Ships & shipping: general interest books

After averaging the completion of less than two submarines a year in the 1930s, the Portsmouth Navy Yard completed...  Read More >>

The first book to deal in detail with the development and uses of royal yachts.  Read More >>

The official Mystic Seaport Museum yacht log With Yacht Log, you can preserve your sailing memories, recall the...  Read More >>

One the most comprehensive references available on the entire development of US Aircraft Carriers, starting in 1920,...  Read More >>

A captivating story about the rivers of Burma, featuring some of the largest paddle steamers in the world. It reveals...  Read More >>

A handy pocket-sized on-board reference to the maritime flags of the world and their usage, covering the different...  Read More >>

The marine environment is the largest and richest among all the environments in the biosphere. The coastal ecosystems...  Read More >>

Details of the network of lifeboat stations which operate independently of any national organisation, with information...  Read More >>

A much expanded new edition of the classic best-selling lighthouse book with over 300 illustrations and many dramatic...  Read More >>

When it comes to glamour and high style on the seas, there's nothing more captivating than the Aquarama. Dreamed...  Read More >>

Rev. and updated ed. of: Nautical rules of the road: the international and inland rules / B.A. Farnsworth, Larry...  Read More >>

The extraordinary story of how the world’s most famous shipwreck was found, told by the man leading the search....  Read More >>

Portishead lifeboat station on the Bristol Channel operates an Atlantic 85 lifeboat from a modern lifeboat house,...  Read More >>

Fascinating rare and previously unpublished images documenting the various crossings that span the River Thames....  Read More >>

First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Seaforth Publishing.  Read More >>

It is not by accident that ships have historically played a significant role in the carriage and transmission of...  Read More >>

The Titanic. The Britannic. The Olympic. They are some of the most famous ships in history, but for the wrong reasons....  Read More >>

Most people living in Merseyside and maybe beyond have heard of Cammell Laird, but how many know that there was...  Read More >>

If there's not a nomadic revolution going on today, there's certainly a nomadic movement. In the last few years,...  Read More >>

Exploring the origins and influences of maritime camouflage  Read More >>

Skinning Out is a 'warts 'n all' memoir of the closing years of a golden era in British merchant shipping, told...  Read More >>

Since ever the changes of season have come, when grasses grow green, and open waters flow, the courses of the Niagara...  Read More >>

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The story of the world’s most famous liner, told through a fascinating selection of important objects  Read More >>

This is a history of lighthouses and the Stevenson dynasty including the natural history contribution of keepers...  Read More >>