Download or read book RMS Majestic written by Mark Chirnside and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and expanded new edition of classic illustrated history Laid down and constructed for the German Hamburg Amerika Line, Majestic was ceded to Britain's White Star line to replace the Britannic, a sister ship of Titanic sunk during the war. At 56,000 tons she was the world's largest ship until the Normandie was built. With sumptuous interiors, luxurious restaurants and public rooms, she plied her trade until 1936 when she was destined to be sold for scrap. Rescued and converted into a training ship for naval cadets, she sailed for Rosyth as HMS Caledonia. Here she survived in a static role until 1940 when she was burned out. She spent most of her life on the Southampton-New York run but cruised to Canada and on short cruises from Southampton too. Mark Chirnside's previous two works on the Olympic-Class ships have become the definitive works on these white star vessels and have earned him two 'Books of the Month' from Ships Monthly.
Download or read book Death of a Purser written by Frank McElroy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years I have tried to get the answers to the many, many questions that I have been asked regarding the RMS Titanic's Chief Purser Hugh Richard Walter McElroy, in doing this Autobiography and family research, the world can now know and hopefully understand Hugh, also I hope all those questions that have been asked over the years have now possibly been answered also if others wish to go further into speculation, like they have in the past, will find that there is no substitute for the truth, I hope that they will do their research rationally in locating the raw truth and with some regard to the simple fact that there are no villains in this story: just human beings with human characteristics. This book contains a large amount of unknown facts about the family and Hugh, regards his early life, His never before told regards his unknown life with the White Star Line; what happened to Barbara after Hugh died; Why did Hugh's sister Charlotte's name disappear so quickly from the Southampton Committee of the Titanic Relief Fund, in November 1914) after all she was a class "A" dependants. The loss of the R.M.S. Titanic created a debate that has raged ever since, and probably will do so for ever, It happened in 1912, prior to two world wars, long before television, indeed, long before the talking pictures. It was an era as different to today as one can imagine, It was a world quite unlike our present days in nearly every respect, yet this event has even the most modern child's attention when it is spoken of. It is a story and the effects of its happening endure, and will always endure, so long as humans remain human.
Download or read book The Landmark written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 10- include the Union's Annual report, 9th, 11th, 16th-18th, 1929, 1936,
Download or read book The English speaking World written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Menus from History 2 volumes written by Janet Clarkson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year's worth of fascinating menus from significant occasions in history around the world offer a thoroughly delightful way to learn more about noteworthy events and people, social classes, and morés. Menus from History: Historic Meals and Recipes for Every Day of the Year offers a fascinating exploration of dining history through historic menus from more than 35 countries. Ranging from discussion of a Roman banquet in A.D. 70 to a meal for former South African President Nelson Mandela in the 1990s, the menus offer students and general readers a thoroughly delightful way to learn more about events and the cultures in which they occurred. Royal feasts, soldier grub, shipboard and spaceship meals, and state dinners are just some of the occasions discussed. Arranged chronologically, each entry covers a day of the year and provides a menu from a significant meal that took place. An entry begins with the name, location, and date of the event, plus a brief explanation of its significance. Next comes the menu, followed by an analysis and, where possible, several recipes from the menu.
Download or read book Shipbuilding Marine Engineering International written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Brummagem Screwdriver written by Lance Norris and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BRUMMAGEM SCREWDRIVER follows four generations of the Brummagem family as they evaluate their relationship with show business, their life partners and a God that is too busy creating new species of fish to finish his work on mankind. This is Lance NorrisÍ 32nd book. A former contributing editor at National Lampoon Magazine, among the outstanding Norris titles currently available are PLAUSIBLE DENIABILTY, FAKE SHEMP, OUT IN EAST JESUS and ONE SQUIRT WONÍT HURT.
Download or read book Good Guide to Dog Friendly Pubs Hotels and B Bs written by Alisdair Aird and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when you want to take a holiday or even just pop out for a drink and your dog looks up at you with expectant eyes? Do you know which pubs welcome muddy paws with a bowl of water and a dog biscuit? Or where you and your dog can both enjoy a comfortable overnight stay? From the editors of the UK's No 1 travel guide, the much loved Good Pub Guide, comes the latest edition of the Good Guide to Dog Friendly Pubs, Hotels and B&Bs. Featuring fully updated information, the guide provides you with hundreds of wonderful places in the UK to drink, eat and stay with your pet. With this book to hand there's no need to leave your dog at home. Faithful friends deserve a break too!
