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The merchant schooners : a survey of the history of the fore and aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales in the years 1870-1940 with something of their previous history and subsequent fate
The Merchant Schooners V. IIVolume 2. Author's note -- Part one. The life -- Design and management -- The coal trade -- Part two. The iron topsail -- Residual questions -- Appendix I: The later Portmadoc schooners -- Appendix II. Autobiographical note by Captain R. Robinson -- Appendix III: Note by David R. MacGregor on the plans in this volume -- Appendix IV. Minutes of Annual General Meeting and accounts, 1881, of the Knottingley Marine Insurance Society -- Appendix V. Statement of rules and specimen policy of the Braunton Mutual Insurance Assoc. Ltd. -- Appendix VI. Extract from the account book of the Brigantine Elizabeth -- Appendix VII. Bibliography -- Appendix VIII. Notes on vessels of which plans appear in these volumesReferences to ships and shipping in Newfoundland; Includes inde
The merchant schooners : a survey of the history of the fore and aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales in the years 1870-1940 with something of their previous history and subsequent fate
The Merchant Schooners V. IForeword / Frank G.G. Carr, Director, The National Maritime Museum -- Author's note -- Part one. Historical summary -- The building of the schooners -- Part two. The company of little ships -- The west country schooners -- Bridgewater men and barmen -- The Irish sea -- Appendix I: Account book of the schooner "Thetis" of Fowey, May 1873-February 1876 -- Appendix II: Cargo book of the ketch "Alford" of Bildeford, January 1895-February 1896 -- Appendix III: Notes on vessels of which plans appear in this volumeReferences to ships and shipping in Newfoundlan