PUBLICATIONS - Member Publications - titles O-S only
In this section we list some of the wonderful books authored or published independently by various World Ship Society members. A listing here does not constitute an endorsement of the item. Books are listed in alphabetical order by title, (ignore the word "The" at the beginning of a title), along with important technical information gleaned from the book itself, or from the author and/or publisher. Books listed in this section are not published by the World Ship Society, and therefore are not available through the Society (unless specifically noted). We suggest you contact a good maritime-oriented book-seller for details on price and availability.
If you are a World Ship Society member and have ever published a book, please send the details to the webmaster@worldshipsociety.org (include "New Member Publication" [plus title] in the subject line), and add a description, and a color scan of the cover, stating if the book is still available for purchase -- if so, where. The decision to list a particular book is solely up to the discretion of the webmaster. If you are a publisher or an interested reader with details of a book you feel should be listed here, please forward as much detail as possible.
The intent of this section is to showcase some of the excellent books published independently by some of our members. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY NOTED, NONE OF THE ITEMS ARE PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY, AND THEREFORE ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUR SOCIETY.
The first decade of the present millennium has seen a huge decline in the number of ocean-going ships fitted with conventional derricks and cranes. In its 80 pages, the book has over 100 colour photographs of this final generation of ships in a wide variety of locations such as the Suez Canal, Manila, Shanghai, Alang, Alexandria and Havana. This hardback book is in the ever-popular format which has become known as "Janes", this is landscape 195mm x 245mm. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Bernard McCall, For purchase information contact bernard@coastalshipping.co.uk or refer to website www.coastalshipping.co.uk [09.2009]
Ocean Liner Chronicles: Great Passenger Ships and Their Stories
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 9534291 8 0, Ref: 8470, Publisher: Carmania Press, 2001
Another volume in the excellent Carmania Press publications series. The title says it all. 136 pages. Softcover. 8½" x 11". THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
The sea journeys in this book begin in the summer of 1958, a few months before regular jet air travel would arrive and ultimately doom most of the ocean options. Complied by WSS member Ted Scull. 88 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover. Delightful collection of black and white photographs. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased from “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 486 24574 8, Ref: 8052, Publisher: , 1984
Over 190 historic photographs depict exterior and interior views of 101 ships. Supburb vintage views recall the dazzling splendor of luxurious "floating palaces", with concise and informative captions detailing the background and history of each ship. 148 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs.
Author: David Hornsby, ISBN: 0 7110 2720 X, Ref: 8347, Publisher: Ian Allan, 2000
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Ian Allan. Contact your favorite bookseller for prices and availability.
Author: David Hornsby, ISBN: 978 0 7110 3141 8, Ref: 8551, Publisher: Ian Allan, 2006
First published in 1964, "Ocean Ships" has long been regarded as an indispensible guide to today's ever-changing shipping scene. In this latest edition, the author has recorded all the major passenger cruise ships, together with the principal deep-sea general cargo, container, bulker and tanker fleets operating regularly to the United Kingdom and northern Europe. 7 inches x 9½ inches. 240 pages. Hard cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
This rather small pocket-sized book is the revised edition of an earlier version. Although small, it contains a lot of intersting detail. The cover states "This new edition has been completely revised and contains all the up-to-date information available [prior to 1964] on British and Foreign Liners, Freighters, and Tankers". 386 pages. 4½ inches x 6½ inches. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print.
Author: Nigel Lawrence, Michael Tootill, Ref: 8266, Publisher: 2002
This CD by WSS members Nigel Lawrence and Michael Tootill contains over 400 photographs of Ocean Ships from their personal collections. These pictures span a period of 43 years from 1959 to the present day. THIS CD IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE WSS. Order from Nigel Lawrence, PO Box 55, Alderney, Channel Islands GY9 3BL, United Kingdom. For more information, e-mail to: n.lawrence@virgin.net
This magnificent hardback book is the definitive history of the lifeboat station at St. Anne's-on-the-Sea on the Flyde coast of Lancashire. The work of this lifeboat was brought to the attention of the nation when its crew of 13 men was lost when trying to reach a strandred vessel. The book also examines in detail the growth of the township during the last 19th century following its foundation in 1875. Harback, A4 portrait format, 212 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Bernard McCall, For purchase information contact bernard@coastalshipping.co.uk or refer to website www.coastalshipping.co.uk [09.2009]
Author: Peter Knego, Ref: 8500, Publisher: P.K. Productions, 2005 (originally produced on VHS Video - now only available in DVD format)
Join California-based ship historian Peter Knego as he and fellow ocean liner enthusiast Martin Cox venture to Alang in February of 2004 to bear witness to an unprecedented gathering of great passenger ships. See the lineup from a precarious perch atop the beached supertanker HELLESPONT GRAND and visit the freshly arrived SALONA (ex-IVERNIA, FRANCONIA, FEDOR SHALYAPIN) at twilight. Heartbreaking views of the remains of BIG BOAT (ex-TRANSVAAL CASTLE, S.A. VAAL, FESTIVALE, ISLANDBREEZE, BIG RED BOAT III) vie with the still intact GENOA (ex-SYLVANIA, FAIRWIND, DAWN PRINCESS, ALBATROS), a partially dismantled STELLA SOLARIS (ex-CAMBODGE), NEW ORLEANS (ex-ARGENTINA, VEENDAM, ENCHANTED ISLE, etc.) and ASSEDO (ex-SHOTA RUSTAVELI). Visit APOLLO (ex-EMPRESS OF CANADA, MARDI GRAS, APOLLON, etc.) within a sonic backdrop of sledge-hammers as the still intact MAYAN EMPRESS (ex-WINSTON CHURCHILL) lies alongside. Available from http://www.maritimematters.com/mall_cd.html
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 978 0 9769525 1 3, Ref: 8559, Publisher: Hoboken Historical Museum, 2005
This pictorial tribute to the once-booming waterfront of Hoboken, New Jersey, will delight even novice history buffs. Over 170 photographs and illustrations and an extensive fact-filled text recall the ships, shipping lines and shipyards of years past. 104 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SOCIETY. Published by the Hoboken Historical Museum, PO Box 3296, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA.
Author: Peter Newall, ISBN: 1 901703 46 0, Ref: 8472, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2004
For over 100 years Orient Line was one of the most progressive and innovative British shipping companies. It was also the premier passenger line between Britain and Australia carrying thousands of people in its sailing ships and steamers.
With a foreword by Lord Marshall, Chairman of British Airways and a former Orient Line purser, Orient Line a Fleet History traces for the first time the complete history of the company and its ships from the formation of Anderson, Thomson and Company in 1863 until the absorption of Orient Line into P&O in 1966 and the brief revival of its name between 1977 and 1987. Peter Newall, author of Union-Castle Line a Fleet History, has produced what will probably be the definitive history of the line with individual histories of 129 ships including all the sailing ships from 1863 onwards; liners and tugs owned by Orient Line; Pacific Steam Navigation Company ships used in the joint Orient Line service between 1878-1909; war managed vessels and the series of liquid gas carriers and bulkers from 1977-1987. Profusely illustrated with over 400 images, many of which have never appeared before (including 40 in colour), this 184 page book also includes unique information on Orient Line at Tilbury and Australian ports as well as twenty-one pages about life aboard from Orient to Oriana and a further nine pages on Orient liners under construction at Barrow-in-Furness. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact your favourite local maritime bookseller for prices and availability.
Inside the pages of this book are over 200 images from the past two centuries of the ferries, the piers and the people they served. They are accompanied by an informative text and give an insight into the history of the companies that have served Orkney and Shetland over the past two hundred years as well as the ships that have plied the sometimes treacherous waters of the North Sea. 165mm x 235mm. 128 pages. Soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Tempus Publishing Limited. Contact your favourite bookseller for cost and availability.
Our Only Refuge, Open the Gates!: Clandestine Immigration to Palestine 1938-1948
Author: Paul Silverstone, ISBN: ???, Ref: 8567, Publisher: , 1999
Sustained by the Zionist dream and spurred by the threat and later the unrelenting actuality of Nazi annihilation, 125,000 Jewish men, women and children made the perilous journey by sea to Palestine during the period 1938-1948 despite the many obstacles placed in their way. 40 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from the author Order Directly from the Author, Paul H. Silverstone, 330 West 58th Street, New York, NY 10019. paulh@aya.yale.edu
230 pages, soft cover, 8½in x 11in, #6 in the West Coast Maritime Series
Examines the history, the present and the possible future of the British Columbia Marine Transportation industries and their interface with the other primary industries of the coast. In this extension of the original series, a broad account is given of ocean shipping and its partnership with B.C's export oriented economy.
This volume, by WSS member, Syd Heal, becomes the sxth book in the West Coast Maritime series. It looks at Vancouver and the smaller ports of B.C. as a distinct shipping market in its own right, generating export cargoes, receiving imports, originating charters, acting as a destination for a great variety of foreign shipping, serviced by a changing force of local branch offices and agencies, who now form a different mix in the Vancouver shipping market. It has become a central operating base for foreign ship owners taking advantage of the Vancouver International Maritime Centre. This account deals with windows of history in the period 1946 to the present era.
See also companion book, Inbound to Vancouver, from the same author.
Author: David L. Williams, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8282, Publisher, c.2002
Pictorial history of P&O passenger shipping services using postcards and archive colour photographs. 81 colour photographs. 78 pages. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from most maritime-oriented book-sellers.
Author: Miles Cowsill, John Hendy, William Mayes, ISBN: 1 871947 54 5, Ref: 8054, Publisher: Ferry Publications , Aug 2000
The final book in the P&O The Fleet series prior to the demerger of the cruise businesses into P&O Princess Cruises. The book features the ferry fleets and the cruise fleets with individual histories of the various constituent divisions and companies. All of the then current passenger ships and ferries are illustrated and each has a set of technical details. Small sections covering Associated Bulk Carriers and P&O Nedlloyd. 96 pages. A5 landscape full colour with soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Ferry Publications, P.O. Box 33, Ramsey, Isle of Man, IM99 4LP, United Kingdom / website: http://www.ferrypubs.co.uk
WSS member Neil McCart recalls the CANBERRA and the fact that she was the last in a long line of P&O passenger ships to serve the continent of Australia. 52 pages. 8½ inches x 10½ inches. Softcover. Companion book to the "Famous British Liner" series by the same author. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Kingfisher Railway Productions, 65A The Avenue, Southampton SO1 2TA, UK. Check with your local maritime-oriented bookseller for availability and prices.
