Название: The Four-Masted Barque Lawhill (Anatomy of the Ship)
Издательство: Conway Maritime Press
Год: 1996
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 127
Размер: 81 Mb
Язык: English
"Lawhill" was one of the last of the great four-masted barques to make a living in the 20th century, is closely associated in people's minds with the last grain races and the twilight period of the age of sail. Between the middle of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, sailing ships rose to their peak in design; the four-masted barques and the larger five-masted vessels were the ultimate sailing ships, and "Lawhill" was one of the giants. "Lawhill" was launched at Dundee in 1892 for the jute trade from India, but this was soon abandoned as steamships took over.