Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920

The old sailing-ship, with all the romance which surrounds it, must long linger in the affectionate regard of all British people as the creator of our great overseas trade and t...

With the "passing" of the sailing-ship much of the poetry and romance of the sea disappeared. The era of the steamship is more prosaic, but it brought with it a recognition of t...

The steamship as a practical proposition developed slowly, being retarded by the dilatory evolution of the marine engine. The first serious effort to apply steam power to vessel...

These sketches of the growth and development of our shipping trade would be incomplete without some reference to those who built up its great prosperity--men who are entitled no...

The active part taken by our merchant ships in the War, and the brave deeds of our seamen are perhaps too recent to be considered "reminiscent," yet we cannot but feel that any...

It is unfortunate that no adequate statement has been forthcoming setting before the public the important services shipowners are performing for the country, and the serious pos...

We are justly proud of the development of our steamships--their size, speed, and magnificent equipment--and we are apt to forget that this has always been characteristic of Brit...

The old-fashioned sailing-ship was handicapped by her inability to contend successfully with strong head winds. After the continuance of a succession of north-west gales the riv...

Some account of the memorable voyage of the "Great Eastern," when she broke down in the middle of the Atlantic, may be of interest. It is an old story, but it is memorable as ma...

The building of a wooden East Indiaman recalls much of what was romantic in the history of British shipping--much of what was essentially British in the art of the craftsman. Th...

Shortly before the late war a small volume entitled "The Riddle of the Sands" had a large circulation. It described the adventures of two friends, who, in a small yacht, spent t...