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MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP. VOLUME I. B.R. 67 (1) (INCORPORATING AMENDMENT NOS. 1-4). 1951 by N/A - 1959
by N/A
MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP. VOLUME I. B.R. 67 (1) (INCORPORATING AMENDMENT NOS. 1-4). 1951
by N/A
- Used
- Hardcover
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1959. 290 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H) - dark blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. 'Certificate of Insertion of Amendments' affixed to front pastedown, noting where amendments have been made to the book by inserting/glueing in new information, with corresponding neat ink notations in text. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings/diagrams/maps. Colour section on Semaphore Code, Naval and International Codes, Flags and Ensigns. Chapter headings: General Sea Terms; Types of Ship; Design and Construction of Warships: Elementary Ship Construction; Routine, Passing Orders, and Organisation; Rope and Its Usage; Rigging; Ships' Boats; Anchors and Cables; The Mariner's Compass; Conning and Steering; Sounding by Lead and Line; Charts: Buoyage: Lights; Naval Communications; Naval Ceremonial; Questions; Index. Very light edgewear to boards. . 5th Impression of 1951 Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (CA)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition 5th Impression of 1951 Edition.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1959
- Keywords Royal Navy, Sea measures, Warships, Battleships, Design, Construction, Merchant vessels, Sailing, Minesweepers, Aircraft carriers, Submarines, Frigates, Rigging, Anchors, Mariner's compass, Sounding, Rope, Hawsers, Bends, Hitches, Buoyage, Flags, Sema