Table of Contents

The Inventor A Shipyard at Elswick Workers and Dignitaries Chinese Sailors Battleship Victoria Warships for Japan The Mystery of HMS Wasp Loss of the Cobra Disease on Board Low Walker Launchings Disaster on the Slipway Trouble and Strife Steam Yachts and Millionaires Tugs for Siberia Russian Icebreakers Tackling The Frozen Seas Pioneer Oil Tankers Far East Cruisers Low Walker's Last Ship Index

About the Author

Ken Smith is a maritime historian who has written many books on the history of the Tyne and its ships. Dick Keys is a retired seaman and maritime historian. Both authors live on Tyneside.