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No Port in a Storm
Bob Macalindin
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Description for No Port in a Storm
Paperback. This volume describes 18 factual adventures of lightships, ranging over a variety of countries, including America, Denmark, Ireland, Canada, England, Holland, Scotland, Australia and Belgium. It gives accounts of life aboard lightships, and the many hazards and disasters that occurred. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; KNGS; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 360. Light shelf wear, else as new.
This volume describes 18 factual adventures of lightships, and ranges over a variety of countries, including America, Denmark, Ireland, Canada, England, Holland, Scotland, Australia and Belgium. It gives accounts of life aboard lightships, and the many hazards and disasters that occurred. Lightships were invariably painted a gaudy red and spent more time at sea than any other ship, their crews compelled to scan the same water and stretch of coastline for the bulk of their working lives. Unlike lighthouse keepers comfortable within their towers, the life of the lightshipman in a hurricane was a sleepless nightmare of holding on, body ... Read more
This volume describes 18 factual adventures of lightships, and ranges over a variety of countries, including America, Denmark, Ireland, Canada, England, Holland, Scotland, Australia and Belgium. It gives accounts of life aboard lightships, and the many hazards and disasters that occurred. Lightships were invariably painted a gaudy red and spent more time at sea than any other ship, their crews compelled to scan the same water and stretch of coastline for the bulk of their working lives. Unlike lighthouse keepers comfortable within their towers, the life of the lightshipman in a hurricane was a sleepless nightmare of holding on, body ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781870325370
SKU
KTG0021650
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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