The Mountbatten Award for Best Book

 

Very happy to be able to tell you that my 1^st 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/

 

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.

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.

Leith-Built Ships Volume 2, Leith Shipyards 1918 to 1939

 Very pleased to be able to tell you that Volume 2 in the 4 book series on Leith-Built Ships will be published late 2020/early 2021, now featuring the brand new cover.

Just one of the many fine ships launched at Leith, featured in the new book.

The Loftsman Website

Hi all with any luck you will now be aware that the new website which replaces the old leithshipyards website is now well up and running. Please take some time to visit and should you have any input then don’t hesitate to get in touch. As we work along with our website partners at Lucid Media you should begin to see many improvements in the website, making it better, bigger and more informative than ever.

 

New Shipyard shop

As the new website continues now at www.theloftsman.com

The Blog on the new website will be the main source of news from now on and this new Blog will be even better with all the news on Leith Built Ships and so much more, such as the new shipyard shop about to open over there.

New Shipyard shop

Will be opening soon, we have been working on this new concept for a wee while now, with the advent of the virus pandemic this has presented some more unexpected challenges. No more than anyone else has had to contend with but challenges just the same.

All under the logo

They Once Were Shipbuilders

(You will be able to fill in the location with your own preference)

My own particular preference was of course the Henry Robb Shipyard at Leith.

The aim of the shop is to present the customer with unique purchases that you will not find elsewhere. This will be a shop that will be a testament to a lost industry that touched so many people.

The Shipyard Shop will feature many fresh designs which cover an old concept, the concept of building ships.

Powerful industrial images now almost gone, but the memory lingers on, images that now sit very well on every day things from caps, hats to t-shirts to wall coverings.

We are sure that once the Shipyard Shop opens you will find what you are looking for, in a way that no other shop can, as we are also from the industry, an industry that employed so many people not only on this small island nation of ours but all around the World.

We will feature superb museum quality ship models covering many of the greatest ships ever to grace the seven seas.

We feature the Ship Beautiful above otherwise known as RMS Aquitania

Thes are not kits but fully assembled models shipped in sturdy containers to your door and ready to display. Some have LED lighting inside for a tremendous night-time effect.

Many of our original designs can be personalised so that you can input your own personal favourite, so please keep a look out for this happening, keep checking back here on the Blog, and on the main website.

Thanks to all and keep safe during these trying times.

They Once Were Shipbuilders

*LEITH*

We hope you like the small taster of some of the many products that we shall soon be able to offer on the “Brand New” Shipyard Shop.

Bear with us as I am sure we shall open this pretty soon.

Why not have a look at some of my Amazon stuff on the Blog while we wait on the shop opening, below you will find a really neat 3 in 1 Document Camera from Amazon.

OKIOCAM T Plus: The Unique 3-In-1 Document Camera

Thank You NHS

As I recently posted on my main website

 A mock-up of the new Hibernian home top

 

 

 

No further words required a picture worth many thousands of words.