The author is well known as a naval architect and as a professor at Newcastle University. His interest in warships and shipbuilding spans 50 years. Having lived on Tyneside for much of his professional career he has seen the many changes at the Swan Hunter Shipyards. He is an active member of RINA and continues to lecture at Newcastle University. He is a vice-president of the World Ship Society. The book has four pages outlining the rather complex history of the Swan Hunter Shipyards from initial opening, through nationalisation and subsequent privatisation, to its final demise as a shipbuilding facility.
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