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Showing posts with label Shipwrights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shipwrights. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 December 2020
Saturday, 17 October 2020
The Mountbatten Award for Best Book
Very happy to be able to tell you that my 1st book, Leith-Built Ships Vol., I They Once Were Shipbuilders was nominated for an award a while ago. The nomination category is for best book-maritime. Happy to say that the book is still on the list along with some very stiff competition, it is good to see the efforts to highlight the great maritime heritage of the old Port of Leith, is being recognised.
The Mountbatten Award for Best Book
https://www.maritimefoundation.uk/awards/nominations/
Sunday, 11 October 2020
For model-makers-included in my new book
Leith-Built Ships, Vol. II, Leith Shipyards 1918 to 1939
I am pleased to let you know that included with the new Volume II, which forms part of my series of books on the history of the ships built at the Leith Shipyards.
You will find included many scale drawings which will be very useful for small ship modellers. The drawings can just be scaled up to reproduce a pretty close shape and size of the said ships, all from the period 1918 to 1935.
While there is no Body Plan I am sure that the capable modellers out there will find these scale General Arrangement drawings very useful.
You will also find this great 3 in 1 Document Camera from Amazon very useful.
OKIOCAM T Plus: The Unique 3-In-1 Document Camera
The above was a coaster built by Henry Robb Shipyards as Ship No 240 in 1937; she survived World War Two, being one of the many coasters used to supply cased petrol to the allies in both the North African landings and on the D-Day beaches.
She would end her days being sunk in the Suez Canal in 1979. Lochee was a tribute to her builders.
Sunday, 4 October 2020
Leith Shipyards Vol II, 1918 to 1939
Very pleased to be able to tell you that the book is now being worked on by the publishers and is now available at a special pre-publication price.
This book continues the series on Leith-Built Ships, and will make a great Christmas present even if it may be available a couple of weeks after Xmas, it’s a fine way to start the New Year.
https://www.whittlespublishing.com/Leith-Built_Ships
Just quote the following promotional code at checkout, and you can purchase the book at the special price of £14.99 (plus p&p). WPLEITH2.
Look out for more information on the book soon.
Thursday, 30 January 2020
New website - theloftsman
As promised a brand new website to include some of the original and now some of the new.
Check it out at theloftsman.com
https://www.theloftsman.com/
For all things ships and shipbuilding at Leith.
You can now also contact me at
Ron@theloftsman.com
Please use this email to send comments and stories about the Leith Shipyards, along with any photographs you may wish to see on the website or perhaps even in one of my books in the Leith-Built Ships series.
The website and this Blog now have some wonderful goods from Amazon the worlds largest market place for all your goods, trusted and complete with guarantees, goods that you may well find very useful such as this 3 in 1 Document Camera from Amazon.
OKIOCAM T Plus: The Unique 3-In-1 Document Camera
Saturday, 18 January 2020
Book Launch at Leith
Official book launch at Leith
Very pleased to annonce that their will be an official book launch for the new book about the shipyards of Leith.
Leith-Built Ships Vol I will be featured at a signing event at the Leith Theatre this 31st Jan 2020
Saturday, 14 December 2019
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.
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
Sunday, 1 December 2019
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
Sunday, 4 July 2010
M.S.C. PANTHER
M.S.C. PANTHER
Ship No 381
As part of the large modernisation programme for the Manchester Ship Canal, an order was placed for the supply of two, latest designed, twin screw diesel tugs.
Panther was the first of this two ship order for tugs built at Leith. One of the eight new tugs to be built by the Henry Robb Company to help make up the post war renewal fleet. Became Weston Panther of Weston Marine Services in 1975.Later sold to SONATRAM, Société Nationale des Travaux Maritimes, Algeria in 1977. I have no further info on her after this time, so if you know then get in touch and we can get her history right up to date.
She was 154 tons, with a length between perpendiculars (L.B.P.) of 88 feet, with a beam of 23 feet. Powered by a twin screw Crossley oil engine I.H.P. 1200
Launched 11th of February 1950
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