This volume deals with the introduction of steam power into naval warfare in the form of paddle propulsion and includes a history of the vessels and the progress of naval steam through individual ships and classes. It also deals with general aspects of the ships, such as hull structure, machinery, paddle wheels, armament, internal arrangements and performance. One of many books authored by WSS member David K. Brown which is genuinely outstanding with high academic value but are also accessible to the amateur. David, who is genuinely recognised for his knowledge worldwide is to be congratulated for bringing the "mysteries" of warship design and development to non-technical layman. 128 pages. 267 mm × 267 mm. Hard cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Conway Maritime Press. Contact your favourite bookseller for availability and prices.
This book deals with the shipping opertions of Lever Bros from 1916 until 1985 when it was siposed of to Ocean Transport & Trading Plc and then on to 1989, when the Palm Line title was sold to a French concern. 98 pages. 6 inches x 8½ inches. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Long-time member Laurence Dunn wrote this widely acclaimed volume on passenger ships in 1961. It has been considered a bible on the subject, but sadly it is now longer available. A quote from Lloyd's List of the day -- "No book yet published comprise within its covers such a comprehensive mass of information both valuable and authentic." However, you may be able to pick up a copy from used book-sellers, specialising in maritime-oriented books. 496 pages. 7½ inches x 10 inches. Had cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of print.
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 9534291 1 3, Ref: 8029, Publisher: Carmania Press, 1999
In preparing this book, I was blessed with access to the vast photo files of one of the master maritime historians and model-builders ever, the late Frank Cronican. These photos, stored in steel cabinets for decades and seemingly used only as guidance for his miniature passenger ship recreations, are now beginning to see the light of day. Hopefully, through this book and other, they will be enjoyed by thousands. (acknowledgement by Bill Miller). 160 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY .
Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 9534291 7 2, Ref: 8030, Publisher: Carmania Press, 2001
The author who assembled in this nostalgic book many rare photogrpahs in black and white and numerous anecdotes, souvenirs of or maritime past from a time when smoke still rose from the funnels of the French liners. 140 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY . Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 9518656 4 1, Ref: 8028, Publisher: Carmania Press
The story of the Italian pasenger ships which have been such a feature of the post-War scene. Ranging from the ageing but superb SATURNIA and VULCANIA; to the tragic ANDREA DORIA and ACHILLE LAURO; to the magnificent MICHELANGELO and RAFFAELLO. The Italian Line, Lloyd Triestino, Adriatica, Costa Line, Lauro Line, Sitmar, Home Lines, SIOSA and others less well-known are all covered. 112 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Price as at August 2002 -- US$23.00 plus postage and handling of US$3.50. check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: Neil McCart, ISBN: 0 85059 891 5, Ref: 8118, Publisher: Patrick Stephens, 1987
From the chartered GARONNE of 1878, to the luxurious ORIANA of 1960, WSS member Neil McCart provides a wealth of information and reminiscences to delight maritime enthusiasts across the globe. 248 pages. 8½ inches x 9 inches. Hard cover. Companion book is "20th Century Passenger Ships of the P&O". THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact your favourite bookseller for availability and prices.
Author: Bernard McCall, ISBN: 1 905953 16 9, Ref: 8716, Publisher: Bernard McCall
Battery Point at Portishead is a popular location for watching ships as they sail to and from ports on the English side of the Bristol Channel. In its 80 pages, this hardback all-colour album features examples of the wide variety of vessels which have passed this viewpoint in recent years. 78 colour photograpahs. Hardback, landscape format 241mm x 195mm, 80 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Bernard McCall, For purchase information contact bernard@coastalshipping.co.uk or refer to website www.coastalshipping.co.uk [09.2009]
PESCA: A History of the Pioneer Modern Whaling Company in the Antarctic (The Compañia Argentina de Pesca Sociedad Anónima of Buenos Aires)
Author: Ian Hart (Foreword by Alexandra Shackleton, ISBN: 0 85628 299 5, Ref: 8521, Publisher: Aidan Ellis, 2001
PESCA is a fascinating, authoritative and impeccably researched account of the commercial activities of the pioneer company which exploited the vast natural resources of the great Southern and Antarctic Oceans. This is the story of a company, whose beginnings are unique in the annals of polar history: founded as the result of a Antarctic expedition mishap by a Norwegian whaling captain, funded by Argentine capital and established on the remote and uninhabited, windswept island of South Georgia laid claim to by the British. The narrative of PESCA embraces both political intrigue and commercial enterprise in the harshest of maritime environments, and the company's impact on the great Antarctic whaling industry and the bearing it had on British and Argentine political activity right up to the Falklands war.
Illustrated by photographs, many not previously published, PESCA is the story of men who had the courage to invest in an amazing polar enterprise and the bravery, skill and fortitude of the crews who made it pay. In many ways, the activities exemplified man's insatiable greed: the initial success, high hopes and vast profits founded on the slaughter of whales, which culminated in the decline of Pesca in the 1960s and final collapse. Ian Hart has had a long and passionate interest in the South Atlantic, in particular in the whaling and sealing activities. He first visited the Falkland Islands as a crew member of a Danish ship in 1962. In 1989 he was an invited member aboard the Royal Navy's ice-patrol ship HMS Endurance's expedition to South Georgia. In 1992 he was a member of a three-man team sent to South Georgia to establish a museum there, serving for the first four years as archivist and curator. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Aidan Ellis, Salcombe, Devon, 2001. Revised and extended 100th Anniversary Edition 2004. 564 pages, 269 photographs, maps, drawings, graphs. 28 Appendices including complete Fleet List of Vessels owned by Pesca and subsidiaries. An account of whaling and sealing on the Antarctic Island of South Georgia. For ordering details and prices, go to the publisher's website at http://www.aepub.demon.co.uk/pesca.htm
Completing almost 1,500 vessels, Philip and Son Ltd. were one of Britian\'s most prolific shipbuilders, with an output ranging from sailing ships for fishing, trading and pleasure to ferries and coastal passenger ships; lightships; coasters and military craft from pinnances through air-sea rescue launches up to corvettes and minesweepers. Details of all known completions are given including full career details for all but the minor craft.
With a full history of the yard and its owners, plus a wealth of photographs, "Philip & Son Ltd" is a major contribution to British shipbuilding history. 160 pages. A4. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from "Ships In Focus" Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK - Or from any good maritime bookseller.
PUBLISHED BY THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA to celebrate the 50th anniversay of the Steamship Historical Society. This photo book features 70 rare portraits of American ocean and coastal steamships assembled by the late Professor Cedric Ridgely-Nevitt. The ships pictured and described in the text represent a sampling of the mid-19th century deep-sea fleet of the US. 126 pages. 70 illustrations. 11 inches x 8½ inches. Hard cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from the Steamship Historical Society of America.
Pick Up Sticks: A History of the Intercoastal Lumber Trade
Author: Richard M. Hallock (foreword by Vassall Forrester), ISBN: 1 895590 15 9, Ref: 8297, Publisher: Cordillera Publishing, 1995, Contaact: 102-8708 French Street, Vancouver, BC V6P 4W7, Canada, or richbook@shaw.ca
A giant-sized volume of some 670 pages. This historicial account of the Intercoastal lumber industry covers the period from commencement in sailing ship days to modern times. Lumber has been and remains an industry which has shaped the economies of Canada and the United States in many momentous ways. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Cordillera Publishing Company. For details on availability contact richbook@shaw.ca
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994: 417 photographs
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 486 28137 X, Ref: 8049, Publisher: Dover Publications, 1995
One of the most comprehensive pictorial references on ocean liners ever published, this superb chronicle depicts and describes virtually every passenger ships of over 15,000 tons built between 1860 and the late 1900s. 142 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from some maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 486 40967 8, Ref: 8025, Publisher: Dover Publications, 2001
This authoritative volume contains approximately 200 black and white photographs — most never before published — documenting the majestic exteriors and stylish, impeccably maintained interiors of more than 100 ships, including the LEVIATHAN, American's first superliner. 118 pages. 9 inches x 11 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Price as at August 2002 -- US$14.95 plus postage and handling of US$3.50. check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
Picture History of British Ocean Liners: 1900 to the Present
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 486 41532 5, Ref: 8026, Publisher: Dover Publications, 2001
This fascinating text-and-picture tribute documents both interiors and exteriors of majestic British ships with over 200 rare black and white illustrations. 134 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Price as at August 2002 -- US$16.95 plus postage and handling of US$3.50. check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships
Author: William H. Miller, Jr., ISBN: 0 486 42063 9, Ref: 8429, Publisher: Dover Publications, 2002
This supurbly illustrated volume documents the long line of gret German and Dutch ships -- from "floating palaces" such as the IMPERATOR (1913) and the VATERLAND (1914) to such luxurious cruise ships as the STATENDAM (1957), HAMBURG (1969), the remodeled BREMEN (1990), and the new DEUTSCHLAND (1998). One hundred and eight rate black and white illustrations offer views of ships at sea and in port, as well as glimpses of elegant lounges, cocktail bars, staterooms, and dining rooms; while extensive captions provide history as well as data on tonnage, size, speed, and othe characteristics. A preface by Arnold Kludas, a leading german authority on maritime history, is also indluded. 128 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Paperbound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501 www.doverpublications.com. For copies contact Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096-1463 Website: http://billmilleratsea.com
Author: William H. Miller, Jr., ISBN: 0 486 43926 3, Ref: 8515, Publisher: Dover Publications, 2004
A book to delight maritime historians and ship lovers alike, this grand collection of photographs will appeal to anyone thrilled by the mystique of trans-Atlantic travel. 118 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Dover Publications
Author: William H. Miller, Frank O. Braynard, ISBN: 0 486 26550 1, Ref: 8051, Publisher: Dover Publications, 1991
Two notable authorities on ocean liners have assembled memorable pictorial tribute to the Cunard Line. An extensive text, fact-filled captions and scores of dramatic photographs and illustrations. 134 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Soft cover. Over 180 black and white photographs and illustrations. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Price as at August 2002 US$15.00 plus postage and handling of US$3.50. check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from many maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 486 29443 9, Ref: 8024, Publisher: Dover Publications, 1997
This impressive pictorial reference includes a wealth of vintage photographs celebrating the legendary French Line.113 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Sof cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Price as at August 2002 -- US$14.00 plus postage and handling of US$3.50. check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and current costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 489 40489 7, Ref: 8034, Publisher: Dover Publications, 1999
Two hundred vivid black and white photographs capture the clean lines, raked bows, angled stacks and gleaming paint about the Italian Line and its greatest ships. 133 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY . Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Check out website at http://billmilleratsea.com for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
Picture History of the NORMANDIE: with 190 illustrations
Author: Frank O. Braynard, ISBN: 0 486 25257 4, Ref: 8605, Publisher: Dover Publications, 1987
Any admirer of the NORMANDIE or the great ocean liners will want to have this lavishly illustrated history, which not only faithfully recreates the story of one ship but recalls the excitement, glamour and style of all the magnificent vessels that wrote an unforgettable chapter in the history of passenger ship travel. 190 black-and-white photographs. 144 pages. 9 in x 12 in. Paperbound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Picture History of the QUEEN MARY and QUEEN ELIZABETH
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 4864 350 9 1, Ref: 8496, Publisher: Dover Publications, 2004
A delight for ship lovers and armchair travelers, this affectionate pictorial reminiscence will provide maritime historians with a wealth of information. 8¾ x 11¾ inches. 115 pages. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Dover Publications, New York.
