Maritime - General

This is a genuinely new and significant reference book and is destined to become a major new aid for Royal Navy warship and auxiliary identification.

Author: Steve Bush & Ben Warlow

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing.

Hardback. 438pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526793782

Weight: 888

Original Price: £25.00

From the time of the Restoration of Charles II, when he returned to England from Breda and was presented with the yacht Mary by the burgomaster of Amsterdam, Royal yachts began to be defined as such in England and built with that special purpose in mind.

Author: Brian Lavery

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 208pp. 29.7cm by 25.2cm.

ISBN: 9781399092913

Weight: 1.238kg

Original Price: £50.00

An illustrated history of this Cornish lifeboat station and its vessels.

Author: Nicholas Leach.

Publisher: History Press.

Paperback. 208pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9780752499451

Original Price: £16.99

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 sister publication to the Train Ferries of Europe, covers the extensive American and Canadian Services which date back to 1853.

Author: Steve Barron.

Publisher: Ferry Publications.

Hardback. 192pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781911268413

Weight: 1087g

Original Price: £25.00

Detailed chronology of William Bligh, Fletcher Christain & their explosive relationship.

Author: Glynn Christian.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 216pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781399014182

Weight:558

Original Price: £19.99

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