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In Fingal´s Wake: A Tender Tribute
Trevor Boult
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Description for In Fingal´s Wake: A Tender Tribute
Paperback. The former Northern Lighthouse Board tender Fingal was in service for some 37 years and was party to many operational and technical changes in the provision of aids to navigation in Scottish waters. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 462.
Fingal represented the last and final `classic' style of tender once found throughout the three General Lighthouse Authorities of the British Isles. Performing a wide range of duties at Oban and at Stromness, Fingal served all the area needs of the Northern Lighthouse Board. Fingal came to be unique in her design and historic mode of operation, and enjoyed Royal patronage. A well-recognised and admired vessel, her private acquisition after the millennium has seen her preservation up to her new and future role as a luxury `boatique' hotel in Scotland, as part of the RY Britannia experience ... Read more
Fingal represented the last and final `classic' style of tender once found throughout the three General Lighthouse Authorities of the British Isles. Performing a wide range of duties at Oban and at Stromness, Fingal served all the area needs of the Northern Lighthouse Board. Fingal came to be unique in her design and historic mode of operation, and enjoyed Royal patronage. A well-recognised and admired vessel, her private acquisition after the millennium has seen her preservation up to her new and future role as a luxury `boatique' hotel in Scotland, as part of the RY Britannia experience ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445648064
SKU
V9781445648064
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Trevor Boult
Trevor Boult retired from the sea to become a writer. He writes for the Numast Telegraph and the Northern Lighthouse Board magazine. He sailed on the final voyage of the RRS John Biscoe, documenting the journey and the unspoilt Antarctic at a time when few people had ever visited the Southern Ocean.
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