Author: William H. Miller, Jr., ISBN: 0 486 42839 7, Ref: 8430, Publisher: Dover Publications, 2003
A comprehensive pictorial record that will appeal to maritime historians, this celebration of an American champion and centerpiece of national pride will also captivate ship lovers and anyone thrilled by sea travel. 128 pages. 9 inches x 12 inches. Paperbound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501 / Website: www.doverpublications.com For copies contact Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096-1463 / Website: http://billmilleratsea.com
Author: Alan S. Mallett, Andrew Bell, ISBN: 0 950 9453 0 7, Ref: 8202, Publisher: Mallett and Bell Publications, 1984, Status: Out of Print
This is the story of the 111 motorships built for the R.M.S.P. Group between 1915 and 1932. Written by WSS members Alan Mallett and Andrew Bell. 120 pages, plus pull-out drawing of the KING NEPTUNE. 5½ inches x 8 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through a period of change from the latter years of London's docks up to the present day. With its wealth of illustrations, it demonstrates how the Port of London has re-emerged as a premier British port, equipped to handle the most sophisticated modern ship, with further expansion planned. Millions of pounds have been spent on regeneration projects, and tourists and business people alike are using the river for elisure and commuting. 165mm x 235 mm. 128 pages. Soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Tempus Publishing Limited. Contact your favourite bookseller for cost and availability.
Author: Capt. Chris Puxley, ISBN: , Ref: 8692, Publisher: Bernard McCall
Written by the present Harbour Master, the book outlines the history of this Cumbrian port. The Cumbrian port of Silloth was opened on 3 August 1859 and therefore celebrates its 150th anniversay in 2009. This fascinating book, written by Silloth's present harbour master, covers the history of the port and is brought to life by a wide variety of photographs, maps and other illustrations. Profusely illustrated with over 170 photographs. Hardback, A4 portrait format, 120 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Bernard McCall, For purchase information contact bernard@coastalshipping.co.uk or refer to website www.coastalshipping.co.uk [09.2009]
Covers both cruising in and to New Zealand plus a survey of cruising world-wide. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies available from the New Zealand National Maritime Museum, PO Box 3141, Auckland, New Zealand.
This story provides a brief sketch of the Canada Steamship Lines background and begins with the fleet as it existed at the start of the 1946 shipping season. A historical review is provided of each of the company ships and the subsequent additions to the fleet. 177 pages. Bound 8½ inches x 11 inches. Hundreds of black & white photographs. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For prices and availability contact the publishers, Glenaden Press, Box 443, Vineland, ON L0R 2C0, Canada.
Pride of the North Atlantic: featuring QUEEN MARY - QUEEN ELIZABETH - QE2
Author: David F. Hutchings, ISBN: 0 946184 67 4, Ref: 8449, Publisher: Waterfront Publications, 2003
Published to coincide with the entry into sevice of Cunard's newest liner - the QUEEN MARY 2. The author has written three individual histories of Cunard's previous 'Queen' liners - these are now incorported, with many new photographs, in this casebound edition. 320 pages. 220 mm x 280 mm. Hard cover, w/slipcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact your favourite maritime-bookseller for availability and prices.
Author: Peter Hogg, Harold Appleyard, ISBN: 0 9540098 0 0, Ref: 8055, Publisher: The George Pyman Centenary Group, 2000
Sub-titled "Family History of George Pyman (1822-1900).
Published by the George Pyman Centenary Group. Half this book is devoted to the family history of the Pymans, the other half is a fleet history of the various companies. 110 pages. 6 inches x 8 inches. Softback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact your nearest maritime book oriented bookseller for price and availability.
Author: Piers Plowman, Stephen J. Card, ISBN: 0 921560 10 9, Ref: 8302, Publisher: The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, Jan 2003
Published by the Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, this large format book details the history of Furness Bermuda Line, which existed from 1919 to 1966, and their most famous liner QUEEN OF BERMUDA. The story is told in 17 chapters, describing how the British Furness shipping organisation took over the regular passenger service between New York and Bermuda after World War One ended, and built it up into one of the most famous short passenger routes in the world with the Millionaire's Ships', MONARCH OF BERMUDA and QUEEN OF BERMUDA, during the 1930s.
Compiled by long-time WSS Branch member Peter Plowman and world-famous maritime artist Stephen Card, who were both born in Bermuda. This book is on general release only in Bermuda and some selected parts of the east coast of America, but will not generally be available in bookstores. The New South Wales Branch of the World Ship Society has obtained some copies from the authors, and these are being made available for purchase to members of all branches of the WSS in Australia, at a cost of A$35.00, including postage and packaging. All other Overseas orders should be sent to the Bermuda Maritime Press. 288 pages, with over 300 pictures including colour sections, deck plans and full history of each ship. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY. For WSS members in Australia, arrangements can be made to purchase the book through the World Ship Society (NSW) Inc. by sending a request to PO Box 495, Grosvenor Place 1220. Book is available from "The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press", PO Box MA133, Mangrove Bay MA BX, Bermuda.
Author: David F. Hutchings, ISBN: 0 946184 41 0, Ref: 8260, Publisher: Waterfront, c.2002
This updated edition of the book first published in 1988 keeps the historical record moving along, with even more detail from 1993 onwards as this most elegant of ships passes into its fourth decade. A first class tome, with supurb colour and black and white photographs across 128 pages. Softcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Celebrates fifty years of dynamic coaster owners Lapthorns who began with Thames barges and lighters and progressed to motor coasters. 70 vessels detailed and the majority illustrated. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Reading Seashore Lines, The: A Pictorial Documentary of the Atlantic City Railroad
Author: William J Coxey, James E. Kranefeld, ISBN: Ref: 8668, Publisher:
This is not a shipping book -- but a railway book, co-authored by WSS member William J. Coxey. The Reading gained access to southern New Jersey via its lease of the Central Railroad of New Jersey in the spring of 1883 followed six months later by the purchase of the failed narrow gauge Philadelphia & Atlantic City Railway. The distinctive "Reading look" soon became evident with the improvements and expansion of this operation, which officially became named the Atlantic City Railroad. This work, unlike our earlier book about the development and decline of the Atlantic City Railroad, covers primarily the physical railroad and adjacent structures from the beginning to the present. This offering is perfect for those interested in both railroad and local history. Perfect bound, 8 1/2" x 11" vertical format, 168 pages, 500 photographs, drawings, and maps (most never before published). Arranged geographically with station index. To order, contact: West Jersey Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, PO Box 647, Palmyra, NJ 08065-0647, USA. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY.
This volume is an authoritative design history of post-war British warship development, based on both declassified documentation and personal experience, and is the fourth and final volume in the author's bestselling series on Royal Navy warship design. 208 pages. 250 mm x 295 mm. Hard cover, w/dust jacket. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISSN: 1363-1675, Ref: 8171, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1996
The first in an on-going series of "Records". Both authors are WSS members. This issue includes a pictorial history of the Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., MONKBARNS -- one of the last square-riggers, a photo feture on Whitby steamers, the story of a West Country shipyard and the coasters it built, Lowestoft and its tugs, milestones in the development of the tramp and a review of heavy lift ships. 64 pages. A4. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISSN: 1363-1675, Ref: 8172, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1996
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line; Mersey-class trawlers; Ropner trunks; KAIPARA grounding; ANDRADA; Goole colliers; Captain Ken Shaw. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISSN: 1363-1675, Ref: 8173, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1997
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Yeoward Line; Rea barge tugs; Ropner trunks; Mersey ferries; Leyland and the DITTON (I); Liverpool in the 1890s; Belfast, Mersey & Manchester. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISSN: 1363-1675, Ref: 8174, Publisher: Ships In Focus Publications, 1997
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Springbok Line; Pitchers of Yarmouth; PAMARU; Lelyland and the DITTON (2); Swans and Eagles; Redcliffe Shipping; Basil Feilden photographer. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISSN: 1363-1675, Ref: 8175, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1998
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Bowaters; British coasters under the swastika; diesel-electric ships; BAIKAL; whale ship conversions (1); Swedish trunks; R.W. Leyland fleet. 71 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 0 9521179 9 1, Ref: 8176, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1998
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Guinness; Barrow-in-Furness (1); Palmers' tugs (1); LANCING; whale ship conversions (2); Connell Bros; WANSTEAD to WENDOVER; Bowaters follow-up. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 01 0, Ref: 8177, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1998
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Two-funnel cargo liners (1): Dublin gas boats; John McRoberts photographer; whale ship concersions (3); tramps in the Humber; Barrow-in-Furness (2); Palmers\' tugs (2). 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901 703 02 9, Ref: 8178, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1999
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Two-funnel crgo liners (2); loss of CAPITAINE REMY; British yard, Greek tramp; Tower & Ensign Express Sg. Ltd.; OMEGA; Coaly Tyne; the tanker that never was; South African coasters. 72 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901 703 045, Ref: 8179, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1999
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Trader Navigation; Two DUNEDIN STARs and the IMPERIAL STAR class; Drum Line sailing ships; Two-funnel crgo liners (3); Widnes (1); Bowaters revisited; BARON VERNON; Pilgrim ships. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 0 901703 06 1, Ref: 8180, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 1999
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: John Holt; Bazeleys (1); Blue Funnel follow-up; Widness (2); DRONNING SOPHIE; More on Palmers; Boer War transports; KING ORRY; LOMBARDY. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 08 8, Ref: 8181, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2000
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Alexander post-war; Potato ship that turned turtle; Bazeleys (2) Ken Cunnington; DOM PEDRO; Takes one to know one; On the rocks; Canadian wood, US steel. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 09 6, Ref: 8182, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2000
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Bibby's four masters (1); Sail at Bristol; Bazeleys (3); Messageries Maritimes passenger ships; Royal Mail D class; Steam drifters; Swans on the Lakes; BULLGER. 72 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 10 X, Ref: 8183, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2000
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Bibby's four masters (2); Whitbury Sg. Co. Ltd. (1); Two-funnel tankers; Port Line\'s golden era; Torquay in the \'30s (1) POLSKAROB; DOMINIC; British C1-M-AVIs; Putting Burns & Laird straight. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 11 8, Ref: 8184, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2000
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Furness North Pacific ships (1); Hansen ship-building, Bideford (1); Australian two-funnellers; BEECHBANK; Torquay in the \'30s (2); MSC tugs; Whitbury Sg Co. (2) Vintage Reds. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 12 6, Ref: 8185, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2001
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Furness North Pacific ships (2); Panmure; Lamport + Holt Vs; Channel vision; Hansen shipbuilding, Bideford (2); Guan Guan; MARGARET ROSE; Hull in the Hundreds. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 13 4, Ref: 8186, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2001
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Harrison four masters; MacLagan diesel; Soot and seawater, Ships in Mexican revolution; Edwardian supertanker, Gone east, NEM reheated engine, Plenty-Still oil engine, White engines and ships. 72 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 14 2, Ref: 8187, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2001
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Furness goalposters; PLM colliers (1); Spanish veterans; Tanker to ferry conversions (1); Wellington Star; Flags and funnels; Bank Line postwar (1); GLENOGLE. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 15 0, Ref: 8188, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2001
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: PLM (2); Herring and caviar to Canada; A country ship; Fred Olsen cruise ships; Tanker to ferry conversions (2); Otago photos; Bank Line (2); Aberdeen. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 16 9, Ref: 8189, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2002
One in an on-going series. This issue includes: Houlders post-war (1); British liners - Greek tramps (1); Bank engines; Cliffe Steamship; Tasmanian traders; Orkney owners; extra Spanish; Sunderland. 64 pages. A4 format. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 17 7, Ref: 8190, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2002
Houlders post-war (2); British liners - Greek tramps (2); Nile SS Co. BEN-MY-CHREE 1906; ORSVs (1); Irish ports and harbours (1); JOHN BOWES; Index 17-20. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from Ships In Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk or from many good maritime-oriented booksellers.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, OSBN: 1 901703 18 5, Ref: 8265, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, Sep. 2002
Ellerman's CITY OF OXFORD class; MENESTHEUS ORSVs (2); ships held hostage; 150 years of colliers; Irish ports and harbours (2); INVERAVON; Rotterdam photographs. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact Ships in Focus Publications at 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, United Kingdom .
