SOLENT SHIPPING MEMORIES
Mick Lindsay and Nigel V Robinson

In series with Bristol Channel Shipping Memories and Mersey Shipping Memories, newly published on 20 February 2008, this latest all-colour album looks at Solent shipping over the last 50 years. Cargo ships, ferries, coasters, tugs, and tankers are all featured but most attention in this volume is given to the sleek liners of companies such as Cunard, Chandris, Holland America and Union Castle. Over 100 colour photographs, each with a detailed caption about the location and the ship. Published February 2008.

Hardback; 241mm x 195mm, landscape; 80 pages. Price : £15.00

 

COASTERS IN CAMERA
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-13-4)

In its 80 pages, this pictorial book looks at coastal vessels throughout Europe. The photographs are arranged in short themed sections beginning with various British and Irish shipping companies and working through other themes such as Sietasbuilt, Parkkade, Ladies and Gentlemen, Greek letters, and the Rough and the Smooth. The central colour section looks at coasters in the landscape. The book is profusely illustrated by 143 black/white and 12 colour photographs.

A4 portrait; 96 pages. Price : £10.00

THE LAST STEAMERS
Nick Robins
(ISBN : 1-902953-22-3)

This is the story of the decline of the triple expansion engine in British ships. It includes tales of the coastal liner services between London and a variety of British and Irish ports and of services to the Baltic and Scandinavia, and south to Spain and Portugal. It also includes accounts of the last steam coasters and the once-familiar steam tugs with their characteristic tall funnels. The book recounts the work of the many types of coastal steamers and there is an appendix listing steam coasters and steam tugs on the UK register in 1967. There is also an index of vessels named in the book.

A4 portrait; 96 pages. Price : £13.00

McTAY - A WIRRAL SHIPBUILDER
Antony J Barratt
(ISBN : 1-902953-20-7)

This book charts the history of a small but significant shipbuilding yard on the River Mersey. Although building vessels for only 30 years from its inception to closure, it was responsible for many innovations in terms of both design and construction. The book includes three appendices. The first of these looks briefly at the history of James N Miller & Sons, a Scottish yard closely associated with McTay. The other two appendices are lists of vessels built at the McTay and Miller yards. This book is a fitting follow-up to the author's earlier Cheshire Shipyards. It is illustrated by 82 colour photographs, 4 black/white photographs and several drawings.

A4 portrait; 48 pages. Price : £10.00

TUGS AND OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSELS 2006/07 (BALTIC & SCANDINAVIA)
James Dodds
(ISBN : 1-902953-21-5)

This is a follow-up to the similar book on UK and Irish fleets, and lists tugs and offshore supply vessels owned or operated by companies in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Owners are arranged alphabetically and vessels within their fleet are similarly listed. Basic technical details are provided, and there is an index of current and former names, totalling over 1700 names. 79 colour photographs.

A5 portrait; 112 pages. Price : £12.00

Work is underway on TUGS IN COLOUR - NORTHERN EUROPE.

COASTERS 2005
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-23-1)

Locations featured in the sixth in the series range from Irlam to Istanbul, Harstad to Halifax, and Reni to Ridham Dock. Like all volumes in this series, and indeed all our publications, this is printed on glossy art paper to optimise the quality of the colour photographs.

A4 portrait; 56 pages. Price : £12.50

COASTERS 2004
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-17-7)

The popularity of this series continues. This volume features such varied locations as Coleraine and Corinth, Dunoon and Dubai, Katakolon and Kronstadt. Other volumes in this series are described on this page.

A4 portrait; 56 pages. Price : £12.00

COASTERS 2003
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-12-6)

In series with the previous volumes, this book once again provides a week-by-week survey of coasters throughout the world. Locations featured range from Hong Kong to Ladebow, from Civitavecchia to Fredericia, from Portavadie to Dortmund, from Safi to Sharjah. Each week of the year is illustrated by two colour photographs with detailed captions providing information about the history of the ship and the location.

A4 portrait; 56 pages. Price : £11.00

COASTERS 2002
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-08-8)

This edition of our annual coasters pictorial album is enhanced by being all-colour. It includes 110 photographs of coasters again at locations throughout the world. Valletta, Haugesund, Broadford and Travemünde illustrate the tremendous variety of these locations. The oldest ship featured dates back to the nineteenth century; the newest is seen at the start of her delivery voyage. This book has proved to be another winner and, like the two previous volumes, is rapidly becoming a vital historical record.

