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My Life At Sea 1863 1894
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Author : William Caius Crutchley
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-19
My Life At Sea 1863 1894 written by William Caius Crutchley and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-19 with Fiction categories.
"My Life at Sea (1863-1894)" by William Caius Crutchley is a captivating memoir that offers readers a firsthand account of life at sea during a significant period in history. Crutchley's narrative immerses readers in the challenges, adventures, and experiences of a life spent on the open ocean. This memoir is a valuable historical document that provides insights into maritime life, navigation, and the evolution of seafaring practices during the 19th century. It is a compelling read for those interested in maritime history and personal narratives of life at sea.
My Life At Sea
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Author : William Caius Crutchley
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 1912
My Life At Sea written by William Caius Crutchley and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
My good sailor friend Captain Crutchley has asked me to write a foreword to his autobiography. It is a pleasure to comply. The author began his life at sea in sailing-ships, in the age of the Black Ball liners, the Baltimore clipper-ships, and those perfect specimens of naval architecture built in Aberdeen for the China tea trade. Captain Crutchley tells of the hardships of the sea. He gives stirring descriptions of the performances of the ships in which he sailed. His narrative may perhaps be briefly supplemented. Sir George Holmes, in his book on ancient and modern ships, quotes many examples of record passages. In 1851, the Nightingale, in a race from Shanghai to Deal, ran on one occasion 336 knots in twenty-four hours. In the same year the Flying Cloud, in a voyage from New York to San Francisco, ran 427 knots in one day. The Thermopylæ, 886 tons register, built by Messrs. Steel, of Greenock, sailed 354 knots in twenty-four hours. The Aberdeen clippers of the 'sixties did marvellous work. Under sail, the Ariel, Taeping and Serica started together from Foochow on May 30, 1866. They met off the Lizard on September 6; and on the same day the Taeping arrived in the East India Dock at 9.45 p.m., and the Ariel at 10.15 p.m.-a difference of half-an-hour after racing for over three months on end.
My Life At Sea
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Author : W. Caius Crutchley
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-16
My Life At Sea written by W. Caius Crutchley and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-16 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from My Life at Sea: Being a Yarn Loosely Spun for the Purpose of Holding Together Certain Reminiscences of the Transition Period From Sail to Steam in the British Mercantile Marine, 1863-1894 MY good sailor friend Captain Crutchley has asked me to write a foreword to his autobiography. It is a pleasure to comply. The author began his life at sea in sailing-ships, in the age of the Black Ball liners, the Baltimore clipper-ships, and those perfect specimens of naval architecture built in Aberdeen for the China tea trade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
My Life At Sea Being A Yarn Loosely Spun For The Purpose Of Holding Together Certain Reminiscences Of The Transition Period From Sail To Steam In The British Mercantile Marine 1863 1894
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Author : William Caius Crutchley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-05-28
My Life At Sea Being A Yarn Loosely Spun For The Purpose Of Holding Together Certain Reminiscences Of The Transition Period From Sail To Steam In The British Mercantile Marine 1863 1894 written by William Caius Crutchley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-28 with Social Science categories.
