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David Jenkins

From Ship's Cook to Baronet

Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935

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Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. His was a classic story of 'rags to riches' - starting life as a deck-hand and ship's cook sailing from his native Appledore in 1870, he was a master mariner at the age of twenty-two and subsequently commanded many of the fine sailing ships owned by Hugh Hogarth & Sons of Glasgow. A long-cherished ambition to become a shipowner was eventually realised in 1906 when he acquired his first steamship, City of Cardiff. The venture prospered and nine vessels were owned on the eve of the First World War. He subsequently showed grea… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-78316-257-4
  • EAN: 9781783162574
  • Produktnummer: 20525281
  • Verlag: University of Wales Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 13'554 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage

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