A4 portrait; 56 pages. Price : £10.00

COASTERS 2001
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-06-1)

Following the success of Coasters 2000, the same format has been used for the follow-up volume but a bigger colour section is included. The range of featured ports is just as extensive and includes such varied locations as Aberdeen and Yaroslavl, Nice and Neath, and waterways from the Swale to the Bosphorus. Other ports featured included Miami, Rhodes and Fort de France in addition to UK ports such as Shoreham and Peterhead. Some of the ships depicted date back more than 50 years, others were photographed at the builder's yard. In this edition, there are 73 black/white and 34 colour photographs.

A4 portrait; 56 pages. Price : £9.00

COASTERS 2000
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-03-7)

A week-by-week survey of coasters throughout the world from Sharpness to Singapore, from Cowes to Casablanca, from the Mersey to the Mississippi. Each week of the year is illustrated by two photographs with detailed captions providing information about the ship and the location. This was the first in what has become a popular annual publication, thus establishing an archive of photographs. The book contains 83 black/white and 24 colour photographs. Other volumes in this series are described below.

A4 portrait; 56 pages. Price : £8.50

PASSING THE POINT
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-16-9)

Battery Point at Portishead is a popular location for watching ships sailing to and from ports on the English side of the Bristol Channel. In its 80 pages, this all-colour hardback album features examples of the wide variety of vessels which have passed this viewpoint in recent years. 78 colour photographs.

241mm x 195mm, landscape; 80 pages. Price : £14.00

COASTERS IN COLOUR
Bernard McCall & Ian Willett
(ISBN : 0-9513576-6-2)

This hardback book has a colour photograph on each page along with a detailed caption giving information about the ship. The presentation follows an alphabetical theme which allows the authors to include some familiar vessels and companies alongside some more unusual ones.

23cm x 19cm, landscape; 64 pages. Originally on sale at £12.00, this book is being offered at a bargain price of £5.00 as long as stocks last.

COASTERS OF THE KIEL CANAL
Bernard McCall & Oliver Sesemann
(ISBN : 1-902953-18-5)

The Kiel Canal is a vital waterway linking the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. Opened over a century ago, it is once again enjoying prosperity as the trading links from the rest of Europe to Russia and the Baltic states grow ever busier. This 80-page hardback book contains superb colour photographs of many different types of coasters which have used the Canal during the last 30 years. Each photograph has a detailed caption about the ship and the location. All captions are written in both English and German.

241mm x 195mm, landscape; 80 pages. Price : £15.00

COASTERS OF THE AVON AND SEVERN
Bernard McCall
(ISBN : 1-902953-00-2)

The first in a series of books which look in detail at coastal vessels in specific areas. This volume reviews coastal traffic on the two rivers of the title and in local ports. Within its 80 pages are 30 colour and 51 black/white photographs.

A5 landscape; 80 pages. Price : £6.50

J & A GARDNER & CO LTD
Graham Atkinson
(ISBN : 1-902953-07-X)

Our first shipping company history features a Scottish company which has remained a family-owned one throughout its history. Its fleet of coasters bore the names of Celtic saints and these ships were a familiar sight not only in the Irish Sea but much further afield. They carried a wide range of cargoes including coal, salt, timber, bulk chemicals and, most importantly, granite from the company's own quarry at Bonawe, near Oban. the book is profusely illustrated in colour and black/white.

A4 portrait; 92 pages. Price : £12.00

HUDSON STEAMSHIP
Graham Atkinson
(ISBN : 1-902953-14-2)

The Hudson company is perhaps best known for its collier fleet that became a familiar sight loading coal in ports in the north-east of England for delivery to utility companiies in the south-east. It later expanded and its dry cargo ships appeard in other trades. Tankers of various sizes were also in the fleet. A link with the Norwegian Mosvold company brought several specialised ships into company management along with bulkers and tweendeckers. The book includes a detailed fleet list of all owned and managed vessels. Profusely illustrated by 143 black/white and 12 colour photographs.

A4 portrait; 96 pages. Price : £13.00

ARKLOW SHIPPING
W J Harvey
(ISBN : 1-902953-15-0)

The town of Arklow has a long and proud seafaring tradition. Many local families have been involved in maritime businesses and it was in 1966 that the Hall and Tyrrell families joined to form Arklow Shipping. Since then, the green hulls of the company's ships have ebcome a familiar sight in ports throughout Europe and, since the introduction of larger vessels, they have been seen even more widely. This book chronicles the development of the fleet, and includes a detailed list of all owned and managed vessels. It includes 115 colour and 12 black/white photographs.

A4 portrait; 96 pages. Price : £16.50