Author: Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909024199
Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Significant Ships of 2013
Author: Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909024199
Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Significant Ships of 2014;edited by Nick Savvides
Author: Significant Small Ships of 2013
Author: Royal Institution of Naval ArchitectsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781909024205
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Significant Ships of ...
Author: Great Ships on the Great Lakes
Author: Cathy GreenPublisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870205927
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
In this highly accessible history of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes, upper elementary readers are taken on a rip-roaring journey through the waterways of the upper Midwest. Great Ships on the Great Lakes explores the history of the region’s rivers, lakes, and inland seas—and the people and ships who navigated them. Read along as the first peoples paddle tributaries in birch bark canoes. Follow as European voyageurs pilot rivers and lakes to get beaver pelts back to the eastern market. Watch as settlers build towns and eventually cities on the shores of the Great Lakes. Listen to the stories of sailors, lighthouse keepers, and shipping agents whose livelihoods depended on the dangerous waters of Lake Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Give an ear to their stories of unexpected tragedy and miraculous rescue, and heed their tales of risk and reward on the low seas. Great Ships also tells the story of sea battles and gunships, of the first vessels to travel beyond the Niagara, and of the treacherous storms and cold weather that caused thousands of ships to sink in the Great Lakes. Watch as underwater archaeologists solve the mysteries of Great Lakes shipwrecks today. And learn how the shift from sail to steam forever changed the history of shipping, as schooners made way for steamships and bulk freighters, and sailing became a recreation, not a hazardous way of life. Designed for the upper elementary classroom with emphasis on Michigan and Wisconsin, Great Ships on the Great Lakes includes a timeline of events, on-page vocabulary, and a list of resources and places to visit. Over 20 maps highlight the region’s maritime history. The accompanying Teacher’s Guide includes 18 classroom activities, arranged by chapter, including lessons on exploring shipwrecks and learning how glaciers moved across the landscape.
Significant Ships of 1992
Author: Tim KnaggsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780903055130
Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Significant Ships of ...
Author: Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960
Author: William H. MillerPublisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750963077
Category : Ocean liners
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The 1950s was a fascinating decade for the great liners. After the global devastation of two decades of war and Depression, shipyards were creating one new liner after another, it seemed, to rebuild and renew passenger ship services all over the world. There were the likes of the Kungsholm and Oslofjord from Scandinavia, the French Flandre and a succession of new liners from P&O-Orient, the Italian Line, Messageries Maritimes and many more. The new hopeful era of the 1950s was highlighted by such brilliant, headline-making ships as the speedy United States, breaking records on an unprecedented scale, the engines-aft Southern Cross and the mastless Orsova. Showcased beautifully by the stunning images and nostalgic outlook of prolific maritime historian William H. Miller, this book shines a well-earned spotlight on some of the world's most popular passenger liners.
Classic Sailing Ships
Author: Kenneth GiggalPublisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393033281
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
An illustrated history of the world's most legendary seaborn vessels.
Superships of the Great Lakes
Author: Raymond A. Bawal JrPublisher: Inland Expressions
ISBN: 098181574X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Since the beginning of commerce on the Great Lakes there has been a desire to build larger and more efficient ships. Beginning in the nineteenth century shipbuilders began to increase the size of their creations as new materials and construction techniques became available. This process of innovation would continue throughout the twentieth century as improvements to the shipping channels on the Great Lakes opened up new possibilities in ship design. These efforts culminated in 1972 with the commissioning of the first thousand-foot vessel to sail on the inland seas, the STEWART J. CORT. This ship set a new benchmark in the hauling of raw materials and would be followed by twelve more ships of her class which collectively revolutionized the US flagged shipping industry on the Great Lakes. These ships represent such a significant step forward in the evolution of the Great Lakes freighter that even today, nearly forty years after they began to enter service, they remain unsurpassed in size and carrying capacity. The story of this class of ships includes the earliest of the thousand-footers, the STEWART J. CORT and the PRESQUE ISLE, two unique vessels built incorporating highly innovative features many of which were not carried on in subsequent designs. This tale also includes vessels such as the JAMES R. BARKER and the BELLE RIVER which became patterns for the ships that followed them. In this volume, each of the thirteen thousand-foot ships is described to relate each of their unique operational histories along with the purposes for which they were built. Included are numerous never before published photographs, portraying these ships in both their previous and current operations.