Off-print A4 size, pp.XX, XX illustrations in B&W. Originally intended to be one of my “Shipbuilding in Rotherhithe” booklets with the provisional title “Lord Cochrane´s Steam Warships”, as research progressed it became obvious that the title would be misleading, as his Lordship’s involvement was at times peripheral, or only financial. Many questions cropped up. What was the real purpose of the ship under construction at Rotherhithe, supposedly for the disgraced Naval Hero? (He had been struck off the Navy List for involvement in a fraud on the Stock Exchange). It was named and decorated as if for Polar exploration, but that seemed unlikely.