Through the combination of good photographs and well researched captions, the book provides an informative history of steam and motor powered coasters during the period commencing from the 1860s up to the present time. The book's introduction provides the descriptions of the various types of coasting vessels, the handling and stowing of cargoes, steam operated machinery, oil engines, coastal ship owners and ship builders. The photographs and related captions are grouped in sixteen chapters, each having a single page preface. Individual chapters illustrate particular eras, vessel types specific to cargoes and to geographical areas. All the captions contain details of the subject vessel's builder, launch date, dimensions, engine type, the original owners and other owners where applicable, a summary of cargo carrying a record of the ship's final demise or current status. There is an extensive bibliography and an index that lists in alphabetical order the names all the illustrated ships and.. Read more
Railway & Canal Historical Society
Through the combination of good photographs and well researched captions, the book provides an informative history of steam and motor powered coasters during the period commencing from the 1860s up to the present time. The book's introduction provides the descriptions of the various types of coasting vessels, the handling and stowing of cargoes, steam operated machinery, oil engines, coastal ship owners and ship builders. The photographs and related captions are grouped in sixteen chapters, each having a single page preface. Individual chapters illustrate particular eras, vessel types specific to cargoes and to geographical areas. All the captions contain details of the subject vessel's builder, launch date, dimensions, engine type, the original owners and other owners where applicable, a summary of cargo carrying a record of the ship's final demise or current status. There is an extensive bibliography and an index that lists in alphabetical order the names all the illustrated ships and.. Read more
Railway & Canal Historical Society
This is an excellent book on an often neglected part of our maritime heritage.
Shipping - Today and Yesterday,
This is an excellent book on an often neglected part of our maritime heritage.
Shipping - Today and Yesterday,
The passenger steamship was the most excitement development of its age and in this colourful hardback Christopher Deakes & Tom Stanley pay homage to it and its many passengers, making this a gloriously nostalgic read for steamship enthusiasts everywhere. What should be noted is that this is not a book which focuses specifically on the ships themselves (their construction, design etc) rather an evocative look back, using first-hand accounts as indicated in the title, at the many and varied seafaring experiences that people enjoyed (or sometimes didn't) over the years. We are therefore offered a rich tapestry of interest to include many accounts of life on board, from the food, entertainment, romance, gossip, disaster, not to mention being dreadfully sick. These experiences are garnered from all aspects of society at the time; emigrants sailing in the hope of a better life, soldiers en route to distant outposts, or just the wealthy sailing the sea for leisure. The result is what the authors.. Read more
carl (customer review)
The passenger steamship was the most excitement development of its age and in this colourful hardback Christopher Deakes & Tom Stanley pay homage to it and its many passengers, making this a gloriously nostalgic read for steamship enthusiasts everywhere. What should be noted is that this is not a book which focuses specifically on the ships themselves (their construction, design etc) rather an evocative look back, using first-hand accounts as indicated in the title, at the many and varied seafaring experiences that people enjoyed (or sometimes didn't) over the years. We are therefore offered a rich tapestry of interest to include many accounts of life on board, from the food, entertainment, romance, gossip, disaster, not to mention being dreadfully sick. These experiences are garnered from all aspects of society at the time; emigrants sailing in the hope of a better life, soldiers en route to distant outposts, or just the wealthy sailing the sea for leisure. The result is what the authors.. Read more
carl (customer review)
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Coasters
John Masefield's 'dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, butting through the Channel in the mad March days' has become a ship type of universal appeal, both for its simple, functional beauty and its faithful toil before the advent of universal road haulage. In this new book a collection of more than 300 photographs has been drawn together… Read more...
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Coastal Passenger Liners of the British Isles
At the beginning of the last century it was possible to sail from London to Glasgow via the south coast ports and Belfast, returning along the east coast from either Dundee or Leith for as little as five pounds. Those were the days when 300 passengers were landed twice weekly at Grangemouth or Dundee from the London boat, and the coastal passenger… Read more...
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A Century of Sea Travel
This book is a voyage through the life of the passenger steamship, a voyage described by travellers who sailed on these vessels, and it carries within it their thoughts and experiences, mirrored here in words and pictures. The pictures are memories of ships and places in times gone by, glimpses of steamship travel through the years. In memoirs and… Read more...
