The Yorkshire Mary Rose eBook Stephen Baines
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The ship 'General Carleton' was built in Whitby in 1777 and sank off the coast of Poland in 1785. When she was excavated in the 1990s a wide range of artefacts were recovered many of which, due to being coated in tar from the ship's cargo, were in a remarkable state of preservation - most notably a unique collection of sailors' clothing. It is because of the picture these objects give us about life, both aboard and ashore, for 18th-century mariners from Whitby and other coastal towns in the North-East, that 'General Carleton' has been called the 'Yorkshire Mary Rose'. This book is the story of 'General Carleton', of those who built her, owned her and sailed on her in an age of war, shipwreck, privateers and press-gangs; it is the tale of an ordinary merchant ship in extraordiary times.
Stephen Baines is Yorkshire born and bred, and has ancestors who were mariners of Whitby in the 18th and 19th Centuries. After studying at Cambridge University he did a post-graduate year at Oxford before training as a teacher in London. After his marriage he moved to East Anglia where he has lived ever since, within easy reach of the North Sea. He taught for several years in a local comprehensive school before moving to the Sixth Form College at Colchester where he introduced the International Baccalaureate. After retiring from full-time teaching in 2006 he worked for two years part-time at the University of Essex, lecturing in Philosophy.
He has written articles on problem-solving, educating very able children, Anglo-Norman sculpture, the sheep-breeder Jonas Webb, mediaeval drinking habits and on the ship 'General Carleton'. His other interests include gardening, ornithology and croquet. He has three children and three grandchildren.
The Yorkshire Mary Rose eBook Stephen Baines
The title does not really do this lovely book justice. I wanted to read the book because I have ancestors involved in merchant shipping and I didn't know much about it. This is an easy to read book, with some lovely chapters giving enough facts and a little creative guesswork to create a detailed picture of what life must have been like for the mariners, sailers and masters of the ships sailing in and out of Whitby during the 18th Century. You can find a lot of information about naval history in other books, but actually merchant shipping was vital to Britains economy and supporing its wars and this book is a great introduction to that history.The book follows the story of the Ship 'General Carlton' which was wrecked just outside Gdansk in 1785, and due to the large quantities of tar in its cargo, the artefacts on the ship are extraordinarily well preserved. It has been possible to idenify huge numbers of personal effects. There are well preserved textiles such as jackets, socks, and hats, there are even combs with sailors' initials carved on them. Stephen Baines pulls together information from the lists of those on board ship and the items they found and the history of times to create a fascinating picture of how the merchant shipping trade operated. There are even details like pictures of the chamber pots the ships cook used when he needed more cooking pots.
There are some chapters which contain perhaps a few too many lists of names of ships owners, and ships, and sailors. However, if you are researching your family history in this area then this is very useful information. It is easily skipped through anyway.
This book would be a good read for anyone interested in social history, martime archeology, maritime history, historic costume, or Whitby and its surrounding area.
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The Yorkshire Mary Rose eBook Stephen Baines Reviews
This book should appeal those interested in the history and families of Whitby, and to those interested in the ships and life at sea in the 1700's. I'm especially interested in the family history aspect and really appreciated Stephen Baine's loving and careful documentation of the ship-building families, the ships they sailed, and merchant life at the time.
Some of the families documented include Atty, Boulby, Campion, Chapman, Holt, Husler, Jefferson, Lotherington, Pyman, Robinson, Storm, Taylor, Thompson, Walker, and many others.
The book includes many illustrations and photographs from a variety of sources that aren't normally accessible. There is considerable detail, which underscores the depth of research.
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A Ship brought back to Life, 22 May 2010
By M Holmes
This review is from The Yorkshire "Mary Rose" The Ship "General Carleton" of Whitby (Paperback)
If you love English Maritime History then this book about a ship lost in the dark waters of the Baltic must be read.
From a small town on the North Yorkshire coast she was built, owned & manned. We learn of the involvement with the war of Americn Independence & what happened to Captain Cook's "Endeavour". We learn of convoys, privateers, as well as whalers & the Baltic Trade. With fascinating detail from meticulous research we can read about victualling (do you know what 'swizzle' was?),impressment and redoubtable women ship owners.
Interwoven into the story are the artifacts recovered from the wreck. From the ship's musters we know the names of the mariners involved and their families are traced. From contemporary newspapers we learn of the voyages she undertook.
There are photos from the wreck site, prints from that period, sketches skillfully drawn. There is even a knitting pattern developed from a sailors hat found on the wreck. I do think this should set a new fashion and I won't tell you what the chamber pots were used for.
The title does not really do this lovely book justice. I wanted to read the book because I have ancestors involved in merchant shipping and I didn't know much about it. This is an easy to read book, with some lovely chapters giving enough facts and a little creative guesswork to create a detailed picture of what life must have been like for the mariners, sailers and masters of the ships sailing in and out of Whitby during the 18th Century. You can find a lot of information about naval history in other books, but actually merchant shipping was vital to Britains economy and supporing its wars and this book is a great introduction to that history.
The book follows the story of the Ship 'General Carlton' which was wrecked just outside Gdansk in 1785, and due to the large quantities of tar in its cargo, the artefacts on the ship are extraordinarily well preserved. It has been possible to idenify huge numbers of personal effects. There are well preserved textiles such as jackets, socks, and hats, there are even combs with sailors' initials carved on them. Stephen Baines pulls together information from the lists of those on board ship and the items they found and the history of times to create a fascinating picture of how the merchant shipping trade operated. There are even details like pictures of the chamber pots the ships cook used when he needed more cooking pots.
There are some chapters which contain perhaps a few too many lists of names of ships owners, and ships, and sailors. However, if you are researching your family history in this area then this is very useful information. It is easily skipped through anyway.
This book would be a good read for anyone interested in social history, martime archeology, maritime history, historic costume, or Whitby and its surrounding area.
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