The Leaving of Liverpool

MICHAEL WALSH qualified as a British Merchant deck rating early in 1959. After signing the Articles he sailed on the last of the White Star Shipping Company's fleet, RMS Britannic. The author of over 70 books sailed under the flags of many shipping companies. These include Cunard White Star, Blue Star, Coast Lines, Elder Dempster, Palm Line, Cayzer Irvine, Union Castle, Canadian Pacific Railways, Shell, Ellerman and Papayanni. Others include the Bowring Shipping Company, Royal Mail Lines, etc. Michael circled the world, Mediterranean, Middle East, Latin America and Africa and visited over 60 nations and hundreds of world ports. During his sea career Michael studiously collected images and recollections to provide us with an outstanding record of the then British Merchant Navy. RELATED SEAFARING BOOKS:Untold Sagas of the Sea Volume I, II, III and IV; The Leaving of Liverpool and All I Ask is a Tall Ship by Michael Walsh.