MaritimeOn July 25, 1956, a most unlikely collision between two ocean liners took place off the shoals of Nantucket. The catastrophic ramming of the Stockholm into Italy's crown jewel, the luxury liner Andrea Doria, sent shock waves around the world. In the new book, ALIVE ON THE ANDREA DORIA! THE GREATEST ... | |
MaritimeAthel Line: A Fleet History presents the specifications and history of every ship run by this major independent tanker operator, which was associated for some of its career with Tate & Lyle. The histories of 116 vessels are examined in detail with 100 photos covering most of their ships, and ship ... | |
MaritimeP. & A. Campbell Ltd of Bristol, registered as a Limited Company in 1893, was destined to not quite make its century as the operator of the celebrated White Funnel Fleet of passenger steamers. As the postwar fleet waned in the 1950s profits dwindled and receivership beckoned. Remarkably, a new ... | |
Maritime, RailwaysAlmost a century has elapsed since the Barry 'Red Funnel Line' steamers disappeared from the Bristol Channel excursion scene, and although Barry Pier has gone, as has the railway that served it, the remains are yet visible, and so the memory of the handsome fleet of paddle-steamers that were based ... From the series Series X | |
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MaritimeEllerman, Clan, Blue Funnel, Palm Line – shipping companies whose ships were a common sight in British ports in the 1960s and 1970s. This hardback book features vessels from these companies and more in a nostalgic look at shipping in the Bristol Channel during those glory years before the ... | |
MaritimeDetailed, highly-illustrated histories and fleet lists of significant British shipping companies compiled by Bill Harvey, Malcolm Cooper, Tony Atkinson and Bill Laxon. | |
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Railways, Maritime, OtherThis book examines the life and career of one of the most influential and controversial of all British engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Brunel's achievements included the first tunnel under the Thames, the Clifton suspension bridge and, perhaps his two greatest triumphs, the Great Western ... | |
Railways, Maritime, OtherThe year 2006 sees celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, recently voted the second greatest Britain ever in a BBC poll. There are few more controversial figures in the history of British engineering. He towered over his contemporaries like a Colossus and, in ... | |
Maritime Built by Nobles of Girvan gives a wonderfully comprehensive account of one of Scotland's finest boat-building companies –Alexander Noble & Sons Ltd of Girvan – from its founding in 1946 to the present-day. The phrase ‘Built by Nobles of Girvan' is synonymous with the construction of finely ... | |
MaritimeSHIPS MONTHLY BOOK OF THE MONTH (FEBRUARY 2001). A stunning photographic book of ships at Cape Town from 1862 to 2000. This celebration of ships features 214 beautifully produced photographs (19 in colour), the majority of which have never been published before and include many famous ships such as ... | |
Maritime, Road VehiclesIn the pages of this book Justin Merrigan looks at the story of the Irish Sea car ferry since 1954. His research has uncovered much information and every ship is illustrated. However Ro/Ro/ freight ships are outside the boundaries of this title but as RoPax vessels are the modern day development of ... | |
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