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A cruising companion: ships and the sea   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Talbot-Booth, E. C. (Eric Charles)
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Title
A cruising companion: ships and the sea
Publisher
New York, London, D. Appleton-Century company, incorporated
Description
Cover-title and running title: Ships and the sea
Printed in Great Britain
Blank pages for "Notes" (p. 740-752)
Includes index
Pictures of ships sunk World War II, clipped from "Life" tipped in
Seamanship and navigation -- Trinity House, origin and function -- Distance tables -- Commercial bunkering and fueling stations of the world -- Flags -- Signals and communications at sea -- Origin and development of ships -- Ship construction -- The birth of a ship -- Parts of a ship -- Engine room and machinery -- Tonnage -- Ship's papers -- Stores in an Atlantic liner -- Classes of ships -- Sailing ships -- Yachts and yachting -- Fishing boats and the fishing industry -- Royal national life-boat institution -- Some well-known ship canals -- World's greatest seaports -- Various kinds of docks -- Outstanding dates connected with shipping -- Speeds of ships throughout the ages -- The British merchant navy -- Merchant navy officers and their duties -- British merchant navy uniforms -- His majesty's customs, excise and coastguard -- Number of merchant ship built in Great Britain and other countries during this century -- Merchant fleets of the principal maritime powers -- Tonnage of various merchant fleets in 1914 and 1934 -- Merchant ships of the world above 30,000 tons -- Largest merchant ships owned by maritime countries -- Fastest vessels owned by various countries -- Oil tankers owned by principle maritime powers -- World records -- Some hints for recognition of liners -- Some systems of nomenclature adopted by shipping companies -- Illustrations of some well-known merchant vessels of all nations with leading details -- SOme well-known shipping companies (with their fleets and services) -- Flags and funnels of British and foreign companies in colour -- The Royal Navy, imperial communications and sea power -- Royal marines and Naval reserves -- Naval ranks and ratings and their duties -- Naval uniforms -- Naval traditions and customs -- Ships' badges and naval heraldry -- Types of warships and their functions -- British naval weapons -- Royal Navy -- Representative ships of the Royal Navy -- Representative ships of the foreign navies

Subjects: Ships; Steamboat lines; Merchant marine
Language English
Publication date 1936
publication_date QS:P577,+1936-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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IA Collections: libraryofthemarinecorps; fedlink; americana
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cruisingcompanio00talb
Authority file  OCLC: 1043298260
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Internet Archive identifier: cruisingcompanio00talb
https://archive.org/download/cruisingcompanio00talb/cruisingcompanio00talb.pdf

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