Gone... : a chronicle of the seafarers & fabulous clipper ships of R & J Craig of Glasgow ; Craig's "Counties" /"Bill" Cumming.

A book about the full-rig ships of the 19th century Scottish shipping firm R & J Craig. These merchant ships were named after Scottish counties and were known as Craig's 'Counties'. In 1875 Robert and John Craig launched a 4-masted square rigged iron sailing clipper, the County of Peebles, at the time when steamships were set to overtake sail power. Over the next decade eleven sister ships followed. One of these, the County of Roxburgh, was possibly the fastest merchant wind ship ever created. Her wrecked hull still exists on Takarora Island. The book has black-and-white photographs, and appendices. Appendix A lists the master mariners associated with the 'County' ships. Appendix E gives ship details of the R & J Craig fleet.