Voyage East: A Cargo Ship in the 1960's

By Richard Woodman

This is a description of life aboard Antigone, a British Merchant Navy vessel, one of the Holt Line's China Boats on a voyage from Liverpool to the Far East and back again by way of the Suez in the 1960s. service in cargo liners, recounts the long watches of the night and details the moods of officers, men, sea and weather. He aims to capture the sights, the smells, the satisfaction and the sadness of a style of seafaring which has since been displaced by container ships and roll-on roll-off ferries. whores of Hong Kong, as well as the intracacies of derricks and cargo storage - human hair and hog bristle from China, liquid latex and palm oil from Malaysia. historical novels.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719546184
• ISBN13: 9780719546181
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 9.4"