Reading List for Gwynedd Maritime History
- "Imortal Sails" by henry Hughes. Classic book about Porthmadog ships
- "Through
Mighty Seas" by Henry Hughes, Voyage on the barque PRIDE OF
WALES
- "Porthmadog
Ships" by his brother Emrys Hughes with Aled Eames,
- "Eifionydd
ar Mor" by Dr Jones-Morris. Booklet of Eifionydd Lecture.
- "Porthmadog" by Myfanwy
Morris - Many old photos.
- "Melys
Gofio" by W.R.Hughes. Childhood in Porthmadog
- "Blas
y Mor" Penri Davies. (Of Port and Criccieth) Voyage on the
barque HEATHFIELD, Capt W.Cadwalader. Sunk by U.Boat
1917. Descriptions of Porthmadog before WW1,
FLORENCE COOKE etc.
- "Hen Llongau Sir Caernarfon" by D.Thomas (reprinted 2007)
- "A Commodious Yard" by Bryan D.Hope. The story of William Thomas and Sons. Shipbuilders of Amlwch.
- "Llongwr
o Rhoslan" J.J.Williams
- "Traddodiad y Mor" by J.Geraint Jenkins
- "Llyncu'r
angor", "Ar y bont", "O flaen y Mast" and "Hwylio'r
Moroedd" by Capt W.E.Williams (Wasi) of Criccieth.
- "Ships
and Seamen of Anglesey" by Aled Eames
- "Ventures in Sail" and many booklets by Aled Eames
-
"Pobl Mor y Port" by Aled Eames
- "Gwraig y Capten" by
Aled Eames
- "Y Fordaith Bell" Aled
Eames. Booklet Welsh seafarers to Australia.
- "Shipmaster" Aled Eames
- "Meistri'r Moroedd" by
Aled Eames.
- "Ships and Seamen of Gwynedd"
by Aled Eames. Illustrated booklet.
- "Letters from America"
Booklet by Aled Eames, Lewis Lloyd and Bryn Parry. - First
part is about the N.Wales emmigrant trade.
- "Twilight
of Welsh Sail" by Aled Eames
- "Awstralia y Cyfandir Pell"
booklet by Aled Eames
- "O Bwllheli i Bendraw'r Byd"
booklet by Aled Eames
- "Growing
up amongst sailors" by JI Davies. Nefyn man's reminisinces
about his father, a well known Nefyn
Master Mariner - Swn y Mor" J.I.Davies. Booklet of a talk he gave.
- "Cerddi Porhinllaen" by John Glyn Davies Welsh Sea chanties and sea songs.
- "Mi wisga'i Gap Pig Gloyw" by Cledwyn Jones. Biography of John Glyn Davies
- "Pwllheli - An old Welsh town and its history" by D.G.Lloyd Hughes
- "Pwllheli - The port and mart of Llyn" by Lewis Lloyd
- "The Port of Caernarfon - 1793 - 1900" by Lewis Lloyd
- " Bangor - Port of Beaumaris" by M.Ellis-Williams
- "Town and Port of Barmouth" by Lewis Lloyd
- " Wherever Freights may Offer" by lewis Lloyd. Maritime history of Barmouth 1565-1920
- "Trysorau'r Traeth" by T.G.Walker. Boyhood in Moelfre.
- "Twenty six Years on Bardsey" booklet by Bessie Williams
- "Enlli, ddoe a heddiw/Bardsey, yesterday and today" illustrated booklet by Peter Hope Jones.
- Maritime Wales/Cymru a'r Mor publications from Gwynedd Archives (23 Editions so far)
- "Last of the Windjammers" (2 Vols), "The Nitrate Clippers" and many more by by Basil Lubbock. Classic
- books. all still in print and available from.Brown, Son and Ferguson Nautical Publishers, Glasgow.
- "Shipwrecks around Wales" (3 Vols) Tom Bennet
- "Shipwrecks of North Wales" by I.W.Jones
"Underwater Guide to North Wales Vol 1 Barmouth to South Stack" By Tom Holden
- "Welsh Sail". Susan Campbell Jones'
- The Wheel's kick and the Wind's Song" A.G.Course. Trip in sailing ship. Many Welsh seafarers.
- "Sail Ho!" By Bisset.Voyages as apprentice on Wm Thomas's "County of Cardigan" and "County of Pembroke"
- "Kicking Canvas" By A.A.Bestic. Voyages as apprentice on the "Denbigh Castle"
- "The Merchant Schooners" by Basil Greenhill. Mostly about West country ships but Porthmadog included
- "Schooners" by D.Mcgregor
"Schoonerman" by captain Richard England
"Schooner Captain" by Hugh shaw
- "A Quayside Camera" by Basil Greenhill. Lovely Illustrated book. Some Gwynedd ships.
- "Seafaring under Sail" Basil Greenhill.
- "Cambrian Coasters" R.S.Fenton" Classic book on mid and North Wales steam coasters.
- "Steam Coasters" by C.V.Waine. Beautifull book. Many hand drawn illustrations and plans. Some N.Wales coasters.
- "The War with Cape Horn" and several other books and booklets by Allan Villiers
- Articles and clippings from the "Caernarvon
and Denbigh Herald", "Cambrian News" and the "(Liverpool)
Daily Post"
My own checks on crew articles and log books ( or done on my behalf by researchers)
- There are several books about, Barmouth, Pwllheli, Caernarfon, Anglesey and more memoirs of old seamen etc that I have not read. Any books, by English authors, on the last days of sail, invariably include descriptions on Welsh ships or have Welsh seafarers in the crew.
