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Ships to Remember - 1400 Years of Historic Ships (Hardcover)
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Ships to Remember - 1400 Years of Historic Ships (Hardcover)
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Small, scruffy and stinking of seal oil and old blubber, the
458-ton Nimrod wasn't Ernest Shackleton's first choice of ship for
his Antarctic Expedition. Similarly unassuming, the squat,
two-masted HMS Beagle, more suited to routine naval tasks, didn't
look much like a ship that was to help deliver one of the most
groundbreaking theories of science ever. Ships to Remember,
beautifully illustrated by the paintings of Austin Dwyer, is a
collection of stories about remarkable ships, some of which went on
to change the course of history. Many are now famous, but some,
like the tugs Yelcho, Foundation Franklin and Turmoil are virtually
unknown. Two boats in particular, the Bounty's longboat and the
James Caird, completed two of the most extraordinary voyages in
maritime history. Spanning 1,400 years, this fascinating book
includes the catastrophic sinking and eventual recovery of the
Vasa, Nelson's triumph at the Battle of Copenhagen, Darwin's
epochal voyage on HMS Beagle and the pivotal Second World War
relief of Malta by the tanker Ohio.
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