The Last Grain Race. Eric Newby

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Автор произведения Eric Newby
Жанр Биографии и Мемуары
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       THE LAST GRAIN RACE

      ERIC NEWBY

      William Collins

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 77–85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB WilliamC‌ollinsBooks.com

      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2014

      First published in Great Britain in 1956 by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd

      Copyright © Eric Newby 1956

      Eric Newby asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      Cover design by www.nathanburtondesign.com

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780007597833

      Ebook Edition © November 2014 ISBN: 9780007597840

      Version: [2014-10-07]

       A NOTE ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS

      All photographs in this book are drawn from a collection of several hundreds taken by the author in the course of the voyage, none of which had been previously published until the book’s first publication in 1956. The copyright is held by the author. The illustration on p.17 is reproduced by kind permission of the Editor, The Belfast News-Letter.

       LLOYD’S WEEKLY SHIPPING INDEX MAY 5th, 1904

      On April 18th there was launched at Port Glasgow by Messrs William Hamilton and Co. a four-masted barque of about 3,200 tons gross, the last of two sister vessels built for Messrs G.H.J. Siemers and Co of Hamburg, for their nitrate trade: vessel has a length of 320 feet (b.p.), a beam of 47 feet and a depth of 28 feet to main deck, and is classed at Germanischer Lloyd’s under special survey. With the view of minimizing labour numerous winches are fitted on board for working of sails and the equipment also includes on 6-h-p. and one 10-h-p. petrol winch. During construction the vessel has been supervised by Mr Alexander Craig on behalf of Germanischer Lloyd’s, and by Captains Opitz and Gerdau on behalf of the owners. The barque was named Kurt (by Mrs T. W. Hamilton).

       LLOYD’S LIST AND SHIPPING GAZETTE MARCH 5th, 1935

      MOSHULU (ex ‘Kurt’). – Steel four-masted barque: 5,300 tons d.w., 3,116 gross, 2,911 net. Built Port Glasgow, 1904 Sold by the Charles Nelson Company, Inc., San Francisco, to Captain Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn. It is understood that the sale is ‘subject to survey’.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       A Note on the Illustrations

       Extracts From Lloyd’s Index and List

       Sail Plan and Diagram of Running Rigging

       Map of Moshulu’s Course Round the World

       Chapter 8: The Watch Below

       Chapter 9: ‘Ängelskit’ and ‘Kabelgarn’

       Chapter 10: ‘Rundvask’

       Chapter 11: Kroner

       Chapter 12: ‘England’s Hope’

       Chapter 13: Inaccessible Island

       Chapter 14: ‘God Jul’

       Chapter 15: Into Battle

       Chapter 16: Cape Catastrophe

       Chapter 17: Port ‘Veek’

       Chapter 18: The Last Grain Race

       Chapter 19: Storm in the Southern Ocean

       Chapter 20: Cape Horn