Here's a wartime documentary about shipbuilding for the fight: not great steel battleships produced Merseyside, but smaller craft,, launches and minesweepers and even fishing boats to feed the hungry island, made out of good English oak and elm and shaped by adzes and skilled tradesmen.
I was surprised to learn that wooden ships were used during the Second World War, but I suppose it makes sense; there was still an industry producing these vessels, and turning that into part of the war effort was a natural thing to do.
The twelve-minute movie concludes with the work of one of Britain's little ships: rescuing a downed flier in the North Sea. Thus do the old and the new meet in the moment.
I was surprised to learn that wooden ships were used during the Second World War, but I suppose it makes sense; there was still an industry producing these vessels, and turning that into part of the war effort was a natural thing to do.
The twelve-minute movie concludes with the work of one of Britain's little ships: rescuing a downed flier in the North Sea. Thus do the old and the new meet in the moment.
