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.
Tamar River Leads - creating a safe harbour entrance
The various Tamar River ports in the north of Tasmania have been significant since the arrival of the first European settlers to Port Dalrymple in 1804. Tamar River Leads describes the various surveys carried out near the river mouth and the safety measures put in place to minimise risks to incoming and outgoing vessels.
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Tasmanian Anchorage Guide – 6th Edition | Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania | 2025 [NEW – SC – Spiral Bound]
The 6th edition of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's comprehensive guide to anchorages, moorings and passage-making around the Tasmanian coastline and key inland waterways. The guide covers anchorages around the full coastline of Tasmania — from the east coast bays and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel to Bass Strait, the west coast and the rivers and estuaries of the south.
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Tasmanian Shipwrecks Volume 2 1900-2020
This revised and expanded edition of Tasmanian Shipwrecks Volume 2 covers the period 1900-2020, and is a thorough and detailed work.
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Tasmanian Shipwrecks Volume One
This 2020 edition is a revised and expanded edition of Tasmanian Shipwrecks 1797-1899 (first published in 1998).
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Tassie's Whale Boys
The story of more than one hundred and twenty mostly Tasmanian men who signed up with Norwegian whaling ships in the 1920's for "the adventure of their lifetime" hunting the great mammals in Antarctic waters.
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The Adventures of Chas from Tas - Renegades at Sea - signed
Charles "Chas from Tas" Blundell's memoir of five decades at sea, from his Tasmanian schooldays to ocean races on teams from six countries, written with Juliet Prentice. Signed by the author. Softcover, 2015, 227 pages.
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The Bass Strait Ferry - City of Melbourne
A Tasmanian maritime history booklet about the pioneer Australian screw steamship making the Bass Strait crossing between Tasmania and the mainland.
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The Bastard's A Genius - Bob Clifford
The story of how Incat's Robert Clifford went from being a poor student to a global shipping entrepreneur reads more like adventure fiction than cold hard fact.
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![Tasmanian Anchorage Guide – 6th Edition | Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania | 2025 [NEW – SC – Spiral Bound]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/tasmanian-anchorage-guide-6th-2IRaM1.png "Tasmanian Anchorage Guide – 6th Edition | Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania | 2025 [NEW – SC – Spiral Bound]")
![The Bay | European History of St Helens including Tin Mining Record | Garry Richardson | 2019 [USED – HC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/The-Bay-K58nZW.png "The Bay | European History of St Helens including Tin Mining Record | Garry Richardson | 2019 [USED – HC]")
![The Blythe Star Tragedy - how indifference and negligence sank a ship and cost three men their lives | Michael Stoddart | 2022 [USED – SC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/blythe-star-tragedy-twKh3s.png "The Blythe Star Tragedy - how indifference and negligence sank a ship and cost three men their lives | Michael Stoddart | 2022 [USED – SC]")