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 19 3, Ref: 8300, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, Dec 2002
This issue contains: -- North Pacific Coast Line (Royal Mail). Bergen Line. Turner Brightman. ORSV's, pt. 3. Blairspey. Coasting with Everards. A new lease of life for Lyria. 64 pages. A4 soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 20 7, Ref: 8361, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2003
This issue includes: -- Bergen Line, pt. 2. William Livermore of Sydney. The Iron Ladies - ore carriers built for BISCO, pt. 1. Finns in the Fifties. North Pacific Line, pt. 2. Queensland-Brasilia Star. Four Sailing Barges. 64 pages. A4 soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by "Ships in Focus Publications.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 0 9017037 0 2, Ref: 8403, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2003
This issue includes: -- Shaw, Savill's post-war passenger cargo ships. Iron Ladies, pt. 2. continuing the saga of BISCo ore carriers. British cargo liners in old and new colours. Thomas Skinner's Castle Line. In a Liberty ship engine room and Garston Docks in Focus, includes 24 pages of colour. 64 pages. A4 soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Ships in Focus Publications.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 71 1, Ref: 8410, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2003
Subjects covered are "Canadian Pacific's Beavers, Part One"; "Derick Goubert, Captain and Owner"; Photographer in Focus" by Cliff Parsons" (the former custodian of the WSPL negative library); "Iron Ladies, Part 3"; "Misfortunes of War photos from Airships"; "Magdalena Trials and Tragedy"; and "Sunderland in Focus, Part 2". 64 pages. A4 format. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 72 X, Ref: 8443, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2003
This issue includes: -- Canadian Pacific's Beavers, pt. 2. Liberty Liners. More Finns in the Fifties. The Innis boats. Renfrew Retrospective. Wendy Ann. Transatlantic captain and his ships. More days more dollars and iron ladies follow up. 64 pages. A4 format. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 73 8, Ref: 8461, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, Mar 2004
This issue includes: -- Elder Dempster's Explorer class. London Scottish Lines Ltd. Leith. Spying on Spain. Wavecrest. The Paint Man cometh - Sandy Kinghorn. Pendennis Steamship Co. Ltd. Rough weather photographer. Oxford to Karachi - Ellerman turbine steamers. The Poseidon Six. Under fire at the Dardanelles. 64 pages. A4 format. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901 70374 6, Ref: 8474, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, Jul 2004
This issue includes: -- Fleet in Focus: Lamport and Holt "D" class. Fonteins to South Africa, Part 1, Migrants and butter - the Finland Line to Hull. Frideborg - a link with the tea clippers. Bosphorus ferries, in colour. The Cunard reefers. Ports and harbours of County Down. Spying on Spain. Index to issues 25/28. A4 format. 64 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901 70375 4, Ref: 8483, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, Dec 2004
This issue includes: -- The Furness Withy-Houlder Brothers link. Return to the Mersey - ALBATROS and APOLLON. Spying on Spain (3). Senior Swedes. Arch deck steamers, pt. 1, Last Square Riggers for British owners. SD14 survivors. Blue Stars Three C's. Fontein's to South Africa, pt. 2. 64 pages. A4 format. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901 70376 2, Ref: 8516, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2005
This issue includes: Furness Withy--Houlder link;Fowey tug pictorial; Rise and fall of Arosa Line; Blyth's last colliers; one day in Barry docks; Garston's dredging fleet; Iron is best;ferry DUNDEE; plus the usual regular features. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901 70377 3, Ref: 8517, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2005
This issue includes -- Furness Withy - Holder link. Fowey tug pictorial. Rise and fall of Arosa Line. Blyth's last colliers. One day in Barry Docks. Garston's dredging fleet. Iron is best - ferry Dundee. Plus the usual regular features. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 78 9, Ref: 8535, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, Nov 2005
This issue includes -- Bristol CIty Line, Pt.1. Loch Line Pt.2. Donkeyman's Tale What day was this? The Dresden WHite Fleet. Thor Dahl Pt.1. US Standards in colour, Pt.1. SD14 follow-up. Plus the usual regular features and Index Records 29/32. 72 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 1 901703 79 5, Ref: 8542, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2006
This issue includes -- Bristol City Line, Pt. 2, Photographer George Osbon, The white fleet of THor Dahl, Part 2, The contrasting fortunes of yard numbers 39 and 1287 -- WINDSOR CASTLE and VISTAFJORD, American standards: Part 2, Sailing tankers, Part 1, The SWIFTPOOL that never was, Renfrew revistited, and more. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 978 1 901703 80 1, Ref: 8552, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2006
This issue includes -- Fleet in Focus: Booker Line, Sailing tankers Part 2, Southdown Steamship Co. Ltd., Bowaters revisited, Bosun\'s Locker, Hain in a Hundred (Hains in 1900), Tramping into obscurity (Stem's Indian Summer on the Thames), Under the Star and Crescent (British-built ships owned in Pakistan). 64 pages. A4 format. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 978 1 901703 81 8, Ref: 8550, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2006
This issue includes -- Fleet in Focus: Palm Line, Photographer in Focus: David de Maus, J Wharton (Shipping) Ltd., British-built ships owned in Pakistan - Part 2 Bartels, Sailing Tankers Part 3, along with the usual features and new to this issue, Book reviews. 64 pages. A4 format. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 978 1 901703 82 5, Ref: 8574, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2007
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 36 with 16 pages full colour includes Final Years of Palm Line Tramping into Obscurity, Steam’s Indian Summer on the Thames Part 2 Photographer in Focus: David de Maus Part 2 Putting the Record straight Laurence Dunn A retrospective of a prolific talent Under the Star and Crescent: British-Built Ships owned in Pakistan Part 3 British Yard, Greek Tramp revisited Canada with Ice, Katerina. A’s Half Century J. Wharton (Shipping) Ltd., Part 2, Record Reviews Index to Records 33 to 36 s/b 64pp Top quality articles and photographs, no ads 64 pages solid with good reading and good clear pictures. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Authors: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 978 1 901703 86 3, Ref: 8582, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2007
64 pages, paper cover, A4 format
This issue includes — MSC edition British and Continental Steamship Co. Ltd. part 1, From Canada to Wales: the tale of an MSC tug, Up the Canal in colour, SD14, J. Wharton (Shipping) Ltd. part 3, Dredging in the Port of Manchester, Up the Canal in Black and White, Arnott Youn. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
Authors: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 978 1 901703 84 9, Ref: 8589, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2007
64 pages, paper cover, A4 format
This issue includes — British and Continental (Pt 2) Colin Turner Putting the record straight Book Reviews Beacon Hill - Sandy Kinghorn Black Star Line - Peter Newall Arnott Young (Pt 2)- Ian Buxton The Cement Armada - Malcolm Cranfield Palm Line tankers Bosun's Locker. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
Authors: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 978 1 901703 85 6, Ref: 8596, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2008
64 pages, paper cover, A4 format
This issue includes — Moss Hutchison, Wreck of the Holderness, Tom Rayner, Arnott Young Pt 2, Scottish Shire Line Pt 1, Overseas fruit ships in Hobart Pt 1, An old Glen, Clan Line follow up, Dr William Lind, Archivist, A Fort against the Rising Sun, Book reviews etc. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
Authors: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 978 1 901703 86 3, Ref: 8597, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2008
64 pages, paper cover, A4 format
This issue includes — Moss Hutchison (Pt 2), Former British tugs Scottish Shire Line Pt 2, Laid-up American ships Overseas fruit ships in Hobart Pt 2, photographer Moffat Scott index 37 to 40 THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
Authors: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton, ISBN: 978 1 901703 87 0, Ref: 8662, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2008
64 pages, paper cover, A4 format
This issue includes -- Prince Line, Part 2; Nigerian National, Part 2; Lindsay of Leith, Part 2; Liberty Ships on Charter to Britain, Part 1; along with regular features. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND CANNOT BE ORDERED THROUGH THE SOCIETY.
