The captioned work is now available in the United States at all main booksellers. But a special Bank Line hard cover edition is now available worldwide by private message through Ships Nostalgia or by email to the Author. Your interest in this book is solicited as it covers the 20th century of Andrew Weir's Bank Line.
The book covers oil investments in California, Mexico and Venezuela and the extensive tanker fleet manned by Bank Line personnel; the difficult operations during the hard years of the Great Depression; both WWi and WWII; the post war rebuilding of the fleet and the support of shipbuilders Harland & Wolff and Doxford; the Vietnam Boat People, the last days of the White Ships; and the beginning of The End.
Not forgetting Inverforth's support of the oil engine; His investment and chairmanship at Marconi and Cable and Wireless and a host of other relationships that lead to tramp cargoes all over the world to link up the Liner Services based in Calcutta, Houston Durban and Hong Kong.
From "The largest fleet of Windjammers under the British Flag" to the "Last Surviving British Cargo Liner and Tramp Ship Company to Survive into the 21st century" together with a set of interesting ship photographs and a fleet list divided into ship classes.
As direct selling of any product is not permitted on the regular pages of S,N. you will have to write to me to express your interest and further communication will be conducted off site once I receive your communication details. I might say, however, that a direct purchase from the Author is at a substantial discount from Booksellers' retail price. I look forward to hearing from ex-Bank Line and any others who may have an interest in this publication in hard cover and 242 pages.!
Alistair Macnab.
The book covers oil investments in California, Mexico and Venezuela and the extensive tanker fleet manned by Bank Line personnel; the difficult operations during the hard years of the Great Depression; both WWi and WWII; the post war rebuilding of the fleet and the support of shipbuilders Harland & Wolff and Doxford; the Vietnam Boat People, the last days of the White Ships; and the beginning of The End.
Not forgetting Inverforth's support of the oil engine; His investment and chairmanship at Marconi and Cable and Wireless and a host of other relationships that lead to tramp cargoes all over the world to link up the Liner Services based in Calcutta, Houston Durban and Hong Kong.
From "The largest fleet of Windjammers under the British Flag" to the "Last Surviving British Cargo Liner and Tramp Ship Company to Survive into the 21st century" together with a set of interesting ship photographs and a fleet list divided into ship classes.
As direct selling of any product is not permitted on the regular pages of S,N. you will have to write to me to express your interest and further communication will be conducted off site once I receive your communication details. I might say, however, that a direct purchase from the Author is at a substantial discount from Booksellers' retail price. I look forward to hearing from ex-Bank Line and any others who may have an interest in this publication in hard cover and 242 pages.!
Alistair Macnab.