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The Great Scuttle

£14.99
The End of the German High Seas Fleet through eyes of children in the local Orkney community. This well-researched history is given life and immediacy by personal stories - with the added bonus of hearing how the events of June 1919 brought washed-up treasures to the Orkney islanders and created salvage jobs for many years to come.

The Sea Journal : Seafarers' Sketchbooks

£29.95
Nautilus Telegraph's Book of the Month for November 2019 is available at a special discount The Sea Journal contains first-hand records by a great range of travellers of their encounters with strange creatures and new lands, full of dangers and delights, pleasures and perils.

Archie's Lights

£18.99
Remarkable account of one Scottish light keeper's 66 years of service for the Northern Lighthouse Board shines a light not just on light keepers but on their good service to shipping.

Sealink British Ferries

£15.99
With a wealth of previously unpublished images, Ian Collard tells the fascinating story of this unique shipping company.

Viola : The Life and Times of a Hull Steam Trawler

£12.00
Deep in southern latitudes, in a desolate corner of Cumberland Bay on the east coast of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, hard by the rotting quays of the abandoned whaling station of Grytviken and almost within a stone’s throw of the grave of Sir Ernest Shackleton, lie three forsaken steam ships: rusting remnants of our industrial past, unique survivals from a vanished age of steam at sea.

Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970

£25.00
An illustrated reference book to gladden the hearts of mid-20th century liner geeks. Reviewed by the Nautilus Telegraph.