popularity in the 1960s and 1970s and several tragic fires.

A bestseller in hardback, this beautiful celebration of Britain's rich waterways heritage is now available in paperback and ebook.

The Bristol Channel has an incredibly rich maritime history, reaching back to when men first went to sea in ships powered by the wind.

The bible on operation and economics within the maritime transport industry, covering types of ship, issues related to crew, cargo and ports, and examining changes in the industry.

Many books have been written about the River Thames, some of them devoted to bridges, but not one has been specifically devoted to ferries on the river, until now.

Submarines were responsible for about 55 percent of the tonnage of the Japanese fleets sunk during World War II.

Leith has been Edinburgh's main port since the Middle Ages.

Wales is known for its green hills and valleys, narrow gauge steam railways and medieval castles, but not, it appears, for its pleasure piers.

Great disasters always attract conspiracy theories and this is just as true of disasters at sea as it is of those on land or in the air.

Ship Construction is a comprehensive text for students of naval architecture, ship building and construction, and for professional Naval Architects and Marine Engineers as a refresher on the latest developments in ship types, safety and shipyard practices.

The Confederate states adopted radical solutions to counter the naval superiority of their opponents.

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

Buying a boat can be a minefield, but a handbook like this will make it a lot easier for would-be boat owners to make sensible, informed choices.

An extraordinary story of American can-do, an inside look at the building of the most dangerous aircraft carrier in the world, the John F.

Nationally recognized maritime artist Loretta Krupinski's meticulously rendered oil paintings show fascinating details of Maine's waterfront towns in their heyday, when fishing, quarrying, and the cargo trade were the backbone of the coastal economy.

This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built.

The dramatic account of two American warships in the South Pacific, this book follows the USS Astoria (CA-34) and USS Chicago (CA-29) during the late summer of 1942, when both participated in the early days of the critical battle for Guadalcanal.

50 years as the number 1 waterways guide.

The Blue Star Line was founded by brothers William and Edmund Vestey in 1911 to ship meat in refrigerated vessels from Australia, New Zealand and South America to the UK.

A history of one of America's earliest canals and its impact on the people of the South Carolina LowcountryCompleted in 1800, the Santee Canal provided the first inland navigation route from the Upcountry of the South Carolina Piedmont to the port of Charleston and the Atlantic Ocean.

During the middle decade of the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain.

In 1859, the S.

The early 1930s could not have been worse for shipping.

London's docks were once the busiest in Britain.

Winner of The Navy Leagues 2024 Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement.

After joining the Australian Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen, Dick Jolly trained as an engineer before joining the Australian National Line as a cadet.

'In Sweet Thames Run Softly Robert Gibbings describes how in 1939 he saw a window of Blackwell's Bookshop in Broad Street, Oxford full of books on the Thames.

Anyone going to sea needs an understanding of maritime flags, and this handy book is the perfect pocket-sized reference.

Bord-Elektrik bedienen, warten und reparierenOhne Strom geht heute an Bord einer Yacht gar nichts mehr.

When London first applied as a contender to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, there was cynical speculation as to whether the transport infrastructure could cope should it win.

AWARDED THE ANDERSON MEDAL 2020'This splendid book will appeal to maritime historians, archaeologists, model-makers and nautical enthusiasts across the board.

The open ocean--that vast expanse of international waters--spreads across three-fourths of the globe.

This vintage book is a comprehensive manual on the building of model clipper ships, with information on constructing everything from the simplest waterline types to fine scale models fit for exhibition.

Despite their popular association with fun and frivolity, the function of piers as both an amusement centre and landing stage was varied, and nowhere was this better illustrated than on the coasts of Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and east Dorset.

The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism.