Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920. Sir William Bower Forwood
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Sir William Bower Forwood
Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066139070
Table of Contents
Chapter I THE PASSING OF THE SAILING-SHIP
Chapter II THE ERA OF THE STEAMSHIP
Chapter III THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARINE ENGINE
Chapter IV THE MAKERS OF OUR SHIPPING TRADE
Chapter V OUR MERCHANT SHIPS AND THE WAR
Chapter VI SHIPPING AND THE WAR
2.—Difficulties of Restoration
3.—Problems to Come with Peace
Chapter VII THE “RED JACKET” A Reminiscence of 1857
Chapter VIII THE “QUEEN OF THE AVON” A Reminiscence of 1858
Chapter IX THE “GREAT EASTERN” A Reminiscence of 1861
Chapter X BUILDING AN EAST INDIAMAN A Reminiscence of 1856
Chapter XI OUR RIDDLE OF THE SANDS
The Riddle of the Upper Estuary
The Riddle of the Outer Estuary
PREFACE
The following sketches were contributed to the Liverpool Press (Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Courier, Journal of Commerce), and they are now published at the request of many friends. Advantage has been taken of the opportunity for revision, and to add further reminiscences.
A chapter has also been added descriptive of the part played by the British merchant seaman in the war; and another, published in 1917, portraying the attitude and work of the British shipowner during the war.
To do adequate justice to the history of our shipping during the past sixty years would occupy several volumes. In the following pages all that has been attempted has been to outline the principal events in the fewest possible words, in the hope that they may serve for future reference; and also keep alive that interest in our mercantile fleet which is so essential to the prosperity of our Country and the welfare of our people.
Bromborough Hall, Cheshire,
August, 1920.
Chapter I
THE PASSING OF THE SAILING-SHIP