The Blackwall Frigates

Author : Basil Lubbock
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9783954274567

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The Blackwall Frigates by Basil Lubbock Pdf

The Blackwall frigates form a connecting link between the lordly East Indiaman of the Honourable John Company and the magnificent P and O liners of the present day. They were first-class ships. Well-run, happy ships, and the sailor who started his sea life as a midshipman aboard a Blackwaller looked back ever afterwards to his cadet days as the happiest period of his career. If discipline was strict, it was also just. The training was superb, as witness the number of Blackwall midshipmen who reached the head of their profession and distinguished themselves later in other walks of life. Fifty years ago, the lithographs of the celebrated Blackwall liners to India and Australia could be bought at any seaport for a few shillings. Nowadays, those old ship portraits are cagerly snapped up by a growing group of collectors. We therefore hope that the illustrations in this book will be appreciated.

Author : Lubbock Basil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243776950

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Blackwall Frigates by Lubbock Basil Pdf

Author : Basil Lubbock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Frigates
ISBN : OCLC:1316717206

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The Blackwall Frigates by Basil Lubbock Pdf

Author : Basil Lubbock
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1355242568

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The Blackwall Frigates by Basil Lubbock Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Basil Lubbock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 133220404X

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The Blackwall Frigates (Classic Reprint) by Basil Lubbock Pdf

Excerpt from The Blackwall Frigates The Blackwall frigates form a connecting link between the lordly East Indiaman of the Honourable John Company and the magnificent P. & O. and Orient liners of the present day. They were first-class ships - well-run, happy ships, and the sailor who started his sea life as a midshipman aboard a Blackwaller looked back ever afterwards to his cadet days as the happiest period of his career. If discipline was strict, it was also just. The training was superb, as witness the number of Blackwall midshipmen who reached the head of their profession and distinguished themselves later in other walks of life. Indeed, as a nursery for British seamen, we shall never see the like of these gallant little frigates. The East still calls, yet its glamour was twice as alluring, its vista twice as romantic, in the days of sail; and happy indeed was the boy who first saw the shores of India from the deck of one of Green's or Smith's passenger ships. Fifty years ago, the lithographs of the celebrated Blackwall liners to India and Australia could be bought at any seaport for a few shillings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Basil 1876-1944 Lubbock
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1360819312

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BLACKWALL FRIGATES by Basil 1876-1944 Lubbock Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William Armstrong Fairburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Commission merchants
ISBN : UOM:39015021129088

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Merchant Sail by William Armstrong Fairburn Pdf

Author : Sally Berridge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472954220

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The Epic Voyages of Maud Berridge by Sally Berridge Pdf

Maud Berridge (1845–1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner, and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1886), sailing to Melbourne with emigrants and cargo. The first occasion was 1869 just after they were married, when Henry was Captain of the Walmer Castle, and they returned via New Zealand instead of travelling east and around Cape Horn. However, most of Henry and Maud's voyages were undertaken in the three-masted clipper Superb, sailing from Gravesend at the start of summer and leaving Melbourne for home at the end of the year (the southern summer, best for heading east with the trade winds and rounding Cape Horn). Record times taken from London to Melbourne under Captain Henry were 79 days (1878), 76 days (1881) and a final time of 74 days (1886). In 1880, Maud and Henry took their two sons (aged six and eight) with them. In 1883, they sailed on from Melbourne to Newcastle in New South Wales to take on a load of coal, then on through the Windward Isles to San Francisco (51 days). Here they stayed for two months exploring SF and surrounds, unloaded the coal and took on a load of wheat (in large bags) at Port Costa. They then sailed down the west coast of the Americas, around Cape Horn and on to Queenstown in County Cork (134 days). The whole voyage took 14 months. There are also some photographs of Henry, Maud and the crew taken in San Francisco, and a photo from the State Library of Victoria showing the Superb at dock in Melbourne. Maud wrote diaries of these voyages of which one in particular, that of the 1883 voyage, comprise some 50 000 words. The book will tell Maud's story through her own words and through a number of relevant contemporary documents and will paint a picture of the life of a captain's wife in the Victorian era as well as aspects of society in Britain, the US and Australia at the time. Her enthusiasm for new experiences shines through her writing.

Author : Nigel Watson
Publisher : Lloyd's Register
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Maritime Science and Technology: Changing Our World by Nigel Watson Pdf

This book addresses some key questions - Did the marine sector drive the developing technologies? Or did it just adopt them? It would appear that the former is the case - as the industry has moved from sail to steam, from steam to internal combustion engines, from wood to steel and to increasing sizes and types of specialist vessels - the pioneers of naval architects and marine engineers have applied the latest technologies, and our global society has benefited.

Author : B.G & P.C. Smith
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Huon Region (Tas.)
ISBN : 9781312989320

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A Convict Pioneer by B.G & P.C. Smith Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Calendars
ISBN : UCAL:B3090086

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Lloyd's Calendar by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Woodhams
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781399071970

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William Adams: His Life and Locomotives by John Woodhams Pdf

William Adams (1823 – 1904) is probably best known from his locomotive designs for the London & South Western Railway. The years at Nine Elms were the culmination of career which began formally in marine engineering, including a period at sea with the Royal Sardinian Navy, encompassed civil engineering and surveying before joining the North London Railway as locomotive, carriage and wagon superintendent. He has been described as the father of the suburban train, an inventive engineer, who pioneered the use of continuous train brakes, developed well designed, free-steaming locomotive boilers for services requiring rapid acceleration and frequent stops, and his invention of a bogie with controlled side-play revolutionized future locomotive design. His next move was to the Great Eastern Railway where his designs met with mixed success, before moving south of the Thames to Nine Elms. Here, over five hundred locomotives were built to his designs, with his later express classes regarded by many as his greatest achievement. Adams also proved himself a very capable designer in developing locomotive and carriage works at all three railways, improving efficiency and reducing costs. This book tells the story of a genial man with a love of music, who was undoubtedly one of the finest late Victorian locomotive engineers.

Author : Gordon de L. Marshall
Publisher : Tangee Publishing
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Albany (W.A.)
ISBN : 0646499130

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Maritime Albany Remembered by Gordon de L. Marshall Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1793
Category : Marine insurance
ISBN : UCSD:31822043950500

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Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping by Anonim Pdf

Author : A. Ansted
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783941842212

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A Dictionary of Sea Terms (1933) by A. Ansted Pdf

Ansted's comprehensive and illustrated dictionary of nautical terms - first published in 1919 - contains the basic 18th and 19th century terminology of boat sailing. Intended to meet the needs of beginners, also readers familiar with seamanship matters may be taken with the descriptions of the old art of sailing. This book is a reprint of the third edition from 1933.