'The 'Blue Riband'. a mythical trophy for the fastest ship on the Atlantic, has fascinated the public for almost 200 years. These ships and their stories have endeared themselves in the public imagination in a way that no other form of transport has done, and this superbly written [by WSS member Arnold Kludas] and illustrated book captures the story in the most compelling manner. This is truly the story of excess and extremes. Large-size format (12 inches x 9½ inches landscape format). 160 pages. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: Vernon E.W. Finch, ISBN: 9 072543 01 7, Ref: 8446, Publisher: De Branding N.V., 1988
The Red Star Line, one of the oldest and best known shipping lines ever to send ships out to sail the oceans, was founded in 1872 and liquidated in 1935. All of the Red Star ships, bearing such famous names as the VADERLAND, WESTERNLAND, BELGENLAND, RHYNLAND, NEDERLAND and PENNLAND, sailed under the Belgian flag, although the Company was financed by Americans. The late Vernon E.W. Finch, a former WSS member, and once the youngest crew member on the Red Star ships, has written the whole story of this renowned shipping concern. His book is based on years of research, and contains many useful photographs of the Red Star ships, their interiors, their crews and the Red Star buildings. 151 pages. Hardback. 10½ inches x 7½ inches. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by De Branding N.V. of Antwerp, Belgium. Contact your favourite maritime bookseller for availability. Copies are available for sale at the Vancouver Maritime Museum's "Shop". Copies are also available from Stillman Books, 11611 Waresley Street, Maple Ridge, BC Canada V2X 9Z3, web: www.stillmanbooks.com
Author: Nick Tolerton, ISBN: 978 1 877427 25 1, Ref: 8603, Publisher: Willson Scott Publishing, July 2008
Fast amd graceful, reefer ships have always stood out from the other cargo ships plying the world's sea lanes. This magnificently illustrated book looks at the evolution of pure refreigerated ships and fruitships, and at the histories and fleets of the major owners involved in the reefer trades, including Lauritzen, Salen, Maritime Fruit Carriers, P&O, Blue Star, Geest, Seatrade, United Fruit and Fyffes. As well as being a valuable reference book for ships in service today, this book takes a nostalgic look at the classic reefers of the 1950s and 1960s, many of them regarded as among the most beautiful merchant ships ever built. The book includes more than 350 mostly previously unpublished black and white and colour photographs and plans and profile drawings. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. A4 size. 226 pages, hardcover w/just jacket. Available from Ships in Focus Publications shipsinfocus@btinternet.com
Retired on the River: The Houseboats of Shoreham - A Short History (Third edition)
Author: Philip Simons, Nick Hall, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8017, Publisher: WSS Small Craft Group, 2006
This booklet is in the form of a list of vessels at Shoreham in January 2006. Each entry has basic details, a photograph and a short description of the vessel. 96 pages. A4 format. 74 black & white photographs, with colour photograph on cover. THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY THE SMALL CRAFT GROUP (a division of the World Ship Society) AND MUST BE ORDERED DIRECT FROM THE SMALL CRAFT GROUP - AND NOT FROM THE WSS CENTRAL ORDERS DEPARTMENT, but is published by the British Armed Forces Small Craft Historical Research Group, as a sub group to the Naval Sub Group of the World Ship Society. Copies can be obtained by sending £12.00 (incl. postage) to Philip Simons, 25 Greenways, Highland Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2BS, United Kingdom.
REX and CONTE DI SAVOIA: Classic Ocean Liners (Volume II)
Author: Frank O. Braynard, ISBN: 1 879 180 01 10, Ref: 8191, Publisher: American Merchant Marine Museum Foundation, 1994
A publication of the American Merchant Marine Museum Foundation. The story of the Italian Speed Queen. 189 pages. 6 inches x 9 inches. softcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For availability, check with your local bookseller.
Author: Roy Martin, Lyle Craigie-Halkett, ISBN: ???, Ref: 8501, Publisher: Bitterne Local History Society, c.2003
A detailed history of the salvage company founded by Risdon Archibald BEAZLEY, CBE, in 1926 until it ceased operations in 1981. The company’s recovery vessels travelled the world and had an international reputation. By 1944 they were operating more than 60 salvage ships from their Bitterne Manor base, where they also built 22 Fairmile MTB's. Of the 21 Admiralty salvage ships that crossed the channel on D-Day, 11 were managed by Risdon Beazley. One of their most noteworthy achievements was the recovery of the SS Great Britain in 1969 in the Falklands. This was the first ship of more than 1,000 tons to be salvaged on a submersible pontoon and its return to Bristol is the world record for the longest tow with that type of load by a stern trawler. This important part of our marine history is covered in depth and makes essential reading for any marine enthusiast. \r\n\r\nA4 format / 44 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Bitterne Local History Society. http://www.bitterne.net and available from their Charity Shop at 231 Peartree Ave., or direct from the author at roy.martin@onetel.net
Author: David F. Hutchings, ISBN: 0 946184 55 0, Ref: 8157, Publisher: Kingfisher Publications, 1990
THe story of the RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH. 108 pages. 8½ inches x 10½ inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Kingfisher Publications, 65A The Avenue, Southampton SO1 2TA, UK. Contact your favourite bookseller for availability and prices.
Author: William H. Miller, Luis Miguel, ISBN: 972 8536 01 1, Ref: 8057, Publisher: Liner Books, Lisbon, 1999
One of a series of liner books by these two fine authors. 96 pages. 9½ inches x 6½ inches (landscape format). Many fine photographs, mostly in colour. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from maritime-oriented booksellers or from "Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere", 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096. check website: http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current/cfm for more details on ordering.
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAIALABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Kingfisher . Contact your favorite bookseller for possible availability and costs.')
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAIALABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Kingfisher. Contact your favorite bookseller for possible availability and costs.
Romance of Historic Names in Vancouver Harbour, Howe Sound and Jervis Inlet, The
Author: S.C. Heal, ISBN: 978 1895 590 34 0, Ref: 8557, Publisher: Cordillera Books, 2006, Contact: 102-8708 French Street, Vancouver, BC V6P 4W7, Canada, or richbook@shaw.ca
Few places in the world incorporate such a rich collection of historical geographic names concentrated from two of the great naval battles of the Napoleonic wars and the era of Admiral Horatio Nelson, RN. Captain George Vancouver, RN and naval surveyor Captian Geroge Henry Richards RN, were primarily responsible for assembling this veritable panteon in remembrance of the names of admirals, fighting captains, some lowly able seamen and the mighty ships themselves. If the reader knows the purpose behind these names and understands their origin and some of the stories that attach to them, it almost becomes like visiting a giant outdoor museum. Their story is told by a leading maritime historian and author, who also takes an interst in the science of toponymy - the study of place names. The origins of the place names detailed in this book are told with the aid of reproductions from paintings of the period, some modern photos and useful sketch maps showing the locations. 5½ inches x 8½ inches. Paper cover. 86 pages.
144 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILAABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies are available from "Ships in Focus" Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, United Kingdom, e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
112 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILAABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies are available from "Ships in Focus" Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, United Kingdom, e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Author: Bernard McCall, ISBN: 978 1 902953 39 7, Ref: 8717, Publisher: Bernard McCall
With its huge internal waterway system, Russia has come to rely on shipping as a vital part of its transport network. This book uses photographs to illustrate the development since 1948 of the vessels which can navigate on both inland waterways and open seas. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist system in 1991, the ships have been seen beyond Russia in increasing numbers. The book sets the development of the ships in a historical, geographical and economic context, thanks to its easy-to-read captions. The book is profusely illustrated by 153 colour photographs. Hardback, A4 portrait format, 80 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Bernard McCall, For purchase information contact bernard@coastalshipping.co.uk or refer to website www.coastalshipping.co.uk [09.2009]
Author: Clive Harvey, Roger Cartwright, ISBN: 978 0 752434 18 6, Ref: 8638, Publisher: Tempus Publishing, 2005
As much a history of the line's former owners, Norwegian America Line, as it is the story of the two ships whose lives have been so closely intertwined. The Saga Sisters is a unique tale, skilfully crafted by the authors, two acknowledged experts on cruise and ocean liner history. 250 mm x 225 mm paper cover. 96 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: Paul H. Silverstone, ISBN: ???, Ref: 8566, Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2001
This is the first volume in a new series on U.S. Navy warships featuring a complete compilation of data on American naval ships from the American Revolution and the Quasi-War with France through U.S. actions against the Barbary coast, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War. In a convenient tabular format, important details are listed for each ship, including the often overlooked, lesser-known, and smaller vessels. 101 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: Norman Eakins (compiler), ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8009, Publisher: Norman Eakins, 2002
This publication owes its origin to the "Lakers & Salties" series and has been spun off this year as a separate publication to benefit those readers whose interest in Salties may be greater than their interest in Lakers (or vice versa!). The listings show each ship's hull number; its Lloyd's Register of Ships number; its gross registered tonnage; overall length; extreme breadth; moulded depth and many more details. 60 pages. Coil bound, with colour cover under acetate page. 2 Colour photographs on cover. 8½ inches x 11 inches. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the compiler for details on costs and availability. Write to Norman Eakins, 13 Alfred Street, Point Edward, ON N7V 1S4, Canada. E-mail: neakins1@cogeco.ca
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author thend to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author thend to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author thend to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. <br>\r\nText in German language.<.br>\r\n24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. <br>\r\nText in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author thend to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany, or contact "Ships in Focus Publications" in the UK sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
Schiffahrt im Bild is a series of books in which the author, Gert Uwe Detlefsen, describes the development of modern shipping, focusing on one particular type of ship per volume. Each book shows 114 excellent monochrome photographs of 114 different vessels representing one particular type of ship. The author tends to chose photographs of ships which either have been/are being built or owned in Germany, or which have visited/are regularly visiting German ports. Text in German language. 24 cm x 22 cm, landscape format. 120 pages. Hard Cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, PO Box 450235, Hans-Bredow-Str.7, 28296 Bremen, Germany. Available from the author Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Ever since William Symington built the first steam boat on Dalswinton Loch in Dumfries, and sailed the CHARLOTTE DUNDAS along the Forth & Clyde Canal in 1803, Scotland has been at the forefront of steam-boat technology. The author brings together for the first time many unpublished images with an informative text and tells the story of the development of passenger services on Scotland's lochs and inland waterways. 165mm x 235mm. 160 pages. Soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Tempus Publishing Limited. Contact your favourite bookseller for cost and availability.
