Ship Building from Naval Marine Archive

New Bedford Public Library, Mass., 1964. 159 p. ill. b/w lines of the ships and photographs. very good decorated boards, slight sunning of spine. Covers the construction of New Bedford whalers, these barquentine ships famous late 1800's stood the rigors long sea passages. The details of the hull design and all the masts, rigging, sails are explained.

Cokercraft Press, Charleston, SC, 1987, first edition, : xxii, 314 p. : ill.b/w, col., liners with maps and currents differing front and back, includes index. very good -small address sticker previous owner title page/ very good minus small repair tear on front dj. History of the station ships of the Royal Navy in Charles Town, then the ships built between… Ler mais sobre este item

Marine Pub, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. : 1978 : vii, 120 p. ill. b/w, col. including a painting of Otto Fischer. Shipyards of the Great Lakes contributing to war effort by building ships for ocean service. Very good minus, some creasing of back cover and minor wear on spine. An important record of the Great Lakes ship builders.

Quarry Press, Kingston, ON, 1995, softcover, 439 p. : illus b/w; 200+ photos, 15 tables, 10 graphs ; 22 x 26 cm, includes index. Appendices include lists: names of shipbuilders, names of ships, and ship details. A wealth of information about this time of building, materials, and design of these wooden ships. Very good minus, slight foxing.

Longmans, Green and Co. London, 1918, Vol. 1. 3rd ed. 3rd imp. 637 p. updated from the original 1904 ed. Very good minus with minor soiling on edges. The stresses and the design, rules of the classification societies, new ship designs, ballast and plating are among the comprehensive topics covered. This first volume is text only (another… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge University Press, London, 1948, : xiii, 218 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. b/w, diagrams. Includes index. A technical history focusing, after a brief introduction on "early days", on English shipbuilding from Tudor times to the end of the nineteenth century. Good, fading on spine and edges.

Riverbank Traders, St. Catherines, ON, 1992, 192 p. ill. b/w photographs, very good tpb. Ships built at the yard for over one hundred years, many are pictured and documented, these included merchant and naval vessels - corvettes and minesweepers for Canada, Britain and the US, at the Collingwood Shipyards.

Advocate Print. & Pub., Pictou NS, 2004, first ed., inscribed by author, previous owner label, 180 p. : ill.b/w photographs, facs. ; 28 cm., index of names in text. The history is from the articles originally in Pictou Advocate, Foundation Maritime employee newsletter 'The Fo'c'sle,' and is accompanied by photographs taken between 1941 and 1945. There were 24 Park… Ler mais sobre este item