Books

A History of New Zealand Scows and Their Trades.

This book fills an important gap in NZ's maritime history.

Recalling the grand old days of ocean liner and flying boat travel between Australia and New Zealand in the late 1930's 1940's and 1960's

The Customs and language of the British Merchant Seaman 1875 - 1975

The true story of a yong New Zealander's first trip to sea on Shaw Savill's ss"WAIMANA" in 1950.

The story of the Rena disaster.

A history of bulk carriers

The Canterbury Steam Ship Company story.

The shipping history of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company.

An exciting book about the ss NIAGARA which was sunk after striking German mines off the coast of New Zealand in 1940

This books describes the wartime construction of a fleet of fairmiles in New Zealand for the RNZN, their war service and what later became of them.