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Nachdem in der Nachkriegszeit der Seehandel allmählich wieder Fahrt aufnahm, beschloss die Volkskammer der DDR im August 1950 den Aufbau einer eigenen Handelsflotte. Das erste Schiff, ein kleiner Dampfer namens JOHANN AHRENS, wurde zunächst der "Deutschen Schiffahrts- und Umschlagsbetriebszentrale (DSU)" in Berlin übertragen; sie war überwiegend in der Binnenschifffahrt engagiert. Mit der Gründung der "Deutschen Seereederei Rostock (DSR)" am 1. Juli 1952 wurde schließlich die Handelsschifffahrt der DDR unter diesem Unternehmen zusammengefasst.Das umfängliche Buch gewährt spannende Einblicke in die Geschichte der DSR und die Entwicklung der ostdeutschen Schifffahrt. Erstmals stehen vor allem die Schiffe der Deutschen Seereederei Rostock und ihre einheitliche Darstellung im Fokus - sowohl in Bezug auf die Zeichnungen im Maßstab 1:1250 als auch im Hinblick auf die technischen Daten, die präzise vorgelegt und mit einer eindeutigen IMO-Nummer - einer unverwechselbaren Kennung für Schiffe, Reedereien und Schiffseigentümer - versehen wurden. Neben Zeichnungen zu jedem Schiffstyp finden sich auch statistische Informationen zur Flottenentwicklung, Schiffslisten und Erklärungen zu den dortigen technischen Daten. Ergänzt wird das in deutscher und englischer Sprache verfasste Buch durch Erläuterungen zur Bedeutung der Schiffsnamen.

Nova Scotia is an established world-class tourist destination - but typical guidebooks miss many of the province's most fascinating, mysterious, and awe-inspiring sites. For those who wish to step off the beaten track, this guide is for you. Join exploration enthusiast Scott Osmond as he leads you to secret waterfalls, peaceful coves, ghostly industrial sites, abandoned armaments, sinkholes, shipwrecks, and so much more. Whether you are an armchair adventurer, a curious local, or a tourist from away, Osmond will show you a Nova Scotia few have experienced. This book will inspire wonder and curiosity-and raise awareness of the many unusual and peculiar locations nestled throughout this province. Hidden Nova Scotia describes over 125 marvelous, obscure places. Each site description includes historical context, information about the area and, of course, insider's directions for how to get there.

It took Jan von der Bank 3650 hours of construction to get his retro racer RÈMY, made of plywood, epoxy resin and mahogany veneer, out of the tiny garage yard next to his house and launch it.This book documents all the construction steps from the erection of the first frames in February 2017, through the finishing, veneering and painting of the hull, the interior finishing of the cabin, the casting and installation of the keel, rigging of the mast, to the christening and the first successful sail off Kiel in June 2022.In addition, a very personal view of an intense, sometimes adventurous time opens up, which gave the author and boat builder, in addition to the joy of craftsmanship, many new friendships and some surprising insights about themselves. And in the end a special yacht, which with its many surprising details probably does not exist a second time.This book is bilingual in German and English throughout.

A profusely illustrated book that will be of huge appeal to ornithologists, pharologists, everyone with an interest in the natural world and maritime history.

"A unique study into both the professional gamblers aboard Titanic and their individual backgrounds and fates...During the early twentieth century, professional gamblers were such a scourge in the smoking rooms of trans-Atlantic passenger liners that White Star Line warned its passengers about them. In spring 1912 three professional gamblers traveled from the U.S. to England for the sole purpose of returning to America on the maiden voyage of Titanic. 'Kid' Homer, 'Harry' Rolmane and 'Boy' Bradley (Harry Homer, Charles Romaine and George Brereton) were grifters with a long history of living on the wrong side of the law, who planned to utilize their skills at the card table to relieve fellow passengers of cash. One swiftly fell under suspicion of being a professional 'card mechanic,' and was excluded from some poker games, but other games continued apace. This new book, the result of years of research by George Behe, reveals the true identities of these gamblers, their individual backgrounds, the ruses they used, and their ultimate fates after tragedy struck, as well as providing an intriguing insight into a bygone age."