The History of Man's Battle With the World's Toughest Ocean

The Twilight Years

The life of the Third Reich's highest scoring U-boat commander

Oceans of Power – 125 Years of Marine Engineering Milestones written by John Barnes, the former editor and publisher of Marine Engineers Review (MER), tells the story of marine engineering over the last two centuries from the coming of steam to the nuclear age and beyond.

Of all the sea trades engaged in by man from the times of the Phoenicians right down to the present day, that of the opium traffic into China was one of the most risky and adventurous.

A history of the Sailing ships would be far from complete without some account of the trade to the West Coast of South America.