Nautilus Telegraph's Book of the Month for August 2021.

A guide to the china of British shipping companies of the 19th and 20th centuries

Allied Coastal Forces of World War II : Volume I: Fairmile Designs & US Submarine Chasers. Published April 2019.

Unlocking the World : Port Cities and Globalization in the Age of Steam, 1830-1930

This attractive guidebook shows off just how rich our waterways heritage is.

Amid the turmoil of the dying days of the Second World War, a series of ships were sunk in the Baltic. These terrible disasters add up to be the greatest loss of life ever recorded at sea, but the stories of these ships have been lost from view. While everyone recognises the name Titanic, the names Cap Arcona, Goya, General von Steuben andThielbek draw little more than blank stares.