From Cape to Cape. The history of Lyle Shipping Co
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- Author(s) Orbell, John, with Edwin Green & Michael Moss
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1978
- Pages 239pp; illus
- Publisher Paul Harris Publishing
- Place Published Edinburgh
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Commissioned scholarly history. Narrative. Chapters include: '1791-1872 - Sugar and ships'; '1872-1890 - We were to be the Cape Line'; '1890-1900 - A limited company'; '1900-1919 - A job for the boys'; '1919-1939 - Showing a firm back'; '1939-1953 - The burdens of war'; '1953-1963 - A shipping revolution'; '1963-1977 - The making of a bulkcarrier fleet'; '1969-1977 - From company to group'; 'The contemporary challenge'. Extensive appendices including ship list; list of directors; list of masters, etc.