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Author: Jim A MacRae Publisher: ISBN: 9780905184128 Category : Coal-carrying vessels Languages : en Pages : 226
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This book was begun by Captain Jim MacRae aboard the Thames up-river collier HACKNEY and with Dr. Charles Waine produced this companion volume to Steam Coasters & Short Sea Traders. A book to delight the coaster enthusiast, model-maker or just about anyone who likes pictures of ships...a definitive work,...SEA BREEZES. A full history of the colliers and coasters in the coal trade of the British Isles and near Continent covering over 800 owners, 1200 ships and the harbours built to serve them, illustrated with 93 ship plans and coloured profiles, $5 photos, some in colour and 53 sketches, harbour maps and charts.
Author: Jim A MacRae Publisher: ISBN: 9780905184128 Category : Coal-carrying vessels Languages : en Pages : 226
Book Description
This book was begun by Captain Jim MacRae aboard the Thames up-river collier HACKNEY and with Dr. Charles Waine produced this companion volume to Steam Coasters & Short Sea Traders. A book to delight the coaster enthusiast, model-maker or just about anyone who likes pictures of ships...a definitive work,...SEA BREEZES. A full history of the colliers and coasters in the coal trade of the British Isles and near Continent covering over 800 owners, 1200 ships and the harbours built to serve them, illustrated with 93 ship plans and coloured profiles, $5 photos, some in colour and 53 sketches, harbour maps and charts.
Author: Roy Fenton Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 1837646554 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
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The book is the first to detail the 170-year evolution of the powered bulk carriers which continue to have a major role in the world’s trades and economies. Their design and technological development is traced from the screw colliers of the 1850s which revolutionised the British coastal coal trade. The same engineering principles were applied to produce ocean-going steam and later motor tramps. By the end of the 19th century, the capabilities and economies of these ‘black freighters’ had captured from the sailing ship much of the world’s trade in bulk commodities. In the second half of the 20th century, the tramps in turn evolved into multi-purpose, dry bulk carriers. These workhorses of the sea transport commodities including metallic ores, grain, coal, timber and other minerals. Quantities of up to 400,000 tons are carried in the largest, specialised ore carriers. In a parallel development, applying the same technical principles produced smaller yet efficient steam and later motor coasters which came to dominate short sea shipping. The book concludes with a discussion of how the economies of transportation provided by bulk carriers have had profound effects on industrialisation, globalisation and the world’s economy, and discusses the environmental impact of these ships.
Author: John Armstrong Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 1786948966 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 370
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This book collects seventeen previously published essays by John Armstrong concerning the British coastal trade. Armstrong is a leading maritime historian and the essays provided here offer a thorough exploration of the British coastal trade, his specialisation, during the period of industrialisation and technological development that would lead to modern shipping. The purpose is to demonstrate the whether or not the coastal trade was the main carrier of internal trade and a pioneer of the technical developments that modernised the shipping industry. Each essay makes an original contribution to the field and covers a broad range of topics, including the fluctuating importance of the coastal trade and size of the coastal fleet over time; the relationship between coastal shipping, canals, and railways; a comparison between the coastal liner and coastal tramp trade; the significance of the river Thames in enabling trade; coastal trade economics; maritime freight rates; the early twentieth century shipping depression; competition between coastal liner companies; and a detailed study of the role of the government in coastal shipping. The book also contains case studies of the London coal trade; coastal trade through the River Dee port; and the Liverpool-Hull trade route. It contains a foreword, introduction, and bibliography of Armstrong’s writings. There is no overall conclusion, except the assertion that coastal shipping plays a tremendous role in British maritime history, and a call for further research into the field.
Author: William Harold. D. Price Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing ISBN: 1782891048 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 83
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As warfare ground to a halt in the static, bloody trenches of the Western Front in 1914, the Allied command sought to lever Germany’s Turkish allies out of the war. Although the British had but a small standing peacetime army, she possessed the largest fleet in the world, and planned to use the awesome power of her huge naval guns to blast a passage through the Turkish defences of the strait. Constantinople would thereby be threatened and Turkey forced to sue for peace. The plan was bold, ambitious and doomed to fail. As the confident fleet steamed up through the Mediterranean, Padre Price kept a diary of his experiences and anecdotes of the Jolly Tars. However, his notes are filled with danger and bloodshed as the fleet encounter the brave and stubborn shore batteries, taking its baptism of fire. Though gallant and bloodied by the shells of the enemy, the fleet could not force the passage - a fateful failure that would lead to the landings at Gallipoli and further allied failures. Author — Price, William Harold. D. 1917 Preface — Sir Everard Fraser K.C.M.G. (1859-1922) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in London, A. Melrose, ltd. 1915 Original Page Count – xvi and 124 pages. Illustrations — 6 Illustrations.
Author: Bill Griffiths Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com ISBN: 145878486X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 638
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With enormous enthusiasm for the language of ordinary northerners, this scenic portrait of coastal peoples combines history, etymology, and recollections to record a folk culture that strives to survive against current worldwide trends of uniformity. The examination delves deep into the boat and fishing traditions that shape this small angler community, including smuggling, the scenery, and the surrounding wildlife. The increasing threat that globalization poses to these sea populations makes this an important preservation - as well as an excellent source of factual information and reference material about those who live on the North Sea.
Author: David John Starkey Publisher: University of Exeter Press ISBN: 9780859895330 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 244
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Exploiting the Sea offers new perspectives on Britain's vital, but changing relationship with the sea since the late 19th century. Contributions from a number of experts are brought together to provide analysis on this subject.
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