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Robb Caledon [Leith Division] 1965-1984

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    R O Neish
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    192
    Publisher:
    Whittles Publishing (December 9, 2024)
    Imprint:
    Whittles Publishing
    Language:
    English
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9781849955782
    ISBN-10:
    1849955786
    Weight:
    15.44oz
    Dimensions:
    6.69" x 9.45" x 0.55"
    File:
    Eloquence-SimonSchuster_04022026_P9912986_onix30_Complete-20260402.xml
    Folder:
    Eloquence
    List Price:
    $24.95
    Pub Discount:
    65
    Series:
    Leith-Built Ships
    Case Pack:
    30
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    $19.21
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-SS
    Discount Code:
    A
  • Overview

    Volume 4 of the acclaimed Leith-built Ships series follows Ship Nos 495 to 535 built from 1965 until the eventual closure of the shipyard in 1984 by a government that was hell-bent on destroying British industry and breaking the powerful unions.

    Great ships such as Lloydsman Ship no 509 and SA Wolraad Woltemade, Ship no 516, the two most powerful ocean-going salvage tugs, were built by Robb Caledon and Leith-built ships also played their part in the Falklands War.

    The author features them all, from the huge tug Lloydsman, fighting in the Icelandic ‘cod wars' with her crew using tomato sauce bottles for ammunition, to hospital ship HMS Herald which took part in the Falklands War along with another four ships built at Leith. Robb-built ships were mostly one-off specialised ships that were complex to build, requiring much skill which the Leith shipbuilders had in abundance.

    This volume concludes the series on commercial ships built at the yard and is complemented with many first-hand accounts from the men and women who sailed or served on the ships. ​