"S.S. Shieldhall is the largest steamship in Europe preserved and operated entirely by volunteers. A steamship included in the Naitonal Core Collection list of historically impportant, vessels alongside such ships as the Cutty Sark, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and the paddle steamer Weaverley. Read about how and why she was built in 1955 and then, after a working life as a sewage sludge disposal ships, she was to become a museum ship - a maritime celebrity involved in filming contracts and voyages near and far; a story which is far from finished..."--Provided by the publisher.