Theory and Practice of Seamanship XI

ISBN-13: 9780415153720 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 564 str.

Graham Danton; G. L. Danton

Opis

Since it was first published in 1962, this text has been continuously revised. This latest, 11th edition includes an updated section on Regulations for Prevention of Collision at Sea, as well as a revised introduction.

O autorze

Graham  Danton  commenced  his  seafaring  career  in  1946  on  the  training  ship HMS Worcester, afterwards serving with the Port Line to Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Africa, West Indies and the Fiji Islands. He obtained the Extra Master Mariner’s Certificate in 1957, gaining the year’s highest marks in the examination. For this he was awarded a Royal Society of Arts Silver Medal and also the Griffiths Award by the Merchant Navy and Airline Officers’ Association. For many years he was Senior Lecturer in Seamanship, Cargo Carriage and Ship Maintenance at Plymouth Polytechnic, since renamed Plymouth University. Though retired, he is now a newspaper columnist and broadcasts for BBC radio.