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In the 1930s, hundreds of barges sailed the crowded waters of the Thames estuary carrying up to 100 tons of every sort of cargo - wheat and barley, coal, gun powder, cement and gravel. These remarkable craft were worked by a crew of two - skipper and mate. Here, the shipmate tells his story.

Mate of the Caprice

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    A Paperback / softback by Gordon Brown

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/08/1995
      ISBN13: 9780850364446, 978-0850364446
      ISBN10: 850364442

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      Book Synopsis
      In the 1930s, hundreds of barges sailed the crowded waters of the Thames estuary carrying up to 100 tons of every sort of cargo - wheat and barley, coal, gun powder, cement and gravel. These remarkable craft were worked by a crew of two - skipper and mate. Here, the shipmate tells his story.

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