No one knows when the first sail was raised to propel a boat on the
River Mersey, but much speculation abounds. Theoretically, sailing
ships could have used this stretch of water in as far back as
pre-Roman times, but the oldest proven vessel was that of the
Middle Ages. In this volume, Michael Stammers tells the history of
the many Liverpool sailing ships from 1565, the year of the first
list of Liverpool ships - there were twelve, ranging from the bark
'Eagle', of 40 tons to the boat 'Good Luck' of 6 tons - through the
age of slavery and into the 1930s. Even after the advent of stream
propulsion, sail still ruled in many parts of the world and
Liverpool was no exception. Four-masted barques such as 'Olivebank'
and 'Celtic Glen' were a common view in the dock system and were a
stunning sight to behold.
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