New Book - they Once Were Shipbuilders. I

SS Sirius was the Leith Built Ship that crossed the mighty Atlantic being the very first such vessel to cross under steam power alone.

Many more Leith "Firsts" can be found in the new book on an almost forgotten maritime past.

Leith-Built Ships Vol. I 

They Once Were Shipbuilders

Make it a xmas gift but dont just take my word for it, have a look at some of the first reviews as shown below.

https://julianstockwin.com/2019/12/11/yuletide-selection-ii/

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18098553.leith-built-history-rival-ships-clyde/

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usreviews/books/whittlesleithbuilt.html

https://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/book-review-they-once-were-shipbuilders-by-r-o-neish/

Available from most good book stores or direct from the publishers.

http://www.whittlespublishing.com/They_Once_Were_Shipbuilders

The book is also available on Amazon and can be delivered anywhere around the world.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Once-Were-Shipbuilders-Leith-Built/dp/1849954437/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Once+Were+Shipbuilders&qid=1576318172&sr=8-1

Leith Shipyards

The new book on Leith Shipbuilding is now on sale

Leith-Built Ships is a testimony to the skill of the men who built the ships and to the many men and women who may have sailed or served on them. This history is brought together in vol. I of a three-volume series about the almost-forgotten part that Leith played in our great maritime heritage.

Avalible at most good book stores or through the publisher at 

www.whittlespublishing.com

You will also find it on Amazon making a great gift for Xmas

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Once-Were-Shipbuilders-Leith-Built/dp/1849954437/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MV8ZZO6E2T9L&keywords=leith+built+ships&qid=1575206527&s=books&sprefix=Leith+Built%2Caps%2C625&sr=1-1

Leith-Built Ships Vol. I, They Once Were Shipbuilders

 LEITH-BUILT SHIPS VOL. I.

They Once Were Shipbuilders

Very pleased to be able to announce that the new book on the great heritage of shipbuilding in Leith is only one week away from launch.

Look out for it in your local bookstore, or get it direct from the publishers at the following http://www.whittlespublishing.com/They_Once_Were_Shipbuilders

It is also available through Amazon at the following link

https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Once-Were-Shipbuilders-Leith-Built/dp/1849954437/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1574605167&sr=1-1

SOFALA Ship No 241

The Twin Screw Motor Vessel SOFALA I can confirm was a motor vessel with 2 engines leading to twin screws, in responce to Gordon's question. He served on her when named Vorlooper and was unsure if she was single screw or twin. Happy to put the record straight about ships built at Leith and you will be able to find out so much more about the ships built at Leith, in my second book in the series which is almost complete.
In the meantine you can read about the ships from 1850 to the end of WW1 in the new book to be published next month.

The details of the book can be found at the publisher’s website as follows-

http://www.whittlespublishing.com/They_Once_Were_Shipbuilders


You can also pre-order the book from Amazon at the following link

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Once-Were-Shipbuilders-Leith-Built/dp/1849954437/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=They+Once+Were+Shipbuilders&qid=1567599695&s=books&sr=1-1

Many thanks.

They Once Were Shipbuilders

Well at long last the first in the series of books on Ships built at Leith is now ready for pre-ordering.

The details of the book can be found at the publisher’s website as follows-

http://www.whittlespublishing.com/They_Once_Were_Shipbuilders You’ll see that the book is now available to order and that it’s available at a special pre-publication price of £14.99 which will run until 20th September.

Or the book can now be pre-ordered at Amazon by following the link shown below.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Once-Were-Shipbuilders-Leith-Built/dp/1849954437/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=They+Once+Were+Shipbuilders&qid=1567599695&s=books&sr=1-1

New book Leith-Built Ships Vol 1-now ready

Well at long last the book is now ready for pre-order- details from the publishers as follows-

http://www.whittlespublishing.com/They_Once_Were_Shipbuilders You’ll see that the book is now available to order and that it’s available at a special pre-publication price of £14.99 which will run until 20th September.

Launch of the ST CATHERINE

Pleased to be able to show you this video clip of the launch of the passenger ferry ST CATHERINE ship No 534 from the Henry Robb (We had reverted back to the original name)

Shipyard on 30^th March 1983. This fine ship is still going strong working in the Med, now run by Delcomar and named GB CONTI.

The video clip was sent in by Charlie who was a welder in the yard; he managed to get up one of the cranes just before the launch to record this wee bit of history.

Watch her go into the water here.

https://youtu.be/o17jpQ-SL_Y

Look out for an announcement soon about my new book

Leith-Built Ships Volume 1