Ships & Boats: General Interest

The end of the 16th century saw Dutch expansion in Asia, as The Dutch East India Company (the VOC) was fast becoming an Asian power, both political...

The S.S. United States book is the first comprehensive work on the vessel in decades. This volume includes many rarely seen photographs from the li...

Discover the enthralling story of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's largest ever aircraft carrier and SUBJECT OF THE MAJOR NEW BBC DOCUMENT...

Chinas shipbuilding industry has grown more rapidly than any other in modern history. Commercial shipbuilding output jumped thirteen-fold from 2002...

A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early 20th century ... T...

Recounts the stories of the USS Block Island CVE 21 and CVE 106 and their crews, many of whom served on both ships in the Atlantic and Pacific thea...

Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.S. naval shipbuilding industry from the early 1920s to the end of World War II, when America...

Stress-Free Engine Maintenance is an accessible and practical guide to understanding what is going on with your boats engine, how to look after it,...

These incredible photos show my home place of Cork in all its glory and bring back warm memories. - Ronan O' Gara, Irish former Rugby Union Player ...

The Boatyard Book is a practical, comprehensive reference manual that provides sensible, accessible advice for boatowners on planning and carrying ...

On 7 May 1915, one of the most beloved and legendary liners of the North Atlantic was torpedoed by a German U-boat, taking 1,191 of her passengers ...

One of the worlds most loved cruise lines, P&O Cruises can trace its history back over 180 years. Through an impressive and unique collection o...

EDWARD J. SMITH was the celebrated captain who went down with his ship.THOMAS ANDREWS was the great and selfless hero who died saving women and chi...