REMINISCENCES | The fog of lore
These days big containerships can be found rushing through thick fog in the Dover Straits at 23 knots, visibility nil and thinking nothing of the terror...
These days big containerships can be found rushing through thick fog in the Dover Straits at 23 knots, visibility nil and thinking nothing of the terror...
[caption id="attachment_68254" align="alignnone" width=""]HTMS Chakri Naruebet at Changi Naval Base[/caption]Although not generally perceived as a seagoing...
By Alan Frost Alan Frost is, without doubt, one of Australia’s best two current historians. The other is Geoffrey Blainey. He is fair, objective,...
By Peter Harmsen The Pacific part of World War II is generally perceived as a four year conflict. As this first-rate book clearly demonstrates, it...
Tonci Botica grew up on a small Mediterranean island, where almost everyone goes to sea and where the first European long-distance traveller ever saw...
By Élisabeth Hébert and Gerhard Holzer. Edited by Jean-Yves Sarazin. Taschen has just released an extra large coffee table book about 16th century...
When you first joined a ship, one of the first questions you would ask was “who is the master?” It mattered because the attitude of the Old Man would...
[caption id="attachment_67571" align="alignnone" width=""]Ryde Queen, June 1, 1985[/caption]The paddle steamer Ryde was well known in the Solent area...
By William N. Still Jr Most American warships and their crews returned home quickly when World War I concluded. However, a significant few remained...
Baird Maritime, launched in 1978, is one of the world's premier maritime publishing houses.
The company produces the leading maritime new portal BairdMaritime.com, home of the world famous Work Boat World, Fishing Boat World, Ship World, Ausmarine, and Commercial Mariner sub-sites, and the industry-leading ship brokerage platforms WorkBoatWorld.com and ShipWorld.com.
Contact us: [email protected]
© Copyright - Baird Maritime