Download or read book Sailor in the White House written by Robert F Cross and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, Robert F. Cross’ Sailor in the White House remains one of the most interesting and intimate books about Franklin D. Roosevelt. Secret Service agents, family, and old sailing pals share stories about their days on the water with America’s greatest seafaring president. The author argues that the skills required to be a good sailor are the same skills that made FDR a successful politician: the ability to alter courses, make compromises, and shift positions as the situation warrants. This perspective on Roosevelt shows how his love of the sea shaped his presidency, and its unique look remains refreshing even today.
Download or read book Titanic s Unlucky Seven written by James W Bancroft and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2024-06-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analyzed maritime tragedies of all time. Yet there is much still to be untangled from the web of mystery which still surrounds this confused, catastrophic event. The people on board were proud to be part of the ship’s highly-publicised first voyage, but as the first batch of officers reported for duty in Belfast to prepare her for her trial trip to Southampton and beyond, they could not have imagined the fate which awaited them. Titanic was, after all, ‘unsinkable’. It is exclusively through the eyes of seven unlucky men – the small group of officers onboard for that doomed voyage – that the author reveals the tragedy as it unfolded that night in April 1912. From their assignment to the White Star liner through to their eventual fates. Each one of these seven men behaved with great courage and discipline in a situation beyond anything they had previously experienced and some of the officers left accounts of the horrors they witnessed. Of this small group, four were members of the Royal Naval Reserve; this included Charles Lightoller, who was the Second Officer and in charge of loading passengers into lifeboats on the port side. He was noted for strictly enforcing the ‘women and children only’ principle, allowing only those men needed for manning the boats to join them. Four of the seven officers survived the ordeal. As the author reveals, one of them had only been formally appointed to the crew the day before Titanic sailed on its climatic maiden voyage. This was Henry Tingle Wilde, who was scheduled to sail with Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic, but who was switched to Titanic as the Chief Officer. He reported for duty on the very day the ship departed Southampton. This move meant a reshuffle of the officers and, as only seven officers were deemed necessary, Second Officer David Blair was removed from the crew list and sent ashore. He was certainly the luckiest of all. The unfortunate Wilde went down to the bottom with his ship. Of the many questions asked about that night is that of the fate of Captain Edward Smith. His body was never recovered and it had naturally been assumed that he too had been lost. In Titanic’s Unlucky Seven, James Bancroft questions if this might not actually be the case. There is evidence that Smith may have survived the sinking, and was seen and spoken to months after the event by a man who had sailed with him, and who had known him personally for most of his life. Certainly, Smith had good reason to disappear into obscurity. For the first time, a clear picture of the incidents, actions and events leading up to and during the sinking of Titanic can be seen through the stories of the seven men in charge that night.
Download or read book Southampton The Postcard Collection written by Peter Wardall and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating portrait of Southampton presented through a remarkable collection of historical postcards.
Download or read book Into the Maelstrom written by Colin Brittain and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 29 October 1914 the hospital ship Rohilla left Queensferry with 234 people on board bound for Dunkirk. Just after 4 a.m. on 30 October there was a tremendous impact as the ship ran onto rocks at Saltwick Nab, a mile south of Whitby. Mortally wounded only 600 yards from shore, she was 'so close to land yet so far from safety'. It was impossible to launch the Whitby No. 1 lifeboat to aid those stranded on the ship, instead the No. 2 boat, John Fielden, was lifted over the sea wall and hauled over the rock Scar to opposite the Rohilla. Despite being holed, the lifeboat reached the wreck after great difficulty and rescued five nurses and twelve men. A further eighteen men were saved in a second trip, but damage to the lifeboat barred any further rescues. This book unfolds the heroic events that transpired as members of the public and lifeboatmen struggled to reach those stranded on the wreck. The final fifty souls were saved in an impressive rescue from a motor lifeboat that had travelled over 40 miles in perilous conditions to reach them. Of the 234 people on board the Rohilla eighty-nine were lost. Such was the effort involved that the RNLI bestowed some of its highest medals on several of those involved in the rescue. The loss of the Rohilla is still regarded as one of the worst tragedies to have occurred amongst the annals of the RNLI.
Download or read book Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Weight of Her Heart written by Julia Cole and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-01-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eloise held her brand new baby daughter to her breast and felt her heart break at the thought she would never see her grow up, never know her at all. When Eloise, a young American girl, meets handsome Dr Thomas Norton in the boiling Boston summer of 1890 she believes herself to be in love. But Eloise soon finds herself in a desperate situation that could see her alienated from her family and all of Boston society. With her maid and confidant, Rosie, she travels to Devon, England, where her life is changed forever. Forced to take a heartbreaking decision she returns to the USA where she tries to resume her previous life. But the trauma she has experienced threatens to deny her any future happiness until she finds love from an unexpected source. Will Eloise be able to grasp the opportunity to find closure for her broken heart?
Download or read book Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers Inc written by American Society of Naval Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
