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Clyde Built

Clyde Built


ISBN: 9781841585840
Category: Maritime, Shipbuilding, Social History
Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: April 2008
Format: Paperback
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

This highly engaging book provides an original perspective on the examination of the American civil war and how the Scots and Scottish shipbuilding was crucial to the battle of nations.


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The Seawolves

The Seawolves


ISBN: 9781841585802
Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: August 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £8.99
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Synopsis:

Seawolves is an exciting and thorough examination of Scots connected to piracy, whether they are victims or villains, real or literary.


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Ferry Tales of Argyll and the Isles

Ferry Tales of Argyll and the Isles


ISBN: 9781841582702
Category: Maritime
Author: Walter Weyndling
Publication Date: April 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Ferry Tales of Argyll and the Isles is a touching portrayal of the many lives dependant on, affected by and connected to the ebb and flow of the ferry services of the western isles.

    


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Shipwrecks of the North of Scotland

Shipwrecks of the North of Scotland


ISBN: 9781841582337
Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: Robert N. Baird
Publication Date: October 2003
Format: Hardback
Price: £25.00
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Synopsis:

This meticulously researched book is a reference guide to shipping losses off the coast of Scotland from Stonehaven northwards to Duncansby Head, then westwards to Cape Wrath and the Minch. A thoroughly informative read aimed at both specialists and the general reader with an interest in this specialist area.

    
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Jutland to Junkyard

Jutland to Junkyard


ISBN: 9781843410102
Category: Maritime, Military History
Author: S. C. George
Publication Date: March 2009
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:
In 1919 the German High Seas Fleet began in unison to sink in Scapa Flow. Shortly after the Admiralty stated that salving the ships was an impossibility. From 1924, using techniques at the frontiers of science, the battlefleet was raised and scrapped. This is the story of the salvage operation.
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