British warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817.
R WINFIELD

Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. • The first – and only – published listing of career histories for the warships of this period. • A ‘must have’ reference work for anyone interested in the ships or naval history of the era. • Illustrated with a wide range of contemporary images. At the zenith of its power in 1809 the Royal Navy comprised one half of all the warships in the world, the first (and last) time any navy achieved this dominance. Given its importance, it is not surprising that much attention has been lavished on this subject, but among the numerous books on the design, development and technical details of these ships, there is surprisingly little readily available on their careers. Now this gap is comprehensively filled by this superb reference book, outlining the service history of every ship, built, purchased or captured, that fought for the royal Navy in the great wars of the 1793-1815 era – well over 1000 vessels. .
The book is organised by Rate, classification and class, with outline technical and building data, followed by a concise summary of the careers of each ship in every class. This information includes:

• dates of commissions
• major refit periods (with costs where known)
• changes of captain
• the stations where they served (and when)
• details of any noteworthy actions in which the ships took part.

It enables anyone to follow up a casual reference to any warship, and will provide the researcher with a solid core of information on which to base further study. Specially commissioned general arrangement drawings depict the most significant classes, while contemporary prints and drawings illustrate the wide variety of service required of naval vessels in these wars.

With nothing remotely like it in print, this is a work of the utmost importance to every naval historian and general reader interested in the navy of the Nelsonic era.

RIF WINFIELD is an authority on historic warships, the author of The 50-Gun Ship, and co-author of The Sail and Steam Navy List 1815-1889.

EAN | 9781861762467
Editor | Chatham Publishing
Autor | R WINFIELD
Estado | Sin existencias. Disponible a corto plazo
Año de edición | 2005
Número de edición | 1
Páginas | 432
Ilustraciones | 200 plans and illustrations
Idioma | english
Encuadernación | hardback
Dimensiones | 25x29