Ritsons' Branch Line

Learn the Nautical Rules of the Road - An Expert Guide to the COLREGs

Expert information for yachtsmen and professional mariners. This is the ideal book to improve your understanding of the nautical rule of the road whether you need to pass an exam or require an onboard...

Queen Mary 2

To complete the series on the current fleet of Cunard ships, Philip Dawson covers the development, construction and the history of this famous cruise liner built in France. Illustrated in full colour...

Great Passenger Ships 1930-1940

The 1930s was perhaps the most glamorous and exciting decade for the great liners, highlighted by ferocious international shipbuilding rivalry: Germany's Bremen and Europa, Italy's Rex and Conte Di Sa...

The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-45

At the end of World War II, the Director of Naval Construction set the various design teams within his department the task of recording their wartime efforts, in an attempt to benefit from the experie...

Maiden Voyages

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Through Time

In 2010, the world's oldest steamship line celebrated its 180th anniversary. For 183 years, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. has been the lifeline to the island, providing passenger and freight servic...

The Golden Age of Shipping

Between the introduction of the marine turbine and the post-war challenges of air travel and revolutionary cargo-handling procedures, the period covered by this book witnesses a culmination in the dev...

Newhaven-Dieppe Service

The Irish Boats Volume 2

The second in the series about the Irish Sea Ferries from Liverpool looks at the ships that sailed to Cork and to Waterford from the 1820s until they closed in the 1960s. For many years, the Waterford...

Britannia

Baffin Fair