Last of the Square Rigged Ships Joseph Ferrell Colton 9781258784331 Books
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Last of the Square Rigged Ships Joseph Ferrell Colton 9781258784331 Books
This book is a catalog of the 316 surviving square rigged sailing ships, world wide, as of 1937. All ships are listed alphabetically by their current name. The index will direct the reader to any previous names. Most ships will be described with the tonnage (gross and net), length, breadth, depth and sail rig. There is also a brief paragraph history for most of these ships. Unfortunately, there were some ships of which the author could not find much information. The book also has 74 small photographs.The introduction has compiled a batch of statistics about these ships. 72 of these ships were built between 1840 and 1889. 164 were built between 1890 and 1918. And finally 77 more were built after the First World War. Most were merchant ships. Of the 316 ships, 126 had Italian owners, 32 British owners, 28 Findland owners, 25 USA owners, and 105 were owned by other nations. An appendix also list almost ninety sailing ships that had been lost since World War I, giving the ship's name, year, place and reason for loss.
The three oldest ships were the HMS Victory (1765), USS Constitution (1797) and USS Constellation (1797). The USS Constellation was actually completed in 1854 as a major "repair" of an earlier ship ( but that is another story). The book has several pages of text for these famous warships that now serve as museums. Two other warships listed are the steam ships of line: HMS Conway (ex-Nile, 1839) and HMS Worcester (ex-Fredrick William, 1860) which were then serving as training ships. Unfortunetly the author knew almost NOTHING about the them. Both of these were lost in 1953. Another noteworthy old ship was the whaling ship Charles W Morgan which was then and now serving as a museum ship. One of the very newest ships was the Horst Wessel (1936) which now serves as the US Coast Guard training ship "Eagle".
Four ships, which now serve as museum ships, are conspicuously missing from this book. The Frigates HMS Unicorn (1824) and Foudroyant (ex-Trincomalee) (1817); and the merchant ships Falls of Clyde (1878) and Wavertree (1885). All of these ships had their mast removed then and thus did not qualify for this book.
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Last of the Square Rigged Ships Joseph Ferrell Colton 9781258784331 Books Reviews
I knew the Coltons growing up in Northern Arizona and this book was fascinating to me for several reasons. First, I wanted to be on a sailing ship. I knew the author and he had actually sailed on the last square-rigger to sail around the bottom of the world. He had also built a model of the ship in exquisite detail. It's a beautiful book, and I'd like to find a copy for my grandson.
This book is a catalog of the 316 surviving square rigged sailing ships, world wide, as of 1937. All ships are listed alphabetically by their current name. The index will direct the reader to any previous names. Most ships will be described with the tonnage (gross and net), length, breadth, depth and sail rig. There is also a brief paragraph history for most of these ships. Unfortunately, there were some ships of which the author could not find much information. The book also has 74 small photographs.
The introduction has compiled a batch of statistics about these ships. 72 of these ships were built between 1840 and 1889. 164 were built between 1890 and 1918. And finally 77 more were built after the First World War. Most were merchant ships. Of the 316 ships, 126 had Italian owners, 32 British owners, 28 Findland owners, 25 USA owners, and 105 were owned by other nations. An appendix also list almost ninety sailing ships that had been lost since World War I, giving the ship's name, year, place and reason for loss.
The three oldest ships were the HMS Victory (1765), USS Constitution (1797) and USS Constellation (1797). The USS Constellation was actually completed in 1854 as a major "repair" of an earlier ship ( but that is another story). The book has several pages of text for these famous warships that now serve as museums. Two other warships listed are the steam ships of line HMS Conway (ex-Nile, 1839) and HMS Worcester (ex-Fredrick William, 1860) which were then serving as training ships. Unfortunetly the author knew almost NOTHING about the them. Both of these were lost in 1953. Another noteworthy old ship was the whaling ship Charles W Morgan which was then and now serving as a museum ship. One of the very newest ships was the Horst Wessel (1936) which now serves as the US Coast Guard training ship "Eagle".
Four ships, which now serve as museum ships, are conspicuously missing from this book. The Frigates HMS Unicorn (1824) and Foudroyant (ex-Trincomalee) (1817); and the merchant ships Falls of Clyde (1878) and Wavertree (1885). All of these ships had their mast removed then and thus did not qualify for this book.
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