REMINISCENCES | The lessons of “Supership” half a century on
Fifty years ago, the shipping “establishment” was plunged into angst and indignation by the publication of a book that opened up many of the mysteries...
Fifty years ago, the shipping “establishment” was plunged into angst and indignation by the publication of a book that opened up many of the mysteries...
A wise old bird who was given the unenviable task of teaching me to drive a supply boat told me early in the process that I should never take the boat...
These two specialised but nevertheless very interesting books should be read successively, as their subjects, but not their foci, are closely related...
The Department of Underwater and Submarine Archaeological Research (Département des recherches archéologiques subaquatiques et sous-marines; DRASSM)...
Showing that you should never judge a book by its cover, your reviewer was not looking forward to reading this one. Its cover picture of an atomic bomb...
Why anyone wants to visit or explore the earth’s polar regions is completely beyond this reviewer who hates the cold. Going there in comfortable, warm,...
On 9 February 1840, the day they said farewell to St Helena and all the helpful people of the island, it is interesting to note that Cunningham went...
A World War II-era Japanese merchant ship that had been used to transport Allied prisoners and was lost in 1942 was found earlier this month in the...
Paul Strachan will be a wee bit familiar to regular readers of Baird Maritime. His articles on riverine tourism in South-East Asia have intrigued us...
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