{"product_id":"leith-shipyards-1918-1939-leith-built-ships-volume-2","title":"Leith Shipyards 1918-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes some very famous ships with tales of adventure and new trade routes, also sadness, the launch and then the loss of the largest sailing ship ever built in a British shipyard – the five-masted auxiliary sailing barque, \u003cem\u003eKobenhavn\u003c\/em\u003e. It recounts the days when shipbuilding should have flourished and into the tough times of the Great Depression. It remains a testimony to the skill and determination of the people who built the ships and those who served on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fortunes of the three main shipyards are followed through good times to eventual closure or assimilation by the man who would open up the shipyard that took his name. Henry Robb Ltd, shipbuilders and engineers, began without a yard in which to build ships, but eventually took over firstly the old S\u0026amp;H Morton Shipyard, now occupied by Hawthorns \u0026amp; Co. Ltd. That gave Robb control of the Victoria Shipyard, and a few years later he would take over the Cran \u0026amp; Somerville yard, before acquiring the plant and goodwill of the Ramage \u0026amp; Ferguson Shipyard – the cream of the Leith shipyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis last yard would always have a ship on one of its slipways; at the peak they had nine slips, and were pioneers in the building of diesel-powered coasters. Always innovative and with some of the best craftsmen in the industry, the shipyard of Henry Robb quickly acquired the reputation as builders of special ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeith Shipyards 1918–1939\u003c\/em\u003e continues the chronological story begun in Volume I and provides a fascinating illustrated story that reveals the remarkable and ongoing story of shipbuilding for which Scotland and the UK were renowned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRon Neish is actively involved in the ship building industry on a design and consultancy basis. He has contributed articles to maritime magazines worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whittles Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ 2021","offer_id":57657326076278,"sku":"9781849954815","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/2287\/2891\/files\/9781849954815-Leith_Shipyards_1918_1939-1-CWNB.jpg?v=1775944665","url":"https:\/\/sailorshop.co.uk\/products\/leith-shipyards-1918-1939-leith-built-ships-volume-2","provider":"SailorShop.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}