Lightships - Anthony Lane, Martin Augustus

Lightships

Their Design, Development and Diversity
Buch | Softcover
96 Seiten
2024
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-1923-9 (ISBN)
19,90 inkl. MwSt
A lavishly illustrated history of lightships, written by an authority on the subject. Rare images and detailed information contained within this book.
Lightships guided ships of all nations past offshore reefs and sandbanks that posed extreme hazards to navigation where lighthouses could not be built. This book describes their design, construction and evolution over more than two centuries of service. Originally constructed from teak, they progressed through iron hulls to steel. Their lights burnt whale oil, colza oil, then paraffin before electricity provided the greatest brightness. Fog warnings were given by bells, gongs, reed horns and sirens before reaching maximum power with the diaphone, which could be heard up to 10 miles away. All these features, most of which resulted from major scientific and engineering advances made in the nineteenth century, are examined here.

For hundreds of years lightships made the sea lanes around Great Britain far safer for navigators. Their history and development are well documented through the rare images and detailed information contained within this book.

A retired scientist with a passion for maritime history, Anthony Lane has written numerous books and articles about the Kent Coast and shipping in general, including Front Line Harbour, A History of the Port of Dover. His other subjects include Kent Shipwrecks and a history of light vessels. He is originally from Margate but now lives in Wiltshire.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 100 Illustrations
Verlagsort Chalford
Sprache englisch
Maße 165 x 234 mm
Gewicht 310 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Schiffe
ISBN-10 1-3981-1923-7 / 1398119237
ISBN-13 978-1-3981-1923-9 / 9781398119239
Zustand Neuware
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