Eagle Book of Ships and Boats begins with the Story of the Navy beginning
with the date that Charles II conferred the title of Royal Navy, namely 1660.
The articles in this book describe all aspects of ships and boats, including their
safety with Lighthouses, Lightships and Lifeboats.
Original Price : Unknown
Published by : Hulton Press Ltd in 1959
Dimensions : 21cm x 26.5cm with 192 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Learn how Nautilus navigate to the North Pole
- Recognise the Merchant Navy ships by their funnel markings
- See how freighter fleets grew up under the low-taxation flags of convenience
| CONTENTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| THE ROYAL NAVY | SAFETY AT SEA | ||
| by Charles E. Gibson | by John Fisher | ||
| The Story of the Navy | Page 7 | Navigation and Radar | Page 120 |
| The Navy at War | 7 | Lighthouse, Lightships and Lifeboats | 127 |
| Naval Training | 39 | Signalling at Sea | 137 |
| The Navy Today - and Tomorrow | 43 | Salvage and Ocean Tugs | 142 |
| Sea Mysteries and Shipwrecks | 148 | ||
| THE MERCHANT NAVY | SAILING | ||
| by Laurence Dunn, Assoc I.N.A | by Geoffrey Nightingale | ||
| The Birth of the Steamship | 52 | Introducing Small Boats | 152 |
| Gaining Ground | 61 | Dinghies | 154 |
| Coasters and Short Sea Traders | 68 | Dinghy Rigs and Fittings | 160 |
| The Ocean Freighter | 75 | Home Construction of Dinghies | 164 |
| The Tanker Family | 83 | Come for a Sail | 167 |
| The Passenger Ship | 90 | How Safe Is It? | 173 |
| Ships' Funnels | 100-101 | Yacht and Dinghy Racing | 174 |
| Sea Hunters | 102 | Larger Yachts | 181 |
| Adventurers and Oddities | 108 | Catamarans | 184 |
| Ships of the Future | 115 | Power Boats | 186 |
| Round a Shipyard | 118-119 | The America's Cup Races | 189 |
| Glossary | 191 | ||