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Don Butler has compiled an invaluable list of the man-hours required for ship repair estimates. All ships must undergo regular... Arrested Development takes a hard look at the state of Nigeria's shipping sector and concludes that the sector has failed to live up to...
On May 29, 1914, the Empress of Ireland sank on the St. Lawrence River. The author delves into the lives of his grandparents, who went... "The circumstances in which this book came to be written are as follows. Some five weeks after the survivors from the Titanic landed in...
Lightkeeping on the St. Lawrence outlines the history of lightkeeping in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf from its emergence in 1803 until... The dramatic story of the rescue of two men from a cruise ship on Lake Superior as it drifts out to sea in hurricane-force winds.
Ship of Gold tells the story of the sinking of the SS Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying nearly six hundred passengers... This comprehensive study of Homer’s references to ships and seafaring reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and...
In 1606, a Portuguese ship carrying peppercorns, porcelain, and other products from Cochin, foundered during a storm and sank, spreading... In this first detailed study of hull fastenings, Michael McCarthy describes those found on ships throughout the ages, from sewn-plank...
Combining a sophisticated historical and theoretical analysis of the shipping industry with a practical explanation of all aspects of the... Realizing the century-old dream of a passage to India, the building of the Panama Canal was an engineering feat of colossal dimensions, a...
What fascinates most people are the conspiracy theories that abound about her. Was she switched for her damaged sister Olympic, did... The band playing 'Nearer my God to Thee' as the ship went down is probably one of the most famous stories relating to the Titanic. The...
On 15 April 2012, 100 years will have passed since the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic hit an iceberg and foundered in the North Atlantic with... Commander Edward John Smith's career had been a remarkable example of how a man from a humble background could get far in the world. Born...
The Titanic is one of the most famous maritime disasters of all time, but did the Titanic really sink on the morning of 15 April 1912?... Over a period of four years, four ships were lost under different circumstances and 4,000 lives with them -- but one thing links them...
Delving deep into Titanic's legacy, Allen Gibson presents a comprehensive history with a refreshing argument, that Titanic represented a... Which woman made the first solo transatlantic crossing? Who saved thousands of lives with the invention of navigation lights? What is the...
In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages of... While the victims of the Titanic disaster at 1,507 persons accounted for a huge loss of life, a matter wich, with other influencing...
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