Tag: Ships

Free Download John Moore – Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I
Jane’s Publishing Company | 2001 | ISBN: 1851703780 | English | 326 pages | PDF | 269.91 MB
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Free Download Paul Beaver – ‘Invincible’ Class (Modern Combat Ships 2)
Ian Allan | 1984 | ISBN: 0711013861 | English | 104 pages | PDF | 77.27 MB

Free Download John Farndon, "The Rise of Western Society: Sailing Ships and Revolutions "
English | ISBN: 1512459739 | 2018 | pages | EPUB | 11 MB
Follow four centuries of discovery and change, from the moment people set out to explore the world to turbulent times when it turned upside down―even for the people who stayed home! See how South American gold fueled Spain’s Golden Age, Ivan the Terrible expanded Russia at a terrible cost, a French king and an English king lost their heads (literally), and the United States won independence. Illustrated maps highlight key events and give a bird’s eye view of what was happening when and where―including mind-blowing inventions such as the telegraph, photography, and the car.

Free Download John Bowen – More Miniature Merchant Ships: The New Guide to Waterline Ship Modelling in 1/1200 Scale
Conway Maritime Press | 2003 | ISBN: 0851779360 | English | 216 pages | PDF | 117.85 MB
John Bowen brings his knowledge and expertise of waterline ship modeling to a second volume of miniature merchant ships, including examples such as Haverford (1901), Carpathia (1903), Oronsay (1925) and Braemar Castle (1952). The book opens with a section giving advice on initial preparations – finding and using plans, suitable materials and tools. This section also presents an alphabetical list of the principal fittings on a ship (those that would be included on this type of model) – hatches, winches, capstans, anchors, etc – with details and diagrams on how to make them. Section II comprises 30 sets of plans of ships built between 1900 and 1969. These are accompanied with at least one photograph of the ship, a full specification, brief history, and notes on essential constructional details, including color scheme. Readers will recognize the authoritative yet approachable style John has brought to several ship modeling titles, which will appeal to both beginners and more experienced modelers.

Free Download Scott Robertson – Model Ships from Scratch
Naval Institute Press | 1994 | ISBN: 1557505896 | English | 167 pages | PDF | 112.06 MB
Model ship building does not have to be an expensive hobby. The author of this book takes you on a journey through one of the oldest crafts – nowadays a hobby – and shows you how you can build an end product of fascination, history, skill and value using low-cost materials and a minimum of tools – "from scratch" in fact. The book begins by explaining hull lines and hull construction methods and then moves on to: masts, yards, booms and gaffs; deck equipment and furniture; anchors; painting; rigging and blocks; armament; simple sail making; mounting and displaying the finished model.

Free Download John Bowen – Miniature Merchant Ships: A Guide to Waterline Ship Modelling in 1/1200 Scale
Conway Maritime Press | 1997 | ISBN: 0851776590 | English | 232 pages | PDF | 106.05 MB
Building 1/1200 scale ship models is a branch of ship modelling with, among other things, the advantage that a varied collection of models demonstrating, for example, changes and progress in ship design and construction can be displayed in a comparatively small space. In the first part of this book, after discussing research, where to obtain data and plans, tools and materials, the author describes in detail the construction of these models, illustrating the text with photographs and diagrams, many of which related to deck and other fittings.

Free Download Maritime Animals: Ships, Species, Stories (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures) edited by Kaori Nagai
English | June 6, 2023 | ISBN: 0271095377 | True EPUB/PDF | 240 pages | 6.9/5 MB
This volume explores nonhuman animals’ involvement with human maritime activities in the age of sail―as well as the myriad multispecies connections formed across different geographical locations knitted together by the long history of global ship movement.

Free Download Ghost Ships: Sailing Through Eternity: Unveiling the Mysteries of Ghost Ships
by Adrian Cave
English | March 31, 2024 | ASIN: B0CW1C13SV | 109 pages | PDF | 44 Mb

Free Download Philip Weir, "Dunkirk and the Little Ships "
English | ISBN: 1784423750 | 2020 | 112 pages | EPUB | 24 MB
An illustrated guide to the history of the famous "Little Ships" and their role in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, which saved hundreds of thousands of British soldiers from capture by German forces.

Free Download World of Ships – Issue 29 – 26 January 2024
English | 102 pages | PDF | 88.9 MB