Modern seamanship - Knight A.M. [1921, PDF]

Modern seamanship

Year: 1921
Language: english
Author: Knight A.M.
Genre: Manual
Publisher: D. van Nostrand Company
Edition: 8th
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 849
Description: Contents include types of ships, the hull and fittings of a ship, rope, knotting and splicing, mechanical appliances on shipboard, blocks and tackles, handling heavy weights, the compass - submarine signals, boats, handling boats in a surf, ground tackle, carrying out anchors, steering of steamers, the rules of the road, maneuvering to avoid a collision, piloting, handling a steamer alongside a dock, placing a ship in dry dock, weather, handling steamers in bad weather, handling of destroyers, submarine chasers, submarines, keeping stations and maneuvering in squadron, towing, rescuing the crew of a wreck, man overboard, stranding, assistance by public vessels to vessels in distress.

Vitbar192, BTW, this book already exist on tracker : . Did you check before releasing?

Arcan, Yes, I saw him, but I have a later edition (8th).

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