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This book is a sequel to Andrew Wiltshire's first book on tugs Looking Back at British Tugs. This time he concentrates on examples that were completed in British Shipyards. He has always been fascinated by the number of small shipyards that once existed around the UK, and often by the location of these yards.
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Cover | Hardback |
Pages | 80 |
Colour | Full Colour |
Orientation | Landscape |
Published | October 2016 |
ISBN | 9781902953809 |
Published By | Coastal Shipping Publications |
Many of these yards specialised in building tugs large and small for the homemarket as well as for customers overseas, and not just in the British colonies.Such was the quality of British-built tugs, that some went onto give many years of service. In 2016a surprising number that have exceededtheir 50th birthday can be found hard at work at locations around the world. This book covers tugs built at 46 different UK shipyards.
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