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Actions Displays	Fair Winds and Rough Seas : The Story of the Holm Shipping Company Remove from selection Add to selection TitleFair Winds and Rough Seas : The Story of the Holm Shipping Company Author Allan A Kirk (author)‎ Place of publicationWellington, Somerset PublisherA.H. & A. W. REED Year of publication1975 Period19th century20th century Pagination260 p. IllustrationsIllus., black and white photos Dimensions14.5 x 22 cm Materialbook Class numberHE945.H55 1975 ISBN0-589-00934-6 NotesPeter Young Collection Subjectshipping, shipping companies, New Zealand Geographical keywordOceania, New Zealand The little ships of Holm have been familiar visitors to every port in New Zealand ever since 1880, when Swedish-born Ferdinand Holm bought a share in the barque Malay. He and later his sons and his grandson built up a fleet of ships that traded not only in New Zealand's coastal waters but also across to Australia, to the Pacific Islands and ventured into the Antartic. This book tells the story, and it is a brave one.

TitleFair Winds and Rough Seas : The Story of the Holm Shipping Company

Author

Year of publication1975

Period19th century20th century

Pagination260 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white photos

Dimensions14.5 x 22 cm

Materialbook

Class numberHE945.H55 1975

ISBN0-589-00934-6

NotesPeter Young Collection

Geographical keywordOceania, New Zealand

The little ships of Holm have been familiar visitors to every port in New Zealand ever since 1880, when Swedish-born Ferdinand Holm bought a share in the barque Malay. He and later his sons and his grandson built up a fleet of ships that traded not only in New Zealand's coastal waters but also across to Australia, to the Pacific Islands and ventured into the Antartic. This book tells the story, and it is a brave one.