This book focuses on the development of the Swiss merchant marine over the last 130 years, and brings out several original documents and pictures. It presents the history of the Swiss fleet, and addresses a number of key topics such as the laws regulating Swiss flags on high seas, the economic issues that the Swiss merchant marine has been facing (including hiring practices, bussiness failure, and the dreadful years of World War II), and much more. Walter Zürcher, ein ehemaliger Offizier zur See, legt ein umfassendes Buch vor, das in Text und Bild die 130jährige Geschichte der schweizerischen Hochseeschifffahrt dokumentiert. Sämtliche Schiffe, die jemals unter Schweizer Flagge gefahren sind, sind abgebildet, und der ausführliche Text beleuchtet alle Aspekte dieses allgemein wenig bekannten Zweiges der Schweizer Wirtschaft. 206 pages, 21,5cm x 23cm. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Benteli Verlag, Bern/Switzerland
Author: John Lingwood, ISBN: 1 901703 64 9, Ref: 8482, Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications, 2004
With this much-admired type almost extinct, Ships in Focus brings you the definitive history of the SD14's. By the author of the 1976 publication -- SD14: The Great British Shipbuilding Success Story. A first hand account of conception and planning from a member of the design team. Illustrated mostly in colour. Career details of 228 ships; every SD14, the Prinasas, the SD15 and SD18's. Every ship illustrated, often at several stages of its career. A substantial A4 hardback. 256 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by "Ships in Focus Publications.
Seamen, Ships & Cargo: The Story of the Movement of Cargo and Passengers on the West Coast of North America
Author: Robin Sheret, ISBN: 0 921107 10 2, Ref: 8617, Publisher: Western Isles Books, 2001
This book covers a little recorded subject dealing with the movement of Cargo and Passengers of the West Coast of North America. Prepared in the author's usual style of hands-on explanations, coupled with generous use of many fine photos and diagrams the book contains a great deal of historical value for students of shipping subjects and marine enthusiasts generally. 295 photos., 90 illustrations. 8½ in x 11 in, 139 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.Available from Richamond Books, 102-8708 French Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6P 4W7, Canada. richbook@shaw.ca
Seaway Era Shipwrecks is the story of 100 maritime accidents, large and small, dating from the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway on April 25, 1959. 124 pages. 8½ in x 11 in. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
List of ocean-going freighters which transited the St. Lawrence Seaway from 1959 to 2002, spanning 44 years. The details in this book update the ones which appeared in his publications "Seaway Ocean Vessels" and "Seaway Ships" published betweeen 1983 and 2002. Each one of the years is represented by a photo of a vessel which entered the Seaway for the first time in her career for that particular year. All the vessels listed are general cargo ships, bulk carriers and tankers.<br>\r\n92 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches, Spiral-bound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8533, Publisher: author, 1993
The 1993 edition of this annual publication. Now in its 11th year. 50-one-sided pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Staple bound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca Out-of-Print.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8230, Publisher: author, 1994
The 1994 edition of this annual publication. Now in it 12th year. 49 pages. 8½ inches × 11 inches. Coil bound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca for availability and prices.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8231, Publisher: author, 1995
The 1995 edition of this annual publication. Now in it 13th year. 40 pages. 8½ inches × 11 inches. Coil bound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca for availability and prices.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8232, Publisher: author, 1996
The 1996 edition of this annual publication. Now in it 14th year. 47 pages. 8½ inches × 11 inches. Coil bound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca for availability and prices.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8233, Publisher: author, 1997
The 1997 edition of this annual publication. Now in it 15th year. 52 pages. 8½ inches × 11 inches. Coil bound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca for availability and prices.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8234, Publisher: author, 1998
The 1998 edition of this annual publication. Now in it 16th year. 47 pages. 8½ inches × 11 inches. Coil bound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca for availability and prices.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8235, Publisher: author, 1999
The 1999 edition of this annual publication. Now in it 17th year. 45 pages. 8½ inches × 11 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca for availability and prices.
Author: René Beachamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8236, Publisher: author, 2000
The 2000 edition of this annual publication. Now in it 18th year. 55 pages. 8½ inches × 11 inches. Coil bound. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author at oceanaute@videotron.ca for availability and prices.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8008, Publisher: Author, 2002
Now in its 19th year of publication, this publication contains all the information you would need to track the deep-sea ships that transisted the St-Lawrence River during 2001. Other sections deal with the Canadian Great Lakes Fleets, visiting passenger vessels and other transits. 46-page coil bound. Soft cover. 12 colour photographs, many pertinent lists. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For availability of copies, contact the editor, René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada. Tel/Fax: (514) 355-3891. E-mail: oceanaute@videotron.ca
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8291, Publisher: author, c.2003
THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For copies, contact the editor, René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada. Tel/Fax: (514) 355-3891. E-mail: oceanaute@videotron.ca Contact René for prices and cost of mailing and availability.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8445, Publisher: author, Jan 2004
21st year of publication. 44 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Coil bound, soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For copies, contact the editor, René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada. E-mail: oceanaute@videotron.ca Contact René for prices and cost of mailing and availability.
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8484, Publisher: author, Jan 2005
22nd year of publication. 51 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. coil bound, soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For copies, contact the editor, René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada. Tel/Fax: (514) 355-3891. E-mail: oceanaute@videotron.ca
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8539, Publisher: author, Jan 2006
23rd year of publication. 45 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. coil bound, soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For copies, contact the editor, René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada. Tel/Fax: (514) 355-3891. E-mail: oceanaute@videotron.ca
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8561, Publisher: author, Jan 2007
24th year of publication. 46 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For copies, contact the editor, René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada. Tel/Fax: (514) 355-3891. E-mail: oceanaute@videotron.ca
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8588, Publisher: author, Jan 2008
25th year of publication. 46 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For copies, contact the editor, René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada. Tel/Fax: (514) 355-3891. E-mail: oceanaute@videotron.ca
Author: René Beauchamp, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8675, Publisher, author, Jan 2009
26th year of publication. 44 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For copies, contact the editor, René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada. Tel/Fax: (514) 355-3891. E-mail: oceanaute@videotron.ca
Shaw Savill & Albion: The Post-War Fortunes of a Shipping Empire
Author: Richard P. de Kerbrech, ISBN: 0 85177 393 1, Ref: 8200, Publisher: , 1986, Status: Out of Print
This account by a former serving engineer, illustrated by over 100 photographs and 30 line drawings, charts the fortunes of one of the great post-war shipping empires before cutbacks reduced the fleet from 35 ships to just one -- the containership DUNEDIN -- in 1985. 178 pages. 7½ inches x 9½ inches. hard cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE. Out of Print
This 22-page booklet was produced for Port Weller Dry Docks and is dedicated to their employees. Photos showing their workforce on the job in the various departments of management, shipbuilding and repair is woven around a brief overview of the history of what is now Canada's only inland shipbuilding facility capable of constructing large vessels. A list of company employees and retirees is also included. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact author for possible availablity and prices. E-mail: sgillham7@yahoo.com Published by Riverbank Traders of St. Catharines, ON.
The book provides a photo and brief history of 39 different ships, all with Great Lakes connections. In addition, the various types of vessels then plying the inland seas are outlined under Canallers, Bulk Carriers, Self-unloaders, Tankers, Crane Ships, Cement Carriers, Package freighters, Passenger, Rail and Auto carriers, Barges and Seaway Salties. The book also contains a list of marine museums. 52 pages. Out of Print. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print. Published by Stonehouse Publications of St. Catharines, ON
Volume 2 of this series follows the same format as the original "Ships Along the Seaway" and provides an illustrated history of 46 different ships. 60 pages. Out of Print. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print. Published by Stonehouse Publications of St. Catharines, ON
This volume in the series provides photos and tells the story of 45 ships and has a 6 page series of updates, photos and additional changes involving ships in the three earlier volumes. Out of Print. Volume 3 in the series is named "The Best of Ships Along the Seaway". THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print. Published by Stonehouse Publications of St. Catharines, ON
Author: Skip Gillham, ISBN: 1 55068 926 6, Ref: 8448, Publisher: Looking Back Press, 2003 [Ref: x 8526]
This book by WSS member Skip Gillham, looks back at some of the mishaps and disasters involving ships that sailed the Great Lakes long ago. Many of these incidents happened during the fierce storms of autumn, others were the result of horrific fires, groundings, collisions or sinkings. 128 pages. 6½ inches x 9¼ inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Looking Back Press (An imprint of Vanwell Publishing Limited), 1 Northrup Crescent, PO Box 2131, St. Catharines, ON L2R 7S2 Canada. Web: www.lookingbackpress.com
This second in a series book by WSS member Skip Gillham, looks back at some of the mishaps and disasters involving ships that sailed the Great Lakes long ago. Many of these incidents happened during the fierce storms of autumn, others were the result of horrific fires, groundings, collisions or sinkings. 128 pages. 6½ inches x 9¼ inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Looking Back Press (An imprint of Vanwell Publishing Limited), 1 Northrup Crescent, PO Box 2131, St. Catharines, ON L2R 7S2 Canada. Web: www.lookingbackpress.com
The "Ships of Collingwood" was originally inspired by Don Hurst of Collingwood, Ontario and it was completed in 1992. Since then, many of the ships built by the famous shipyard at that beautiful Georgian Bay community have undergone changes. The revised version of the original text is designed to bring the fate of these ships up to date. 226 pages. 8 inches x 11 inches. Softback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact Glenaden Press, Box 443, Vineland, ON L0R 2C0 Canada for availability and prices.
This book takes an in depth look at the different ships built at the Kingston [Ontario] shipyard. In addition we will have a more casual glance at those built by the Canadian Dredge and Dock Company as well as others companies in the 20th century.
90 pages. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILAABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Glenaden Press, Box 443, Vineland, Ontario L0R 2C0, Canada.
The ships of the Misener fleet were among the leaders in Great Lakes transportation. 8 inches x 11 inches. 176 pages. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILAABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Glenaden Press, Box 443, Vineland, Ontario L0R 2C0, Canada.
The Ships of the Paterson Fleet is another in the Great Lakes Marine History series by Riverbank Traders. The book follows a format begun with "The Pulp and Paper Fleet" and has evolved through "The Ships of Collingwood", "The Ships of Port Weller" and "The Ships of Upper Lakes". The Paterson Fleet is a family company and is truly the story of hard work and the entrepreneurial spirit. 141 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
This 136-page publication traces the history of the Upper Lakes Shipping Company, one of the largest on the Great Lakes, from their origin as the Northland Steamship Company in 1931 to the time that the book was published in 1994. The history of the company and each of the almost 100 vessels is recounted in this well-illustrated book. Out of Print (but a revised and updated version is under consideration.) THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print. Published by Riverbank Traders of St. Catharines, ON.
