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METAL INDUSTRIES: SHIPBREAKING AT ROSYTH AND CHARLESTOWN

by Ian Buxton

Published by World Ship Society. 1st. 1992

Slightly better than very good condition. Grey cardwraps. B/w photos. 104 pages.

Covers lightly creased and lightly rubbed at corners. Contents clean.

ISBN: 090561769X
Stock no. 1822898

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Souces and Acknowledgements
  • Plan of Rosyth
  • The Early Days
  • Expansion Potential
  • Growth with Rosyth
  • Fluctuating Finances
  • Metal Industries' Expansion
  • The Big League
  • Gathering Clouds
  • Wartime Activities
  • Postwar Rehabilitation
  • The Functional Fifties
  • Operating Statistics - Rosyth and Charlestown
  • Closure of the Yards
  • Epilogue
  • List of Vessels broken up at Rosyth and Charlestown 1923-1963
  • Alloa Shipbreaking Company Limited
  • Metal Industries Limited
  • Metal Industries (Salvage) Limited
  • Shipbreaking Industries Limited
  • Index

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