Ships Monthly – August 2018

SHIPSINFOCUSPUBLICATIONSincorporatingMAINMASTBOOKS
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ANILLUSTRATEDHISTORY

OFTHEPORTOFHULL

ANDIT’SRAILWAYSMike

GFellOBEdescribesPortof

Hullform1 778 topresentday,

wellillustratedphotos,plans

etc.s/bA4£22.95

SCOTLAND’SFISHING

BOATS–OLDANDNEW

JamesAPottingerPhotos

eachwithdetailsofnames/

4DB@%E%?'6HFDD+6):3,--

SHIPWRECKSOFTHE

CUNARDLINESam

WarwickandMikeRoussel

wellillustrateddetailsall

losseswithsomeunderwater

photoss/b168pp£20.00

QE2A50THANNIVER-

SARYCELEBRATION

FrameandCrosstomark

thelaunchofQE2backin

1967 h/b£25. 00

SIGNIFICANTSHIPSOF

2017 describes 35 shipswith

photosandplansS/B80pp

£51.00

HITLER’S

FORGOTTEN

FLOTILLASLawrence

PatersonstudyofGerman

securityforcesinWW2h/b

352pp£25.00

COASTERSONCANALS

BernardMcCallusual

formnatpictureswith

captionsh/b96pp£16.0 0

LOOKINGBACKATCONTAINERSHIPS

AndrewWiltshire

containershipsthrough

theyearsfromsmallto

large96pph/b£16.0 0

OCEANLINERSAn

IllustratedHistoryPeter

Newall,evolutionoftheliner

frompaddlesteamerthroughto

passengershipsofthelate 20 th

centuryh/b192pp£30. 00

QUEENVICTORIA–

APHOTOGRAPHIC

JOURNEYFrameand

Cross,remastered

DB#($9D@%EABH8*:.FH4A

s/b 12 0pp£19. 99

U-BOATSOFTHESECOND

WORLDWAR–THEIR

LONGESTVOYAGES,Jak

PMallmannShowellwell

illustrated,indexetc 24 0pps/b

£18.99

OCEANLINERSUNSET

TheodoreWSculldetails 13

voyagesmadebytheauthor

withexceptionalphotoss/b

128 pp£16. 00

TOSAILNO

MOREINCOLOURPart

OneIanBuxton(backinstock)

photoswarshipsbeingscrapped

156 pph/b£ 25 .00

THEFOTOFLITEFILES

Volume1:RNWarships

SteveBush(backinstock)

photoswithdescriptive

captions 14 4pps/b£17.99

THETISSUBMARINE

DISASTERDavidPaulrecords

oneoftheNavy’sdarkestdays

when 99 mendieds/b 224 pp

£16.99

CHASINGCONRADATaleof

theSeaandaglimpseintothe

AbyssSimonJHallseafaring

inthemid-1970s 200 pps/b

£16.99

UNDERAYELLOWSKY–A

TaleoftheSeaandComing

ofAgeSimonJHalllife

aboardmerchantnavyships

intheearly 19 70’ss/b 17 6pp

£16.99

LASTVOYAGE

TOWEWAKSimonJHall,ATale

oftheSea:WestAfricatotheSouth

(+%!0%,1!#$+')$+!/'"$1+)'-&+*'$*.#

the20thcenturys/b 19 6pp£16.99

FROMGALLEY

BOYTOTUGMASTER,

CaptainCharlesNobleMBE

CompiledbyTheUnitedTowingand

SalvageSocietyillustrateds/b 96 pp

£13.50

INNOVATIONANDSPECIAL-

ISATIONTHESTORYOF

SHIPBUILDINGINFINLAND

KalleIdandBrucePeterdevelopment

ofFinland’sshipbuildingindustrywith

emphasisonsophisticatedvessels,

wellillustratedmainlyincolour–a

crackingbookh/b328pp£45.00

KNUDEHANSEN,SHIP

DESIGNSINCE1 937 Bruce

Peternavalarchitectsbestknownfor

moderncarferriesandcruiseships,

wellillustratedmainlyincolour–

anothercracker2 56 pph/b£22.5 0

THELONDON,TILBURY

ANDSOUTHENDRAILWAY

AHistoryoftheCompanyandLine,

Volume 6 THEGRAVESEND

FERRYPeterKaytheferry

serviceandtheferries,well

illustratedA4s/b80pp£ 11 .95

THEABERDEENLINEGeorgeThomson

Jnr’sIncomparable

ShippingEnterprisePeter

HKing,lightlyillustrated

companyhistorywithbrief

2HHA;@DAB+ 68 1/!!)81,**

SHIPSINFOCUS‘RECORD2017’isnowavailable:anenlarged,124-

page,annualhardbackwithexactlythesamemixtureofaccurate,well-

researchedfeaturesandphotographsasour 64 four-monthlyeditions.It

featuresownersoldandnot-so-old:British,BelgianandAnglo-Swedish;

includingUnion-Castle,CockerillandBurmahOil.Coverageofshipbuilding

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WestScenes’roundsoffourpictorialcoverageofthediversemaritime

activitiesatFalmouth,andthereisthestoryofanepicSecondWorldWar

convoybattle.Itcoversarangeofvessels,fromcargoliners,tramps,

trawlersandtankerstocoastersandothersmallvessels.Morepages

meanlonger,completearticles.Hardback, 128 pages£17.50

EVERARDOFGREENHITHE 2 ndEditionK.S.

Garrettthissecondedition

takesthestorythroughto

itsconclusionwiththesale

ofthecompanyin2006.All

shipsboughtsince 1991

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list,alongwithmanagedand

time-charteredvessels.Many

photographsfromthe 1 st

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