Author: R. J. Cornewall-JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
The British merchant service
Author: R. J. Cornewall-JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
My Ancestor Was a Merchant Seaman
Author: C. T. WattsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780785548546
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
British Merchant Service Journal 1882 Vol.IV No.I
Author: British Merchant Service Journal 1882 Vol.IVPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
British Merchant Service Journal
Author: The British Merchant Service
Author: R. J. Cornewall-JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war
Author: David W. BonePublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Written largely between the shipping crisis of 1917 and the surrender of German undersea arms at Harwich on November 20, 1918, this book is an effort to record a seaman's impressions of the trial through which the Merchants' Service has come in the war. It is necessarily halting and incomplete. The extent of the subject is perhaps beyond the safe traverse of a mariner's dead reckoning. Policies of governmental control and of the economics of our management do not come within the scope of the book except as text to the diary of seafaring. Out at sea, it is not easy to keep the right proportions in forming an opinion of measures devised on a grand scale, and of the operation of which we see only a small part. Our slender thread of communication with longshore happenings is often broken, and understanding is warped by conjecture. In pride of his ancient trade, the seaman may perceive importance and vital instrumentality in the ships and their voyages that may not be so evident to the landsman. By this is the mariner constantly impressed: that, without the merchant's enterprise on the sea—the adventure of his finance, his ships, his gear, his men—the armed and enlisted resources of the State could not have prevailed in averting disaster and defeat.
Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors
Author: Simon WillsPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783461608
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
What was a merchant seamans life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British maritime tradition? Simon Wills concise and informative historical guide takes the reader and researcher through the fascinating story of Britains merchant service, and he shows you how to trace individual men and women and gain an insight into their lives. In a series of short, information-packed chapters, he explains the expansion of Britains global maritime trade and the fleets of merchant ships that sustained it in peace and war. He describes the lives, duties and tribulations of the generations of crews who sailed in these ships, whether as ordinary seamen or as officers, stewards, engineers and a myriad of other roles. In addition, he identifies the websites you can explore, the archives, records and books you can read, and the places you can visit in order to gain an understanding of what your seagoing ancestor did and the world he knew. Simon Wills practical handbook will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our maritime past and of the crewmembers and ships that were part of it.
British Merchant Service Journal April 1884 Vol.VI
Author: British Merchant Service Journal April 1884 Vol.VIPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Guide to the Merchant Navy
Author: Charles Henry MilsomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Career profile on seafarers in the merchant navy in the UK - covers basic job requirements, occupational choice, labour contracts, working conditions on board ships, leisure, holidays, promotion, training centres, rescue and health services, welfare and social services, trade unions, occupational organizations, social security, etc., and includes a directory of organisations involved in sea transport activities.
The British Merchant Service
Author: R. J. Cornewall-JonesPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337560706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description