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Author : Graham Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853061530
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (615 download)
Download or read book Shipwrecks of the Bristol Channel written by Graham Smith and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew T. Hollinrake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Download or read book A Detailed Analysis of Shipwrecks in the Outer Bristol Channel written by Matthew T. Hollinrake and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. Leslie Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Some pirates, smugglers & wrecks in the Bristol channel written by A. Leslie Evans and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Collard
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752423883
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (238 download)
Download or read book Bristol Channel Shipping Remembered written by Chris Collard and published by Tempus Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its heyday the Bristol Channel was a thriving estuary where ships of all descriptions were to be seen, ranging from elegant passenger and cargo liners to the utilitarian tugs and dredgers, each one fufilling its own essential function in pursuit of the continuing flow of commerce. The post-war years, however, brought about a slow but steady decline, which accelerated during the 1960s and has left the Channel a shadow of its former self.During this period ships themselves were changing and the variety of vessels seen in the Channel was also changing. Steam was rapidly being replaced by diesel, container vessels were slowly taking over from the general cargo ship and larger specialised vessels were rapidly coming in to service.Bristol Channel Shipping Remembered is a nostalgic tour of the Bristol Channel, from Bristol down to its westerly limits and then eastwards along the coast of South Wales to Newport, and shows us some of these once familiar scenes that have become little more than just memories of this great waterway.
Author : Andrew Wiltshire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902953465
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (534 download)
Download or read book Looking Back at Bristol Channel Shipping written by Andrew Wiltshire and published by . This book was released on 2010-04-24 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of superb colour photographs depicting ships of a bygone era at a wide variety of locations in the Bristol Channel.
Author : David Cressy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192678140
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea written by David Cressy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern period. It explores the politics of the coastline, the economy of scavenging, and the law of 'wreck of the sea' from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I to the end of the reign of George II. England's coastlines were heavily trafficked by naval and commercial shipping, but an unfortunate percentage was cast away or lost. Shipwrecks were disasters for merchants and mariners, but opportunities for shore dwellers. As the proverb said, it was an ill wind that blew nobody any good. Lords of manors, local officials, officers of the Admiralty, and coastal commoners competed for maritime cargoes and the windfall of wreckage, which they regarded as providential godsends or entitlements by right. A varied haul of commodities, wines, furnishings, and bullion came ashore, much of it claimed by the crown. The people engaged in salvaging these wrecks came to be called 'wreckers', and gained a reputation as violent and barbarous plunderers. Close attention to statements of witnesses and reports of survivors shows this image to be largely undeserved. Dramatic evidence from previously unexplored manuscript sources reveals coastal communities in action, collaborating as well as competing, as they harvested the bounty of the sea.
Author : TOM BENNETT
Publisher : TOM Bennett (Shipwreck Historian)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book SHIPWRECKS FOR WALKERS VOL 1 written by TOM BENNETT and published by TOM Bennett (Shipwreck Historian) . This book was released on with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every half mile of Britain's coastline has seen a shipwreck. It is not surprising that between the boulders or under the sand lie the remains of long lost ships. This book identifies and gives the stories of some 50 wrecks that can be seen at low water around the UK. Go shipwreck hunting on foot and explore Britain's maritime past.
Author : Peter Cumberlidge
Publisher : Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1786793784
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Bristol Channel and Severn Guide written by Peter Cumberlidge and published by Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd. This book was released on with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of the Bristol Channel and Severn Cruising Guide, revised by Jane Cumberlidge, continues Peter Cumberlidge's popular classic. Covering nearly every creek, pill, river and harbour from Milford Haven in Wales to St Ives in Cornwall via Lydney and Bristol, including the fixed-mast canal route from Sharpness to Gloucester, the book reflects Peter’s lifelong familiarity with these fascinating waters. Jane has updated the sailing directions and included a lovely selection of inspiring and informative new photographs. Plans have been updated throughout. First time and return visitors alike will find this guide an essential companion when exploring this warmly welcoming and rewarding cruising ground. ‘[An] authoritative and highly readable tome’ Yachting Monthly
Author : James D. Taylor Jr.
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162894496X
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Ships and Shipwrecks of the Late Tudor Dynasty written by James D. Taylor Jr. and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic period in the maritime history of England and Europe, in the late Tudor era sailors ventured far from shore for commerce and conquest. Taylor documents ship types and names, cargoes and weaponry, crew complements, storms and battles, with log entries and previously unpublished narratives and maps of possible wreck sites collected from the period 1547 to 1603.
Author : Andrew Doherty
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750995947
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Waterford Harbour written by Andrew Doherty and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterford harbour has centuries of tradition based on its extensive fishery and maritime trade. Steeped in history, customs and an enviable spirit, it was there that Andrew Doherty was born and raised amongst a treasure chest of stories spun by the fishermen, sailors and their families. As an adult he began to research these accounts and, to his surprise, found many were based on fact. In this book, Doherty will take you on a fascinating journey along the harbour, introduce you to some of its most important sites and people, the area's history, and some of its most fantastic tales. Dreaded press gangs who raided whole communities for crew, the search for buried gold and a ship seized by pirates, the horror of a German bombing of the rural idyll during the Second World War – on every page of this incredible account you will learn something of the maritime community of Waterford Harbour.
