Embassy, Consul, Monarch and Emperor of India were just some of the well-loved paddle steamers operated by Cosens of Weymouth along the scenic Dorset coast before services ceased when Embassy was with
The Caledonian Steam Packet Co. was founded in 1889 and in 2014 is 125 years old. It originally sailed from Gourock but came to encompass many of the Clyde coast piers and resorts, from Girvan to Argy
The text is a list of all of the Liberty Ships, cargo vessels that were built by the Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. It offers each ship’s namesake, type, operator, etc. in great d
Arguably the world’s most articulate and authoritative maritime historian, John Maxtone-Graham documents SS United States, her design, construction, and seventeen years of impeccable service. He intro
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Iran’s nuclear program has generated intense controversy ever since the International Atomic Energy Agency reported in 2003 that Iran was secretly pursuing enrichment activities. Although Iranian offi
Uses passenger diaries, deck plans, and previously unseen pictures to trace the history of the three early twentieth-century ocean liners, describing the brief careers of Titanic and Britannic, and Ol
A pictorial tribute to the ships, past and present, that still work on the Great Lakes features more than 170 full-color photographs that document the various types of ships and the mariners who sail
"The creation of the first weapon in history that can stalk and kill an enemy on the other side of the globe was far more than clever engineering. As Richard Whittle shows in Predator, it was the most
When she was launched on May 31, 1911, RMS Titanic was the largest movable object on Earth. A crowd of over 100,000 gathered just to watch this 882-foot, 46,000-ton leviathan slide down the slipway.Th
