A biography and detailed description of the wooden merchant sailing ship, Jhelum , built in Liverpool in 1849, active in the South American trade, abandoned as a distressed hulk in the Falkland Islands in 1870, and partially stabilized and documented by Stammers, Kearon, and the rest of a team from the Merseyside Maritime Museum. Well illustrated in black and white. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Jhelum: A Victorian Merchant Ship

History

STAMMERS, Michael

Kearon, John

World

Sutton Pub Ltd

This absorbing book brings together all aspects of daily life - celebrations and disasters, work and leisure, people and places. The pictures provide an insight into the way things were and how they have changed.

Liverpool the Port and Its Ships

Europe

Looking at ships over the past two millennia, this book considers the question of 'what happens to a ship when it's no longer needed for its original purpose?' From Roman galleys to ship-wrecking, the whole history of shipping is considered in answering the question.

The End of Voyages: The Afterlife of a Ship (Revealing History (Paperback))

Business & Money

Industries

Tempus

The United Kingdom as a set of offshore islands has always depended on the sea for transport, Ninety-five percent of all our trade by volume, whether imports or exports, is carried across the sea by ships. Today, such sea trade is mainly concentrated in large or specialised ports and the smaller ports have tended to decline hosting no more than inshore fishing and pleasure craft. It was not always like this: before the advent of steamers many small places were integral to trade in and out of the British Isles. Though no longer in use, these small docks and harbours have left remains that archaeologists can utilise, with the help of records and maps, to reconstruct this rich maritime heritage. This book is a history of port development in the United Kingdom, with examples of the main structures drawn from ports all around the coast. It includes detailed analysis of ports and harbours that date from the Bronze Age in Humberside to the major super-ports, such as Milford Haven, that are ever-developing for the mordern age.

The Industrial Archaeology of Docks & Harbours

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Tempus Publishing Ltd.

No one knows when the first sail was raised to propel a boat on the River Mersey, but much speculation abounds. Theoretically, sailing ships could have used this stretch of water in as far back as pre-Roman times, but the oldest proven vessel was that of the Middle Ages. In this volume, Michael Stammers tells the history of the many Liverpool sailing ships from 1565, the year of the first list of Liverpool Shops - there were twelve, ranging from the bark Eagle, of 40 tons to the boat Good Luck of 6 tons - through the age of slavery and into the 1930s.Even after the advent of stream propulsion, sail still ruled in many parts of the world and Liverpool was no exception. Four-masted barques such as Olivebank and Celtic Glen were a common view in the dock system and were a stunning sight to behold.

Liverpool Sailing Ships

Military

West coast shipping (History in camera)

Shire Publications

Mersey flats and flatmen

Terence Dalton

Victorian North Norfolk Sailing Ships

Milepost Research

Concise but comprehensive, this history of figureheads and ship carvings covers the period from ancient Egypt to the present, with emphasis on the great period of decoration between the late sixteenth century and the end of the age of sail. The decoration of a ship was often done to signify its importance or demonstrate pride of ownership, but was also added to appease sea gods and scare off enemies, as exemplified by the eyes on Chinese Junks and the ferocious dragons on Viking ships, while the lion figurehead symbolized naval power. Michael Stammers explains that the powerful typographic logos seen on the sides of container ships today attest to a company's struggle for commercial domination. In the book he describes the ship carvers as well as collections of figureheads that can be seen in museums around the world. With its numerous illustrations, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in ships and their decorations.

Figureheads & Ship Carving

Naval_Institute_Press

Figureheads And Ship Carving

Chatham Publishing

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