I would like to thank Shelley Fallows at Tales before Bedtime for the opportunity of a guest post on her blog. I am really grateful to...

So pleased to be able to tell you all that the second volume in the series on the ships built at Leith, Scotland is now available and has...

SS Palmella, built by Ramage & Ferguson, Ltd., Leith in 1913 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman Lines, Ltd., Liverpool, was a...

She was another tough little ship for the New Zealand market to be owned by the USSC of NZ. MV Kamona she would be registered in...

Launched in June 1956, MV Kaimai was another ship ordered from the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, she was a fine looking sturdy...

She was built for Richardson and Co of Napier New Zealand in 1938 by Henry Robb Ltd of Leith. Length 193.10 Breadth 35.80 Depth 11.65 GRT...

With so many fine ships built at Leith for the waters of New Zealand, it is well time to begin to feature some of them here on the Blog,...

Mersey Mariner Ship No 529 was built and launched in February 1981, the same year that the Dundee Division of Robb Caledon was closed...

This old map from 1840 shows the path of the Water of Leith as it cuts north & South Leith, with the docks and harbour at it’s end as the...

SILVIO Ship No 358 was the fourth ship in what was a large order for ships to be built in the Leith Shipyards of Henry Robb. The order...