Ships & Boats: General Interest

From the dawn of civilization man has held a fascination with the sea, and over the centuries has built myriad ships and sailing craft for an equal...

Originally published as Larchéologie navale by Editions Errance/Actes Sud (Arles, France) in 2005, this new revised and expanded edition is in a co...

Few maritime landscapes in the Great Lakes remain so deeply and clearly inscribed by successive cultures as the St. Clair systema river, delta, and...

The stretch of water between the Isle of Wight and the ports of Southampton and Portsmouth has been one of the busiest shipping areas around the Br...

On the 4th of December 1872, when Captain Morehouse of the sailing ship Dei Gratia called out 'Ahoy!' to a fellow vessel in the middle of the Atlan...

**A Guardian, Observer & Waterstones Nonfiction Book of 2024**** A Financial Times BEST SUMMER READ**'One of those very special books that make...

The powerful German battlecruiser Scharnhorst was stalked and engaged on 26 December 1943 by a superior Allied naval task force off the North Cape ...

The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book...

Both Tromp-class frigates entered service in 1975/-76. Their primary task was area air defense. They acted as flagships for the COMNLTG (Commander ...

Richard Gebhart traces little-known voyages of Great Lakes ships that sailed the Atlantic beginning in the 1850s. They bore cargoes to and from the...

An evocative and exciting collection of rare and unusual images of the vessel known as the ship beautiful. Shipping Today and YesterdayRMS Aquitan...

RMS Majestics history was shaped by war. Built in Germany for Albert Ballins HAPAG, she was launched just before the start of the First World War a...

This book contains a memoir written by Miriam Lawrence describing the extraordinary voyage she made in 1848-50 aged 20. She had accompanied her hus...

This book contains a memoir written by Miriam Lawrence describing the extraordinary voyage she made in 1848-50 aged 20. She had accompanied her hus...

  A wartime adventure with extra 'ka-boom'. - The Times   Paul Colberts French village has been under Nazi cont...

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An invaluable aid to masters of ships for more than 30 years. Since the initial publication of the third edition in 2001, many substantive chan...

The SS United States was the flagship of the United States Lines and was representative of the apex of steam-engineering technology. Designed by Wi...

Riveting. The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this ...

For the economical do-it-yourselfer who wants to build his or her own skiff, this instruction manual relies on simple techniques and hand-powered t...

When is a boat not a ship? Was Captain Kidd truly a pirate? What was the deadliest disaster at sea? Is the Bermuda Triangle dangerous? Are mermaids...