Author: Bill Laxon, ISBN: ???, Ref: 8386, Publisher: ,
A history of the company and its ships from 1860 to 1972. Of later years it was part of the concern known as Glen & Shire Line trading from the U.K. and Europe to the Far East. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print
88 pages. A5 format. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Ships in Focus Publications, 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, United Kingdom. e-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
'Sub-titled "The West Coast Tug & Barge Industry: Offshore and Overseas Operations". This is the fourth in the "West Coast Maritime Series". After WWII the big companies became more venturesome with offshore tows to Hawaii and California, into the Arctic, the North Sea and Red Sea. The Salvage tows of disabled vessels from the North Pacific are detailed. This quickly expanded to tows of obsolete vessels to Japan and then major tows of barges loaded with drill rigs around the world. It was a business which grew with the growth of deep-sea oil exploration and then it came to a halt almost as quickly. Oil and operating economics and political considerations resulted in a massive change of direction. West Coast tugs are still taking deep-sea voyages, but it is no longer a business of massive expansion and what remains is now foreign controlled. 8½ inches x 11 inches. 200 pages. Soft cover. (Second Edition -- no first edition published) THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from: Cordillera Books, 102-8708 French Street, Vancouver, BC V6P 4W7 Canada Tel: (604) 261-1695 / Fax: (604) 266-4469 e-mail: richbook@shaw.ca
History of the fleet of Skipaútgerð ríkissins (Icelandic State Shipping) from 1930 - 1990. The book is written in Icelandic. All together 29 ships. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print.
Volume 2 -- An illustrated fleet list. Test is in Dutch, but because of the masses of photographs, it is easy to understand. Volume 1 is out-of-print. 318 pages. 205mm x 285 mm. Hard back. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from "Ships in Focus Publications", 18 Franklands, Longton, Preston PR4 5PD, UK. E-mail: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk
We know of no other book in popular form on the mechanics, design and historical record of marine steam engines, boilers and ancillary equipment. Technical descriptions are presented in easily understood form accompanied by many plans, many of them in exploded form. An ideal book for the reader with a need to understand steam, the model builder or the hobbyist for whom the subject holds a fascination. 8½ in x 11 in. 102 pages. Paper cover. Out of Print.
Second edition. Now available from Cordillera Books, 102-8708 French Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6P 4Z9, Canada richbook@shaw.ca ISBN: 0 921107 13 7 (2nd edition), 157 pages.
Author: Mick Lindsay, Nigel V. Robinson, ISBN: 978 1 902953 33 5, Ref: 8713, Publisher: Bernard McCall
This all-colour album looks at Solent shipping over the last 50 years. Cargo ships, ferries, coasters, tugs, and tankers are again featured but most attention in this volume is given to the sleek liners of companies such as Cunard, Chandris, Holland America and Union Castle. It is illustrated by over 100 colour photographs. Hardback, landscape format 241mm x 195mm, 80 pages. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Bernard McCall, For purchase information contact bernard@coastalshipping.co.uk or refer to website www.coastalshipping.co.uk [09.2009]
Listed in "YH" port registration number order, indexed, with related lists. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS ONLY LISTED HERE AS AN ITEM OF INTEREST TO OUR MEMBERS. Self-published. For more information on availability and other similar books on the same subject, write to 25 St. George's Court, Deneside, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2PY, United Kingdom.
Sonderband Stinnes Reedereien - histories of German shipping companies and all their vessels
Author: Gert Uwe Detlefsen, ISBN: 3 92847351 4, Ref: 8111, Publisher: Gert Uwe Detlefsen
Author Gert Uwe Detlefsen has an in-depth knowledge of the German shipping scene as he has started his working life as an apprentice with the well-known, Flensburg-based Reederei Ernst Jacob. The author’s knowledge and many personal contacts to people of the industry are a great benefit to the readers of his well-researched work. Detlefsen describes the people behind companies’ names as well as business strategies and, of course, the ships. These are listed chronologically at the end of each company history, complete with international call sign, all relevant technical data and ship’s history. The lists are easily understandable even for non-German readers. The books written and published by WSS member Gert Uwe Detlefsen are renowned for the splendid choice of (monochrome) photographs and the excellent paper and printing quality. Also, reproduction of documents, technical drawings etc. is excellent. A4 portrait format. 200 pages, ca. 350 photos, drawings or illustrations. Hard cover. [review by Oliver Sesemann] Sonderband Stinnes Reedereien is a Special volume dedicated to the Stinnes group of companies (currently not available): AG Hugo Stinnes für Seeschiffahrt und Überseehandel, Hamburg; “Artus” Danziger Reederei- und Handels- AG, Danzig; Kohlen-Import & Poseidon AG, Königsberg; Poseidon Schiffahrts GmbH, Hamburg; “Midgard” Deutsche Seeverkehrs AG, Nordenham; KG Monsun Schiffahrts GmbH &Co., Hamburg; and many more. 280 pages, € 70.— SEE ALSO -- Gert Uwe Detlefsden's series of books entitled "Deutsche Reedereien". THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. As of August 2002, considered out-of-print. Send enquiries to: Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Riihimäkistr. 38a, D-23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany. Or check with "Ships in Focus" Publications in the UK for possible availability and prices. Note -- ALL BOOKS LISTED AS “CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE“: THE AUTHOR WILL CONSIDER A NEW PRINT RUN FOR EVERY VOLUME WHICH IS REQUESTED BY AT LEAST 250 POTENTIAL BUYERS EACH. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, SEND A WRITTEN ORDER TO THE AUTHOR (letter, fax or e-mail).Fax: +49 4551 968769; E-Mail: GUDVerlag@t-online.de
Printed in association with Associated British Ports. This book is a revised edition of the very successful publication produced in 1988 to mark 150 years of Southampton. 64 pages. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. For availability, contact the publisher, Waterfront Publications, 7 Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7AU UK / Tel: 0258 459535 / Fax: 0258 459655
Southampton Shipping with Portsmouth, Poole and Weymouth
Author: R. Bruce Grice, David F. Hutchings, ISBN: 978 0 9543666 6 7, Ref: 8549, Publisher: Carmania Press, 2006
194 brilliant photographs (including 14 in colour) illustrating many aspects of the maritime scene over the past half century in England's South Coast ports of Southampton, Portsmouth, Poole and Weymouth. In addition, this book contains an informative text full of interesting details of the ships featured. The images are reproduced in duo-tone on acid-free archival paper for the reader's lasting enjoyment. 9½ in x 12 in. 211 pages. Hard cover, w/dust jacket. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
No details are available for this book. If anyone has details, please contact webmaster@worldshipsociety.orgTHIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: Neil McCart, ISBN: 1 901225 00 3, Ref: 8321, Publisher: Fan Publications, 1998
Twelve chapters of highly readable text in this first complete history of P&O's most famous passenger ship tell the story of CANBERRA from the laying of the first keel plates in 1957, to her withdrawal from service and her final voyage and arrival at the shipbreaker's yard in the autumn of 1997. There are over 120 illustrations, covering the CANBERRA's long career from the builder's yard to the breaker's yard, including a magnificent profile scale drawing, and a selection of colour photographs depicting CANBERRA at various stages of her long career. Also included is a fold-out section containing full deck plans of the ship. 205 mm x 245 mm. 144 pages, plus drawings. Hard cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAIALABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: William H. Miller, Luís Miguel Correia, ISBN: 972 96940 5 2, Ref: 8068, Publisher: Liner Books, Lisbon, 1997
One of a series of liner books by these two fine authors. 64 pages. 9½ inches x 6½ inches (landscape format). Many fine photographs, mostly in colour. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from maritime-oriented booksellers or from "Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere", 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096. check website: http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current/cfm for more details on ordering.
Author: William H. Miller, Luís Miguel Correia, ISBN: 972 8536 02 X, Ref: 8243, Publisher: Liner Books, Lisbon, 2002
Another in this series by two famous authors. 128 pages. 230 mm × 165 mm. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact your favourite bookseller for availability and prices.
Published by The Steamship Historical Society of America, Inc. to commemorate the 50th anniversay of the two great liners, it was first made available aboard the SSHSA's "Ship of the Year" voyage of the INDEPENDENCE on a six-day cruise around the islands of Hawaii. This cruise was to be one of the last for this famous liner, which was soon laid up. 116 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Price as at August 2002 -- US$22.95 plus postage and handling of US$3.50. check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers, and The Steamship Historical Society of America.
Author: William H. Miller, Luis Miguel Correia, ISBN: 972 96940 4 4, Ref: 8056, Publisher: Liner Books, Lisbon, 1997
One of a series of liner books by these two fine authors. 64 pages. 9½ inches x 6½ inches (landscape format). Many fine photographs, mostly in colour. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from maritime-oriented booksellers or from "Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere", 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096. check website: http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current/cfm for more details on ordering.
S.S. UNITED STATES: The Story of America's Greatest Ocean Liner
Author: William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 85059 765 X, Ref: 8355, Publisher: Patrick Stephens, 1986
Packed with delightful photographs and memorabilia. Here is an evocative and affectionate portrait of a remarkable ship and a now vanished era of luxury ocean travel. WSS member, Bill Miller, fascinated for many years by the "Big U", has been a liner enthusiast since his boyhood spent in Hoboken, New Jersey. He now has many, many liner books to his credit. 7" x 10\". 224 pages. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Patrick Stephens. Out of Print.
Between 1932 and 1953, a fleet of ordinary cargo ships were pressed into extraordinary service to relocate approximately one million forced laborers to the Soviet Gulag in Kolyma, located along the Arctic Circle in far northeastern Siberia.
