STEAM COASTERS and Short Sea Traders WILD ROSE aground in the fiver Dee near Queensferry. The fast flowing tides sometime* lead to groundings but the vessels usually refloated on the next tide Regntered dimensions were 100.9'x 18.0'x B.B' Tonnage 104 gross. Built IS83.

LARGE FORMAT ll| x 85. 14 Full page colour plates. 52 Shipyard plans from 1852 to 1963. Numerous sketches and photos. Over 70, 000 words describing 616 British coasters and more than 300 owners and builders are just some of the features.

CONTENTS: Outline - Building steam coasters - The Engine Room - Early Steam Coasters - Clyde 'Puffers'. Engines - aft Coasters; one hatch, two hatches and three hatches. East Coast Colliers; Engines amidships - Big engines-aft colliers - Up-River Colliers (flat-irons). Coastal tankers. Owners and Trades. The rise of the steam coaster and its competition with sail and later motor ships is also illustrated with anecdotes and comments of owners and crews.

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