Ships and boats: general interest

The trials and tribulations experienced while sailing two old and tired American tugboats halfway around the world.

In the Lena Delta is a compelling narrative of The Jeannette Expedition to the Arctic, 1879-1881.

On a blustery, West Highland summer's day in the early 1950s, a black-hulled mail steamer ploughed its way northwards from Mallaig up through the Sound of Sleat between the mainland of Scotland and the Isle of Skye.

Often a lifeline for remote waterside communities, the Scottish pier has been a functional rather than a pleasure pier.

Fast cruisers, the eyes of the fleet, were the standard-bearers of empire, the ultimate warships of gunboat diplomacy-no other vessel class was so well equipped to serve as both a working war machine and a projection of national might.

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, France was plagued by war and crop failures and was desperately in need of supplies.

As the United States began its campaign against numerous Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, Japanese tactics required them to develop new weapons and strategies.

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

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

This two-volume set documents the essential role of the sea and maritime activity across history, from travel and food production to commerce and conquest.

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.

Few countries went through the level of interest and development of pleasure piers like the United Kingdom.

This volume presents complete and annotated facsimiles of the official builders’ plans for Germany’s WWI era dreadnaught battleship, SMS Helgoland.

The stunning elegance and luxurious interiors of todays vast fleet of cruise liners remains unrecorded in all but holiday brochures.

The deeds and personalities of famous pirates have received significant attention in recent years: however, no detailed depiction of their vessels has ever been produced.

In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.

This is the first book to be published that takes a 'then and now' view of the fourteen lifeboat stations on the north east coast between Sunderland and the Humber estuary.

The port of New York has been a centre for trade since the eighteenth century, when it was involved in trade between Europe, Africa and North America.

Explores the history of the US Navy's 11 new steel warships, built during the late 19th century to advance American naval supremacy.

On October 27, 1864, two marvels of the Civil War collided on the Roanoke River near Plymouth, North Carolina.

The SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as ';New England's Titanic.

This is the story of the unusually long and interesting career of a small Scottish schooner spent primarily in the southern hemisphere.

Fifty years ago, in November 1947, Brown & Root helped Kerr-McGee build the first out-of-sight-land offshore platform that produced oil.

Poetry that recounts Great Lakes shipwrecks through imagination and history.

Picking up the narrative from his earlier volume, The Early Exploration of Inland Washington Waters: Journals and Logs from Six Expeditions, 1786-1792, Richard Blumenthal once again offers the reader a fascinating, firsthand look at the Northwest's earliest maritime history.

The major company in the short-sea passenger and freight business in 2020 is the Swedish Stena Line, who operate services to Europe, Scandinavia and Ireland from United Kingdom ports.

The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the Hosho.

In 1804 an Ojibwa named Ogetonicut was facing trial in Upper Canada for the murder of a white settler.

This vintage book is a detailed treatise on the history and development of wooden ships from the earliest times to the twentieth century.

For several generations of Londoners the highlight of each summer was a day trip to the coast aboard a well-loved pleasure steamer.

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

Canals of Britain is a comprehensive and absorbing survey of the entire canal network of the British Isles - the first of its kind.

Perhaps more than all the campaigns of the Union armies, the Union naval blockade--covering all major Southern ports along 3,500 miles of coastline for the duration of the war--brought down the Confederacy.

Maritime Security: An Introduction, Second Edition, provides practical, experience-based, and proven knowledge - and a "e;how-to-guide"e; - on maritime security.

"e;Songs of the Sea - Poetry Dedicated to the Mayflower Voyage"e; is a collection of poetry by various poets, including James Russell Lowell, Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others.

In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the United States has sought to achieve Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan's vision of "e;command of the sea"e; using large battle fleets of capital ships.

This study of shipping makes visible a sector that has led European economic growth for centuries, yet rarely appears in business or economic histories.

Between 1460 and 1540 the development of merchant shipping was of vital importance to the growth of England as a European power.

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.

Entering service in 1938, the Nieuw Amsterdam was the Holland America Line flagship until the construction of the Rotterdam in the late 1950s.

This two-volume set documents the essential role of the sea and maritime activity across history, from travel and food production to commerce and conquest.

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

"Perfekte Bootselektrik" ist ein unverzichtbares Handbuch für alle Bootsbesitzer, die elektrische Geräte an Bord installieren, warten und reparieren möchten: Es behandelt alle relevanten Aspekte der Bootselektrik und vermittelt anhand von zahlreichen, leicht verständlichen Schritt-für-Schritt-Bildfolgen sowie vielen Detailzeichnungen und Tabellen das nötige Fachwissen, welches sowohl Motorbootfahrer als auch Segler benötigen, um elektrischen Problemen an Bord vorzubeugen und im Ernstfall selbst lösen zu können.

Made famous by its position, the port of Dover has proved of great importance to the nation in war and peace over many centuries.

P&O was established in 1837 and maintained a schedule of routes to India, the Far East and Australia, being the first choice for the majority of passengers travelling to that part of the world.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Geschichte eines der berühmtesten Schiffe der Welt: die HMS Victory.

The Golden Age of liner travel was from the early 1900s to the 1950s, a period dominated by black-and-white photography, with few colour views.

A charming and characterful guidebook to the best of Britain's diverse and fascinating canal network for all waterway enthusiasts.