From Ship S Cook To Baronet
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From Ship S Cook To Baronet
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Author : David Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2011-09-15
From Ship S Cook To Baronet written by David Jenkins and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with History categories.
Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. His was a classic story of ‘rags to riches’ - starting life as a deck-hand and ship’s cook sailing from his native Appledore in 1870, he was a master mariner at the age of twenty-two and subsequently commanded many of the fine sailing ships owned by Hugh Hogarth & Sons of Glasgow. A long-cherished ambition to become a shipowner was eventually realised in 1906 when he acquired his first steamship, City of Cardiff. The venture prospered and nine vessels were owned on the eve of the First World War. He subsequently showed great entrepreneurial initiative during the depression, acquiring motor vessels and establishing new trade routes. He is also remembered as a great philanthropist, particularly through his association with the National Museum of Wales – during his term as treasurer (1925-28) and president (1928-32), he restored the museum’s faltering finances and enabled the construction of the it’s east wing which is now so integral a part of Cardiff’s dignified civic centre. His establishment of the Reardon Smith Nautical School in Cardiff in 1921 was another notable achievement; this school provided an opportunity for aspiring deck officers to learn the essential skills appropriate to their chosen careers. He also funded hospital developments in Cardiff and Bideford, and endowed the chair of geography at Exeter University. At the time of his death in December 1935, fulsome tributes were paid to him both by his fellow shipowners and by the principals of those organisations which had benefitted from his generosity; many of those who live in south Wales and the West country today still enjoy that legacy
From Ship S Cook To Baronet
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Author : David Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2011-09-15
From Ship S Cook To Baronet written by David Jenkins and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with History categories.
Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. His was a classic story of 'rags to riches' - starting life as a deck-hand and ship's cook, he made a fortune in the shipping industry at the zenith of the Welsh coal trade.
Ship S Cook And Baker
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Author : Otto Krey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-08
Ship S Cook And Baker written by Otto Krey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08 with categories.
Captain Cook S Merchant Ships
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Author : Stephen Baines
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2015-08-03
Captain Cook S Merchant Ships written by Stephen Baines and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-03 with Transportation categories.
While the story of Endeavour is widely known, Captain Cook sailed with eight ships, which began their lives as merchant vessels. This detailed illustrated history tells the story of these vessels and the people who sailed in them. In placing these ships and people in the personal, political, social, financial, scientific and religious contexts of their times, this book provides a comprehensive and readable account of the 'long eighteenth century'. Using contemporary sources, this gripping narrative fills a gap in Cook history and attempts to catch something of the exciting, violent, gossipy but largely untaught and unknown period through which these vessels and their people sailed literally and figuratively between the old world and the new.
Ship S Cook And Baker
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Author : Otto Krey
language : en
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
Release Date : 1942
Ship S Cook And Baker written by Otto Krey and has been published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with categories.
War Ships Sunk In Samoa
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
War Ships Sunk In Samoa written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Apia (Samoa) categories.
Tramp Ships
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Author : Roy Fenton
language : en
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Release Date : 2013-11-13
Tramp Ships written by Roy Fenton and has been published by Seaforth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-13 with History categories.
With 300 stunning photographs, this pictorial history of tramp trade ships illustrates the evolution of these charming, itinerant merchant vessels. The tramp ship was the taxi of the seas. With no regular schedules, it voyaged anywhere and everywhere, picking up and dropping off cargoes, mainly bulk cargoes such as coal, grain, timber, china clay and oil. Older and slower vessels tended to find their way into this trade, hence the tag 'tramp'—but new tramps were also built for the purpose. In this beautiful volume featuring 300 photographs, Roy Fenton illustrates the Tramp Ship’s evolution over the course of more than 100 years, from the 1860s, when the steam tramp developed from the screw collier, until it was largely replaced by the specialist bulk carrier in the 1980s. Fenton offers fascinating background information on the design and building of tramps. He describes the machinery, from simple triple-expansion turbines to diesel engines. Their operation and management and the life of the officers and crews are also covered. This illustrated history journeys through the last years of the 19th century, the two world wars, and the postwar years. Photo captions provide each ship’s dimensions, owners, and builder. Each ship’s career is outlined with notes on trades and how they changed over a ship's lifetime.
The Evolution And Significance Of The Powered Bulk Carrier
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Author : Roy Fenton
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-03
The Evolution And Significance Of The Powered Bulk Carrier written by Roy Fenton and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-03 with History categories.
The book is the first to detail the 170-year evolution of the powered bulk carriers which continue to have a major role in the world’s trades and economies. Their design and technological development is traced from the screw colliers of the 1850s which revolutionised the British coastal coal trade. The same engineering principles were applied to produce ocean-going steam and later motor tramps. By the end of the 19th century, the capabilities and economies of these ‘black freighters’ had captured from the sailing ship much of the world’s trade in bulk commodities. In the second half of the 20th century, the tramps in turn evolved into multi-purpose, dry bulk carriers. These workhorses of the sea transport commodities including metallic ores, grain, coal, timber and other minerals. Quantities of up to 400,000 tons are carried in the largest, specialised ore carriers. In a parallel development, applying the same technical principles produced smaller yet efficient steam and later motor coasters which came to dominate short sea shipping. The book concludes with a discussion of how the economies of transportation provided by bulk carriers have had profound effects on industrialisation, globalisation and the world’s economy, and discusses the environmental impact of these ships.
A History Of British Tramp Shipping 1870 1914 Volume 1
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Author : Gordon H. Boyce
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2024-03-25
A History Of British Tramp Shipping 1870 1914 Volume 1 written by Gordon H. Boyce and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-25 with History categories.
Celebrated in the novels of Joseph Conrad and vintage films, tramp ships - the precursor of bulk carriers - are not well understood today. Yet, these vessels transported in bulk essential minerals and ores, grains, timber, and other commodities and played a vital role in creating the modern global economy. While the histories of some individual tramp firms have been written, this book uses personal correspondence and surviving company records to chart the development of the entire industry - the largest in the world- during a period of transformational technical change. Who were the bold, risk-takers who founded tramp firms? How did they mobilise the resources needed to enter this dynamic sector, build immense companies, and accumulate vast fortunes? Why did others fail? This study reveals how executives learned ‘the art’ of managing tramps and developed strategic networking skills. Tramp shipping resonates with many of today’s high-growth industries: it was an information intensive, high stress operation that required rapid - sometimes instinctive - decision-making within a turbulent market. Building business networks was supported by a distinctive culture that streamlined communication. This innovative study places information, knowledge, learning, culture, and communication at the centre of the analysis in order to transport readers into the minds of those fascinating entrepreneurs who helped build the modern world.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Or Dictionary Of Arts Sciences And General Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Or Dictionary Of Arts Sciences And General Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with categories.