Mersey Rovers

Fenton, R.S.: 1997 UK World Ship Society, hardcover with dust jacket 344 pages, with many photos. The owners and their ships. Mersey Rovers by R.S. Fenton is a detailed history of the coastal tramp ship owners of Liverpool and the Mersey, profiling companies, fleets, and operations that sustained Britain’s short-sea coal and general cargo trades from the late 19th to late 20th centuries. Drawing on fleet lists, photographs, and archival records, it charts corporate lineages, ship acquisitions and losses, and the socioeconomic forces that shaped Merseyside’s coasting industry. ISBN 9780905617848 / 0905617843 In very good condition