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Author: Nelson French
Publisher: Ipicturebooks
Published: 2011-05-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780902830431
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nelson French joined the Orient Line in 1947 and served in every ship of the fleet, including the commissioning and maiden voyage of the last of the great Orient Liners--ORIANA.
Author: Jo Stanley
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2016-04-04
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 075096877X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traditionally, a woman’s place was never on stormy seas. But actually thousands of dancers, purserettes, doctors, stewardesses, captains and conductresses have taken to the waves on everything from floating palaces to battered windjammers. Their daring story is barely known, even by today’s seawomen.From before the 1750s, women fancying an oceangoing life had either to disguise themselves as cabin ‘boys’ or acquire a co-operative husband with a ship attached. Early pioneers faced superstition and discrimination in the briny ‘monasteries’. Today women captain cruise ships as big as towns and work at the highest level in the global maritime industry.This comprehensive exploration looks at the Merchant Navy, comparing it to the Royal Navy in which Wrens only began sailing in 1991. Using interviews and sources never before published, Jo Stanley vividly reveals the incredible journey across time taken by these brave and lively women salts.
Author: John Graves
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From bizarre to bewitching, this wonderful collection of photographs from the Marine Photo Service opens up a lost world of travel on the majestic ocean liners. With lucid, informative commentary, the book guides readers through a host of unique images from the height of luxury cruising to the crowded chaos of exotic ports.
