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Author:   Ian Tew
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Sheridan House
Dimensions:   Width: 20.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9781574092561

ISBN 10:   1574092561
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 November 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements Prologue Part I - Salvage Apprenticeships 1. Singapore 2. Friedrich Engels 3. Nienburg 4. Damar Part II - Salvaliant 5. Oilfield work and a rough passage 6. Sophie B: One that got away 7. Barge Salvage report, Iran 8. Volosko: A difficult tow 9. A day off the coast of India 10. Majmaa II and Pacificoeverett: A leper colony in the Laccadives 11. Universal King: First ship in the new port of Mogadishu 12. Mahavel: Failing on Europa Island 13. Ville de Mahebourg: A first in the Southern Ocean 14. Citta di Savona: Collision in Singapore Harbour 15. Barge Pastee: Looting and riots in Colombo Part III - Salvanguard 16. Mare: 'Please I follow you to Aden' 17. Global Mariner: 10,000 tons of grain for the starving 18. Safina-e-Najam: Dangerous reefs in the South China Sea 19. Jane Stove: A sleepless night Part IV - Salviscount 20. Actuality: Storm in the Bristol Channel 21. Intermac 600: Adrift off the Lizard 22. Last independent command Part V - Salvage Master 23. San Juan: Salvage in Egypt 24. Gay Fidelity: Ablaze and sinking in the Red Sea 25. Blue Express: Patched up in Trincomalee 26. Wind Enterprise: Aground in the Persian Gulf 27. Al Ahood: War zone

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Here is an inside look into the world of salvage; the heroic work and sterling seamanship that makes this such an adventurous career. It is a well-written look into that shaded world of No Cure, No Pay! This adventure on the high seas is all true, and will take you where, hopefully, you won't meet the author Latitudes & Attitudes

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Ian Tew was born into a seafaring family in 1943. He learnt to sail by the age of seven, and went on to become chief officer with the Indo-China Steam Navugation Companty and Bank Line before joining Selco Salvage in 1974. After many years in salvage he went ashore in 1991 to run a small business, and then in 1997-2001 hew sailed around the world in the yacht Independent Freedom. Ian's account of his round-the-world voyage was published as Sailing in Grandfather's Wake.

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