Classic Ships. A Century of liners, life boats, small ships and tall ships

book summary

Thousands of years before any our modern methods of transport were invented man travelled by boat of the water. Later on men travelling by ship proved that the world was round, discovering new lands and new continents. By the 20th century vast numbers of people used ships to emigrate to new lives in far away lands; ships soon became floating palaces, representing the ultimate in sophistication. This book is a chronicle or our nautical heritage for the last 100 or so years and features everything from tall ships to small ships, working boats and lifeboats. In particular it's salute to the liners that sailed the world's oceans carrying people to distant shores - port out, starboard home.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Tall Ships
Working Ships
Pleasure boats
Liners
The Titanic
The Queen Mary
The Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth II