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The Herald of Free Enterprise car ferry set sail on a routine voyage to Dover in March 1987,

While the story of Endeavour is widely known, Captain Cook sailed with eight ships, which began

The Arabian dhow, with its characteristic features, is one of the most evocative images of the

Explore the history of ocean liners through the objects that bring them to life. Liners represented

On 29 October 1914 the hospital ship Rohilla left Queensferry with 234 people on board bound for

'It would make the stones cry to hear those on board shrieking' - Daniel Buckley, third-class

Narrow Boats: Ownership, Care and Maintenance is a practical manual for readers who are new to

When Titanic began sending out distress calls, one of the first to reply was the Cunard liner

During the early twentieth century, professional gamblers were such a scourge in the smoking rooms

Down in the fiery belly of the luxury liners of the Titanic era, a world away from the first-class

This book recounts Christiaan De Beukelaer's personal odyssey aboard a sail cargo vessel and offers

The River Thames above London underwent a dramatic transformation during the Victorian period, from

The Birmingham Canal Navigations comprise the greatest concentration of waterways in Britain. Over

When Alexander Noble established his boatyard in 1898, he probably didn't realise he was also

The Titanic is one of the most famous maritime disasters of all time, but did the Titanic really

When she set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York on 10 April 1912, RMS Titanic,

Build Your Own Canoe is a comprehensive, clearly structured and uncomplicated manual that guides

GÜNTER BÄBLER was co-founder of the Swiss Titanic Society and its president since 1998, and has

For centuries, living afloat on Britain's waterways has been a rich part of the fabric of our

From modest beginnings, Britain rose throughout the nineteenth century to become the greatest

Birmingham is famously reputed to have more miles of canals than Venice. These canals contributed

In 1873 a company was formed to construct the first railway across Canada. It soon branched out

Simple Boat Maintenance concentrates on the 67 most common boat maintenance jobs. Each is rated for

When owning a narrow boat, or any engine-powered vessel, it is vital to ensure that the engine is

The Trent and Mersey Canal first came into use in 1777. A vital transport link for the industries

Captain Stanley Lord and his vessel, the Californian, were accused of ignoring the

Since her maiden voyage in 1969 the QE2 has delighted the thousands of guests who have been lucky

Launched as the pride of British shipbuilding and the largest vessel in the world, Olympic was more

When a young English nobleman was thwarted in love he abandoned the court, retired to his estate

On 15 April 2012, 100 years will have passed since the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic hit an iceberg

Technical Report from the year 2014 in the subject Engineering - Naval Engineering, Ocean

Restoring a fibreglass yacht is not something for the faint-hearted, even if you don't intend to do

Pia Mäkinen: Tietokirjailija Pia Mäkinen on toiminut useita vuosikymmeniä Otavan, Aamulehti

This amusing insight into Cunard's legendary liners begins more than fifty years ago when Paul

Metals have been used in boats for thousands of years, as components of the vessel's construction,

The safe exchange of wounded or gravely ill prisoners of war, 'protected personnel' – medical staff

All aboard with this special two-book collection on the great railways from Canada’s past.

'James Seay Dean is the noted authority on these voyages … he provides a sympathetic treatment of

From the moment the iceberg was spotted to the moment Titanic's fate was realised, it was a race

Canals reached their zenith in the eighteenth century during the Industrial Revolution, before the

This fascinating volume takes a look at some of the strange and unexplained hauntings reported

Within hours of the sinking of RMS Lusitania by a German submarine off the Cork coast in May 1915,

Christopher Hilton was a writer and journalist. Among his published works were The Wall: The

The Senior Service has, for a hundred years, had submarines. Originally thought to be Un-English,

Psychopath II on alle kuusimetrinen moottorivene ja aivan liian pieni matkaan maailman ympäri.

Over four years, four ships were lost under different circumstances and 4,000 lives with them — but

The ship that will not obey the helm must obey the rocks. Trevose Head, the land mass jutting out

'The inventions, the innovations, the stories, the surprises. A combination of history, reference

Senan Molony caused a worldwide media flurry in 2017 by publicly revealing an uncontrolled coal