Tramp ships : an illustrated history / Roy Fenton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenton, R. S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tramp shipping.

Tramp shipping--Great Britain--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

Barnley, South Yorkshire : Pen and Sword Military, 2013.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 19, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473831902

1473831903

9781473833326

1473833329