My Life at Sea; Being a "yarn" loosely spun for the purpose of holding together certain reminiscences of the transition period from sail to steam in the British mercantile marine (1863-1894), a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
My Life At Sea
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Author : W. C. Crutchley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
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My Life At Sea
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Author : William Caius Crutchley
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
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My Life At Sea written by William Caius Crutchley and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Early in the year 1863 there was brought into the little harbour of Margate a vessel called the Figaro of Narbonne, a small craft with a cargo of wine. She had got into trouble on one of the many outlying sandbanks which make the entrance to the Thames a problem of considerable difficulty for any vessel not thoroughly qualified to meet any emergency that may arise through wind or weather. What the precise cause of this accident was escapes my memory, but whatever its origin, it was instrumental in sending me to sea, for it brought me into close contact with a London merchant, Mr. Trapp, who was interested in her cargo and who had come down to supervise her repairs. This merchant was also a shipowner, and had been at sea during the French wars in the early part of the century. He was good enough to tell me many stories relating to privateering and the customs of the sea, to all of which I listened greedily, for I was born with the sound of the sea in my ears and from my earliest recollections had made up my mind that the sailor’s life was the only one worth living. Unfortunately this view was not shared either by my father or my mother, both of whom had set their minds upon making me a civil engineer. My head master was of the same opinion as myself as regards my future, but we reached the same conclusion by somewhat different roads, as will be seen. I scarcely think I was tractable as a school-boy. I can distinctly remember that from the age of ten until I was fourteen I was always the “awful example,” and my impression is that the cane was administered thrice daily with great regularity. At the age of fourteen there was a serious difference of opinion between the head master and myself; he suggested that my conduct in class was beyond his endurance, and I, considering his was also objectionable, expressed my view by launching a book at his head. When I turned to make my escape, there was no escape for me; I was headed off and cornered by masters lower down the room. And face downwards on a desk I both heard and felt the best arguments that can be used in such circumstances. When I got home, these arguments were only too palpable, and my indulgent parents brought my career at that school to a summary conclusion. Nevertheless, I bore the old boy no malice, for he was a good judge of a human boy’s nature. When he asked me one day what I was going to be, I replied, “Civil engineer,” to which he retorted, “A soldier or a sailor is all they will ever make of you,” and it must be confessed that it was a fairly accurate forecast, though the prophecy was evidently not intended as a compliment to either army or navy. After that episode it seemed to dawn upon my mind that it was time to learn something, and I was put as a private pupil with a man whose memory I shall always respect (afterwards Leetham of Thanet House), for he had the great gift of raising his pupil’s enthusiasm for the subject he was teaching. We used to start quite early in the morning, before breakfast, take our time in the middle of the day for recreation, and again tackle the work in the evening. It was in one of the mid-day recreations that, happening to walk down the lower pier, I met my old friend the shipowner. I soon made up my mind that I must go to sea, and realised that here was the instrument by which my desire could be accomplished. A steady siege was at once commenced.
My Life At Sea Being A Yarn Loosely Spun For The Purpose Of Holding Together Certain Reminiscences Of The Transition Period From Sail To Steam In The British Mercantile Marine 1863 1894 With A Preface By Earl Brassey With Twelve Illustrations
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Author : William Caius CRUTCHLEY
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
My Life At Sea Being A Yarn Loosely Spun For The Purpose Of Holding Together Certain Reminiscences Of The Transition Period From Sail To Steam In The British Mercantile Marine 1863 1894 With A Preface By Earl Brassey With Twelve Illustrations written by William Caius CRUTCHLEY and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with categories.
Catalogue Of Books
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Author : Miles, James, bookseller, Leeds, Eng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Catalogue Of Books written by Miles, James, bookseller, Leeds, Eng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with categories.
Making Men In The Age Of Sail
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Author : Graeme J. Milne
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2024-06-15
Making Men In The Age Of Sail written by Graeme J. Milne and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-15 with History categories.
Myths and stereotypes surrounding seafarers in the Age of Sail persist to this day. Sailors were celebrated for their courage, strength, and skill, yet condemned for militancy, vice, and fecklessness. As sail gave way to steam, sailing-ship mariners became nostalgic symbols of maritime prowess and heritage, representing a timeless, heroic masculinity in an era when the modernizing industrial world was challenging assumptions about gender, class, work, and society. Drawing on British seafaring memoirs from the late nineteenth century, Making Men in the Age of Sail argues that maritime writing moulded the reading public’s image of the merchant seaman. Authors chronicled their lives as they grew from boy sailors to trained seafarers, telling colourful tales of the men they worked with – most never doubted that the sailing ship had made them better men. Their testimony reinforced and preserved conservative perspectives on seafaring manhood as Britain’s economic and technological priorities continued to evolve in the new steamship age. Offering a gender analysis of the image of the seafarer, Making Men in the Age of Sail brings the history of British sailors into wider debates about modernity and masculinity.
My Life At Sea
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Author : William Phares Dukeshire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-11
My Life At Sea written by William Phares Dukeshire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-11 with categories.