Maritime

During the 1970s and 1980s the Port of London, and shipping on the River Thames was in a state of transition. New methods of cargo handling, in particular the introduction of containers and Roll-on, Roll-off vehicle ferries called for new investment and a rethink on the way dock traffic was traditionally managed. As a result, The Port of London Authority decided to run down and close the various London docks and concentrate all new investment downriver at their Tilbury docks.

Author: Malcolm Batten and Reg Batten

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 228pp. 23cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781399018401

Weight. 1.220kg

Original Price: £30.00

Stories of Survival, Tragedy, Innovation and Courage.

Author: Simon Wills

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 240pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781526792211

Weight: 794g

Original Price: £25.00

This book takes a close look at Stena Line’s Irish Sea shipping operations it inherited and to celebrate their achievements some 30 years on.

Author: John Bryant.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 168pp. 25cm by 22cm.

ISBN: 9781911268420

Weight: 886g

Original Price: £21.50

The book includes a brief account of the history of this famous Swedish company. This publication brings together the many interesting ferries that they operated in the Baltic, North Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea.

Author: Miles Cowsill & Marc-Antoine Bombail.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 96pp. 25cm by 22cm.

ISBN: 9781911268444

Weight: 662g

Original Price: £16.95

This publication looks at the development and introduction of the Superfast ships operating in the Adriatic and Aegean seas.

Author: Bruce Peter.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 144pp. 22cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781911268277

Weight:

Original Price: £18.95

This illustrated fleet book encompasses the entire Townsend Thoresen fleet from The Forde to the Pride of Dover.

Author: Miles Cowsill & Marc-Antoine Bombail.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 96pp. 25cm by 22cm.

ISBN: 9781911268093

Weight: 671g

Original Price: £

This classic Images of War book traces the key role played by destroyers of the United States Navy since the first order for 16 in 1898. Prior to the USA’s entry into the First World War a further 63 destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorised by Congress once hostilities were joined.

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 208pp. 19cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526758545

Weight.0.678kg

Original Price: £16.99

1945 to the Present

In September 1945, with the surrender of Japan, some ninety-eight battleships or ex-battleships might be spotted around the world, and eleven of them were in or around Tokyo Bay for the surrender itself. What happened to all those ships?

Author: Chris Baker.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 146pp. 18x25x3.2cm.

ISBN: 9781399070089

Weight: 1.25kg.

Original Price: £30.00

Titanic – the most magnificent ocean liner of her time – was doomed and destined for disaster before she ever left the docks at Southampton. Doomed by her owner, doomed by her designers, doomed by the men who sailed her -- doomed even by her sister ship.

Author: Bryan Jackson.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 160pp. 16x24x1.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399097161

Weight: 450g.

Original Price: £20.00