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On the Bookshelf
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The Ancestry,
Life and Times of Commander John MacGregor-Skinner RN
Peter
Scott Roberts
This
excellent book briefly examines the ancestry of John Skinner before
his family were forced to flee Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion
of 1715. Glimpses of where they settled in the New World and how
influential they became in shaping that community before moving on to
cover their involvement with American Revolution and finally
resettling in Britain.
The book
covers the life of Commander John Macgregor Skinner R.N. from his
early naval career in North America to his tragic death off Holyhead
in 1832.
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 Remembering
the Lord Warden - British Railways’
Pioneering Car Ferry
John Hendy
Looking at the vibrant ferry industry
of today, it is difficult to believe that the seasonally operated,
pioneering ‘floating garages’ of the immediate post-war era ever
paid their way.
Built by the famous Denny yard at
Dumbarton in 1952, the Lord Warden epitomised the re-birth of
Dover’s ferry industry but was gradually eclipsed by the developing
roll-on era of the mid-60s. Downgraded to Irish Sea routes at the end of
her career, the industry that she had helped to create had simply
overtaken her and she was sold in 1979 to Saudi Arabian interests.
John
Hendy tells the year-by-year story of this remarkable pioneering ship in
his new, fully illustrated, limited-edition book: size A4, 48 pages.
Published by Ferry
Publications, February 2007.
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 The
Wahine Disaster - A Tragedy Remembered
By Emmanuel Makarios,
A study of one of the
worst maritime disasters in New Zealand history.
Drawing on oral history
and archival records, it provides a vivid account of the events of 10
April 1968. It answers all of the most frequently asked questions about
the tragedy, providing information about the storm and its impact, how
and why the ferry foundered, the various experience of those on board
and the many valiant rescue efforts both at sea and ashore.
Pbk 210mm x 280mm, 60
pages. ISBN 1869340795.
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 Mariner:
Captain William Henry Hughes, DSC.
Dewi
B. Francis
The
remarkable career of Captain William Henry Hughes began in the era of
sail. He first went to sea aged only 12 years, and by the time he was
18 had been shipwrecked three times. He sailed around Cape Horn ten
times before settling on a career with the ferries operating to
Ireland out of Holyhead. He saw active service in the First World War,
came under fire during the Irish Troubles in the 1920s, and led a
party of sailors who successfully prevented the Irish Light Ship Alexandria
being scuttled. He received two Royal Humane Society Certificates on
Vellum for bravery, rescuing people from the Irish Sea.
In
1940, a captain of the requisitioned ferry Scotia,
he was awarded the DSC for his gallantry during the evacuation of
the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk.
96pp,
150 x 210mm, softback, illustrated. Published by Bridge
Books.
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