Shipbuilding/Merchant Navy books?

[happygoron]

Hey
Struggling to find my old man a christmas present. He's an ex merchant navy engineer so am looking for some related books for him, anyone have any suggestions? I've seen [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-British-Shipbuilding-History-politics/dp/0094756201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260130523&sr=1-1]this[/url] but seems to be out of print and don't fancy giving him an ex libary copy for christmas!

[MartG]

Has he read any of Brian Callison's novels, such as Trapp's War ? As an ex-MN engineer myself I liked them

[Stu R]

Go to borders, the one near me has loads of books on ships and shipbuilding etc - though that might be because of the area I live in. Also look in the history / war stuff as there's plenty of stuff there on historical ships etc. I just cleared them out of a lot of books for myself and my old man as we're a family of marine engineers

[Popeyed]

Try Warsash Nautical Bookshop, they have a website, and obviously loads of nautical books.

[Zad]

Not really literature, but a good set of books nevertheless, is the "Anatomy of the Ship" series. I have a U-Boat and Corvette escort vessel editions, but there are plenty of others on ancient, old and new ships (e.g. Endeavour, Bismarck, Belfast, Intrepid). Although there is quite an extensive write-up on each ship's design and evolution, they comprise dozens and dozens of plans, diagrams, cross-sections and the like.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_the_Ship_s...

[happygoron]

Cheers for the suggestions guys! Going for a selection of odd ones from the Warsash books website I think!