Maritime
Books on Tasmania's rich maritime history – shipwrecks and rescues, whaling and sealing, ports and lighthouses, and the ships and seafarers of Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean. A popular section with maritime historians, model shipbuilders, and anyone with family connections to Tasmania's seafaring past.
Alma Doepel - The History of An Australian Schooner 1903 - 1975
Launched in 1903 at Bellingen, New South Wales, the three-masted topsail schooner Alma Doepel was sold into Tasmanian ownership in 1915 and went on to become part of Hobart's Henry Jones (IXL) "jam fleet," carrying fruit and jam between Hobart and the South Yarra jam factory.
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Back From The Dead - MV Blythe Star story
When the coastal freighter MV Blythe Star left Hobart on a routine trip, Mick Doleman was an 18-year-old deckhand working alongside nine other crewmen, all accustomed to the dangers of the sea. But nothing could prepare them for what happened less than 24 hours later.
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Blood, Sweat & the Sea - used, signed
A Tasmanian maritime biography of John Muir, who built the business of Muir Engineering, designing and manufacturing some of the world's best anchoring and mooring systems. Signed by John Muir on the title page.
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Built to Last
The story of the shipwrights of Port Cygnet, Tasmania, and their boats 1863-1997.
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By Derwent Divided – The Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster | Tom Lewis | 3rd Edition 2025 [HC]
On 5 January 1975 the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra struck two of the pylons of Hobart's Tasman Bridge, bringing down two spans of the bridge and sinking the ship in the Derwent River. Seven crew members and two people on the bridge were killed. The collapse divided Hobart for nearly two years — cutting the city in half and forcing residents on the eastern shore to take lengthy detours or use a ferry service until the bridge reopened in October 1977.
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Capital Port
A History of the Marine Board of Hobart, Tasmania 1858-1997.
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![Bass Strait Crossing - Tasmanian shipping history, written by master mariner GW Cox | 1986 [USED – HCDJ]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/bass-strait-crossing-gw-cox-k7NqWZ.png "Bass Strait Crossing - Tasmanian shipping history, written by master mariner GW Cox | 1986 [USED – HCDJ]")
![By Derwent Divided – The Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster | Tom Lewis | 3rd Edition 2025 [HC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/byderwentdivided-2025-lzhjkG.png "By Derwent Divided – The Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster | Tom Lewis | 3rd Edition 2025 [HC]")
