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Coasting bargemaster / Bob Roberts.
By: Roberts, Bob [author]
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BookPublisher: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Seafarer Books, 2000Description: 173 pages : illustrations, plans, maps, plates ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0953818012 (paperback).Subject(s): Sailing barges -- England -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 387.224092
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 387.224092 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00109297 |
Total holds: 0
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This account gives a vivid picture of the romance and realism of coastal trade, initially in a schooner, then in Thames spiritsail sailing barges before and during the war. The author tells of the havoc wrought by barges caught out in severe gales and the hazards of plying trade in wartime.
First published 1949.