The Kolyma Gulag, the most infamous in the Soviet Union, was accessible only by sea, and this fleet became the lifeblood of the entire operation. As one of the largest seaborne movements of people ever, this transport took a devastating toll on human lives. Bollinger presents the often-horrific stories of the Gulag fleet and its passengers, and reveals for the first time the unwitting role of the US government in the operation. 240 pages. Hard cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Praeger Publishers
The drums of the First World War had barely subsided when the Karliner family migrated from Germany to British Columbia, eventually settling in South Vancouver. From Robert "Bob" Karliner's earliest years, necessity bred a strong work ethic and developed in him qualities of initiative and leadership that were to be a guiding light for the rest of his working life. Captain Karliner became a virtual legend in his own time as one of the small, innovative and highly competetitive elite of consistently high producers in the fishing industry known as the Highliners". The golden era of these highliners of an earlier period when the seas teamed with fish have now passed as a result of many factors, including natural, economic and geo-political that all add up to a shrunken fisheries economy. Overfishing and changes in public taste and demand have been factors leading to a vastly reduced wild fish processing and canning industry. Today there are real worries about the possible desappearance of several species along with a fishery-based way of life along the coast. Many boats have been withdrawn from the industry and construction of new vessels has virtually ceased. Ways and means of carving up the industry to protect the livlihoods of those who are now numbered among the survivors includes wider adoption of a quota system. In turn this also ensures that the incentives that ccreated the highliners are unlikely to ever return. While Bob Karliner has been at teh centre of it all, it also records the prsesence and involovement of the rest of his family, a true B.C. fishing family in every sense. The Karliner story is a biography like none other that has come out of the fishing industry and is presented in this volume as a significant contiribution to the history of commercial fishing on the West and East coast of Canada. 8½ inches x 11 inches. 192 pages. Soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Cordillera Books, 102-8708 French Street, Vancouver, BC V6P 4W7, Canada. richbook@shaw.ca
An early look at the Staten Island Ferry. Many good black & white photographs.
Authored by WSS member Ted Scull -- being his first major book. 97 pages. 8½ inches × 11 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Quadrant Press, Inc.
Author: Bill Laxon, ISBN: ???, Ref: 8385, Publisher:
This book deals with shipping services on the Manukau Harbour on Auckland's West Coast, authored by long-time WSS member Bill Laxon. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print
The book is not intended to be a formal history of the Company but to give it credence in its own right it attempts through historical research and anecdotal recollection to present a broader and perhaps more personal picture of the Company and its involvement in the development of the Island over the last 175 years. 220mm x 285mm. 160 pages. Hard cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Ferry Publications, PO Box 33, Ramsey, Isle of Man, IM99 4LP.
Steam Packet 175: the official anniversary book: 1830-2005
Author: Miles Cowsill & John Hendy (compilers), ISBN: 1 871947 77 4, Ref: 8641, Publisher: Ferry Publications, 2005
This is the official anniversary book of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. 220mm x 285mm. 160 pages. Hard cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Ferry Publications, PO Box 33, Ramsey, Isle of Man, IM99 4LP.
Author: Martin J. Wells, ISBN: 978 1 895590 39 5, Ref: 8629, Publisher: Cordillera Books, 2008
Man's thirst for gold was the initial incentive as entrepreneurs tried everything from river boats to Bactrian camels, to steam road traction engines. To open up the gold rich Cariboo a variety of small settlements developed peopled by gold miners, ranchers, transport and construction workers. These became dependent on the wagon train, the steam boat and the stage coach for their mail and supplies and there was no such thing as daily delivery at the door. These pioneers endured enormous discomforts in their tough way of life. All of this naturally constricted settlement and Canada's last Western frontier was not tamed until the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern railway in 1912 and the gradually improved highway system came into being. 200 pages. illustrated, indexed. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Author: David L. Williams, ISBN: 0 7110 2857 5, Ref: 8244, Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, 2002
A pictorial study of the steam tugs of the United Kingdom. 80 pages. Some 80 beutifully reproduced colour photographs. 240 mm × 185 mm. Hardback. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Ian Allan. Available from all good booksellers.
Steamers at the Staiths: Steam Colliers of the North-East 1841-1945
Author: Dick Keys, Ken Smith, ISBN: 1 85795 160 3, Ref: 8153, Publisher: Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2000
Facing the hazards of gales, storms and wartime attacks the brave crews of the North-East steam collier ships kept the SOuth of England and Continental destinations supplied with coal. Packed with fascinating indicents, Steamers at the Staiths spotlights the exciting and sometimes rtagic stories of ships and men who delivered those vital black diamonds from the North-East coalfields. Dick Keys is a maritime historian and former seaman. Ken Smith is a sub-editor of the "The Journal", Newcastle. 48 pages. 9½ inches x 8 inches. Soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Orders should be sent to Tyne Bridge Publishing, Newcastle Libraries & Information Service, City Library, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1DX, UK.
Steamers Down the Firth: A Short history of the trade from Auckland to Clevedon and Outports, and in particular of the Cleveden Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
Author: Bill Laxon, ISBN: n/a, Ref: 8384, Publisher:
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print
Included in this book are scenes from a bygone age when the paddle steamer was King on the Clyde. THe advent of the motor car removed the need for many of the steamers and all that survives now are the essential ferry services. The name of the NB Stem Packet lives on, however, in the WAVERLEY. She is the last vestige of the Clyde's most colourful period and still runs pleasure cruises, using many piers that would otherwise lie unused and forgotten. 128 pages. 6½ inches x 9 inches. Softcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from any good maritime-oriented bookseller.
Alistair Deayton takes us on another tour of Clyde pleasure steamers, looking at the ships of Williamson Buchanan and Turbine Steamers Ltd., two of the major independent players on the Clyde. The Williamson-Buchanan steamers served the routes 'doon the watter' from the centre of Glasgow to the Clyde Coast resorts, whilst the ships of Turbine Steamers covered long-distance day excursions to Inveraray and Campbeltown. The book also includes the steamers of the Lochoil Company and the two magnificent paddle steamers called LORD OF THE ISLES. From Arran to Rothesay and all ports in between, we're taken on a nostalgic trip back to the days when steam was King on the Clyde and when you could travel from Arran to Glasgow in less than two hours. A special chapter is given to the development of the White Funnel tirbines, which saw the world\'s first steam-turbine-powered passenger ship, KING EDWARD, sail on the Clyde. The author, one of the foremost experts on Scottish coastal shipping, here shares part of his extensive collection of images of Scottish ferries and paddle steamers. 165mm x 235mm. 160 pages. Soft cover. THIS BOOK IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Tempus Publishing Limited. Contact your favourite bookseller for cost and availability.
At the turn of the century, countless steam ships and steam boats were to be seen around the coasts of Europe and working on the inland rivers and lakes. Though that is no longer the case, a surprising number of passenger vessels are still in steam, while many others, now converted to diesel, remain in operation. WSS member Alister Deayton describes all the one hundred or so operting steam ships, some two hundred conversions, and a number of statically preserved vessels. He lists them ship by ship and country by country, and in doing so describes the vessels, their passenger profiles, routes and areas of operation. Steam Ships of Europe is the first comprehensive survey of all these vessels and an indispensable guide for the ship lover and traveller alike. 192 pages. 8 inches x 11 inches. Hardcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Conway Maritime Press. Contact the author at alistair@deayton.freeserve.co.uk
Author: W.J. Harvey, ISBN: 91 85786 41 1, Ref: 8062, Publisher: Stena AB, Oct 1990, (not a WSS publication, although distributed through the Society at one time - see another listing under WSS Books for a "new" Stena listing)
The book, which is hardback 10 x 8 format, contains over 150 pages and is well illustrated throughout in both black and white and colour. It is divided into two sections, the first details the development of the Group from its origins in 1939 as a trading company, through its first shipowning experience in 1946 to the integrated shipping and trading group of today. The second part of the book deals with nearly 300 ship identities (allowing for re-namings) in the usual Society format. Although it should be stressed that this is not a World Ship Society publication, a considerable amount of the book was completed and researched by Society member Bill Harvey in conjunction with the Company.
For over 100 years the major shipping company domiciled in Singapore was the Straits Steamship Company Ltd. It was a truly regional shipping company with subsidiaries based in Penang and Malacca, in Peninsula Malaysia, in Sabah and in Sarawak. This new and completely re-written account of the Straits Steamship Fleets not only incorporates the details, and covers the subsequent 30 years, but also marks the departure from shipowning of Straits' parent, the Keppel Group, and the pending 130th anniversary of the now independent The Sarawal Steamship Company in 2005. Hard cover. 260mm x 190mm. 186 pages. Many historic photos. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by The Sarawak Steamship Company Berhad, 52 Main Bazzar, PO Box 131, 93700 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Sunlight and Steel: The Story of the ss INDEPENDENCE and the ss CONSTITUTION
Author: Steward Gordon, William H. Miller, ISBN: 0 9667165 0 7, Ref: 8035, Publisher: Prow Press, 1998
Enjoy the classic American ocean liners, the ss CONSTITUTION and the ss INDEPENDENCE through the human stories of those who built them, sailed on them, and worked on them. More than 175 photographs include 25 of Grace Kelly en route to become Princess of Monaco and dozens of other celebrities. From conception through construction, from Atlantic to service in Hawaii, you will learn the inside story of these great ships. 138 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY . Copies can be purchased direct from the author at “Bill Miller Cruises Everywhere”, 39 Green Valley Court, PO Box 1463, Secaucus, NJ 07096, U.S.A. Check out website at http://www.billmilleratsea.com/current.cfm for more details on availability and costs. Also available from most maritime-oriented booksellers.
This book comprises a brief history of the shipyard, complimented by over 100 full page black and white photographs accompanied by extended
The first order for a warship at 'Swans' was placed in 1907. There then followed a steady stream of orders, peaking during the course of the two World Wars and culminating with the orders in 2000 for two Auxiliary Landing Ships (Logistic) and the subsequent debacle. During this intervening period, the actual organisation behind the shipbuilding effort changed on a number of occasions, albeit the name of 'Swans' remained to the fore. Following on from Swan Hunter's final withdrawal from shipbuilding in 2006, this book is a nostalgic look at a proud heritage of shipbuilding on the Tyne.
Author: Ian Rae, Ken Smith, ISBN: 1 857954 06 9, Ref: 8144, Publisher: Published by and available from City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Education & Libraries Directorate, Newcastle Libraries & Information Service, Tyne Bridge Publishing, City Library, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1DX, UK., 2004
In 1993 the world famous Tyne shipbuilder Swan Hunter was plunged into receivership when it failed to win a vital order. Mass redundancies among its proud workforce followed and it seemed shipbuilding on the Tyne had finally ended. However, the company's Wallsend Yard was rescued at the eleventh hour and today a new Swan's has arisen from the ashes of the old. Swan Hunter: The Pride and the Tears tells a compelling story of men, ships, achievements and heartache. Ian Rae, maritime historian, worked for 31 years in the design engineering department of Swan Hunter. WSSS member Ken Smith is a sub-editor on "The Journal", Newcastle. 60 pages. 9½ inches x 8 inches. soft cover. THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
Swans of the Tyne, a pictorial tribute to the achievements of Tyne shipbuilders Swan Hunter
Author: Ken Smith, Ian Rae, ISBN: 1 85795 021 6, Ref: 8059, Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne Libraries & Arts, 1994
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be obtained by writing to the Newcastle upon Tyne Libraries & Arts, Princess Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE9 1DX, UK.
