The North American schooner "Bertha L. Downs" was one of many large four-, five- and six-masted schooners which were built on the banks of the Kennebeck River at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. These huge wooden vessels were almost universally employed in the coastal trade and the principal part of this was coal from Virginia to New England. She was launched in 1908 and, after some ten years in the lumber and coal trade, was sold to Danish owners and renamed "Atlas". Like a number of her contemporaries she was able to make a profitable living through the 1920s and 30s. She was finally broken up in Germany after 42 years of work under five flags. This is the first volume in the "Anatomy of the Ship" series to describe a large coastal trading vessel - a ship type which holds a particular romance for ship modellers and those interested in the last days of sail.
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The majestic age of sail, the large tall ships bearing up to seven masts in the later 1800's to the second world war is an age that everyone with an interest in the sea loves. Great ships that plied the world with coal, wool, tea and timber in direct competition with the steam ship. Unlike the warships such as the victory of Constituion they required small crews as the evolution of the industrial age saw the use of 'Donkey engines' to lift the enormous sails in minutes in comparison to days by manual labour. How do I know this? I bought this wonderful book. Unlike the rest of the series, it is written by men of sail, not hostorians, and even the traditional line drawings are explained. When you peruse this book you can hear Greenhill and Manning argueing with each other about the way it was back "then". The book contains the history of the tall ship as a cargo carrier, the history of this ship as well as line drawings and photos that would make Beken of Cowles drool. A wonderful coffee table book even though it was never meant to be one.
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