Author: David L Williams

Many people are familiar with the term dazzle design, but what of its origins and objectives as a defensive practice at sea? And was it the only ap...

During the late 1920s and early 1930s three pairs of unique and innovative passenger liners emerged from France, the UK and the US designated as ca...

The safe exchange of wounded or gravely ill prisoners of war, protected personnel medical staff and clergy and diplomats, civilians and alien int...

Once, the output of such yards as Harland & Wolff and Workman, Clark was vital business of national and international importance. The Harland &...

J. Samuel White & Company was the oldest firm on the Admiralty List and built 252 ships for the Royal Navy alone. The yards closure in 1966 end...

While the near 1,500 victims of Titanic accounted for a huge loss of life, each of the ships here had a greater number of casualties, in some cases...

Great passenger ships that never were is a completely revised and updated version of Damned by Destiny (Teredo Books, 1982), a comprehensive accoun...

Made on the Isle of Wight is a pictorial celebration of the immense contribution to the aviation, automotive and marine industries that this tiny i...