Author : James D. Taylor Jr.
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1628945117
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Ships and Shipwrecks of the Early Stuart Dynasty written by James D. Taylor Jr. and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book encompasses in a single volume data including lists of ships and ship types in the service of King James I and Charles I, as well as the East India Company. The bare facts are enlivened by logs and narratives from shipwreck survivors relating the perils of seeking the Northwest Passage or sailing to India. The author has found that many facts have been distorted on informative websites as a result of incomplete and embellished information. This book attempts to correct those errors. For each of the wrecks contained in this book, Mr. Taylor has attempted, if the wording of the documents is ambiguous, to determine the fate of these ships based on only the facts as they were recorded at the time. If in doubt, he would explain his reasoning. In his efforts to collect and share all sailing and wreck-related data in this volume, Mr. Taylor has reviewed hundreds of electronic and hard-copy manuscript archival collections and travelled to view rare and wonderful, sometimes hand-illuminated, manuscripts that have not been digitized. However, as much as he would like to believe he has uncovered everything, it is easy to imagine that more details could come to light at some time. Treasure has different meanings to different people. Some of these wrecks contain Spanish reales (“pieces of 8”), jewels, gold and silver bars that could not be recovered at the time and have since been forgotten. Written records of such events were reviewed by fewer people over the centuries and ended up buried in dark archives, until now. But some of us define treasure as knowledge, ensuring that facts are presented correctly to future generations. This is the goal Mr. Taylor strives for in these volumes.
Author : Tom Bennett
Publisher : TOM Bennett
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Dollar Wreck written by Tom Bennett and published by TOM Bennett . This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of silver cobs lie under the sands of Rhossili. Tom Bennett has investigated and found that the coins were traded for furs in New Amsterdam (New York) in 1639. The coins were part of a cargo on the Dutch West India Company ship Princess wrecked at Mumbles in 1647. Beaver furs, red timber and the bodies of 80 souls were scattered across Swansea Bay and the wreck was salvaged by Squire Mansel of Henllys on the Gower.
Author : Charles Collins Crump
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The morte stone written by Charles Collins Crump and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. Craig Gaines
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807147893
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks written by W. Craig Gaines and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the evening of February 2, 1864, Confederate Commander John Taylor Wood led 250 sailors in two launches and twelve boats to capture the USS Underwriter, a side-wheel steam gunboat anchored on the Neuse River near New Bern, North Carolina. During the ensuing fifteen-minute battle, nine Union crewmen lost their lives, twenty were wounded, and twenty-six fell into enemy hands. Six Confederates were captured and several wounded as they stripped the vessel, set it ablaze, and blew it up while under fire from Union-held Fort Anderson. The thrilling story of USS Underwriter is one of many involving the numerous shipwrecks that occupy the waters of Civil War history. Many years in the making, W. Craig Gaines's Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks is the definitive account of more than 2,000 of these American Civil War--period sunken ships. From Alabama's USS Althea, a Union steam tug lost while removing a Confederate torpedo in the Blakely River, to Wisconsin's Berlin City, a Union side-wheel steamer stranded in Oshkosh, Gaines provides detailed information about each vessel, including its final location, type, dimensions, tonnage, crew size, armament, origin, registry (Union, Confederate, United States, or other country), casualties, circumstances of loss, salvage operations, and the sources of his findings. Organized alphabetically by geographical location (state, country, or body of water), the book also includes a number of maps providing the approximate locations of many of the wrecks -- ranging from the Americas to Europe, the Arctic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean. Also noted are more than forty shipwrecks whose locations are in question. Since the 1960s, the underwater access afforded by SCUBA gear has allowed divers, historians, treasure hunters, and archaeologists to discover and explore many of the American Civil War-related shipwrecks. In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Gaines scoured countless sources -- from government and official records to sports diver and treasure-hunting magazines -- and cross-indexes his compilation by each vessel's various names and nicknames throughout its career. An essential reference work for Civil War scholars and buffs, archaeologists, divers, and aficionados of naval history, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks revives and preserves for posterity the little-known stories of these intriguing historical artifacts.
Author : Brian French
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908596888
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (968 download)
Download or read book Lundy Island written by Brian French and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lundy Island is a small speck of land in the Bristol Channel. Yet its maritime history far outweighs its small stature. It has been the refuge of pirates, a smuggler's hideaway, an impregnable fortress, and a convict settlement. It has boasted the tallest lighthouse in the U.K. and the most expensive shipwreck, the brand new battleship HMS Montagu which ran aground there in 1906. This book aims to present Lundy's maritime story, bringing together various sources and complementing them with the author's own photographs taken on visits to Lundy in 2010 and 2011 together with detailed maps of the location of vessels wrecked. It will be of interest to historians, to lovers of Lundy, and to those who wish to further their knowledge of this fascinating land.
Author : Richard Larn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (952 download)
Download or read book Shipwreck Index of the British Isles: West Coast and Wales : Cumberland, Lancashire, Cheshire & Liverpool Bay, Isle of Man, North Wales, Anglesey, West Wales, South Wales, Wales - not known, Bristol Channel & Severn Estuary, Irish Sea & St. George's Channel written by Richard Larn and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853060441
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Smuggling in the Bristol Channel 1700-1850 written by Graham Smith and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
