Frigates Sloops Brigs

Author : James Henderson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781596417
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frigates-Sloops & Brigs written by James Henderson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Nelson's most frequent cry was for more frigates. Though not ships of the line these fast and powerful warships were the 'eyes of the fleet'. They enabled admirals to find where the enemy lay and his likely intentions, as well as patrolling vital trade routes and providing information from far-flung colonies. Together with their smaller cousins, the sloops and brigs of the Royal Navy, they performed a vital function.Generally commanded by ambitious young men, these were the ships that could capture enemy prizes and earn their officers and men enough prize-money to set them up for life. The fictional characters Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey hardly surpassed some of the extraordinary deeds of derring-do and tragedy described in these pages.Originally published in two volumes, this book is a bargain for all who want the factual low-down on the Brylcreem Boys of Nelson's navy.

Author : James Henderson
Publisher : Military Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781848845268
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frigates, Sloops and Brigs written by James Henderson and published by Military Classics. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The frigates originally published: London: Adlard Coles, 1970 -- Sloops and brigs originally published: London: Adlard Coles, 1972.

Author : Nicholas Blake
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811732758
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy written by Nicholas Blake and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fictional exploits of sailors in the Royal Navy have thrilled readers around the world. This title covers various aspects of the Royal Navy including the workings of the admiralty, the designs and building of ships, life on board, food and drink, discipline, seamanship, merchant fleets, and opposing navies.

Author : James Henderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sloops and Brigs written by James Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian Mclaughlan
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848321872
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sloop of War written by Ian Mclaughlan and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study in depth of the Royal Navy's vital, but largely ignored small craft. In the age of sail they were built in huge numbers and in far greater variety than the more regulated major warships, so they present a particular challenge to any historian attempting a coherent design history. However, for the first time this book charts the development of the ancillary types, variously described in the 17th century as sloops, ketches, brigantines, advice boats and even yachts, as they coalesce into the single 18th-century category of Sloop of War. In this era they were generally two-masted, although they set a bewildering variety of sail plans from them. The author traces their origins to open boats, like those carried by Basque whalers, shows how developments in Europe influenced English craft, and homes in on the relationship between rigs, hull-form and the duties they were designed to undertake. ??Visual documentation is scanty, but this book draws together a unique collection of rare and unseen images, coupled with the author's own reconstructions in line drawings and watercolour sketches to provide the most convincing depictions of the appearance of these vessels. By tackling some of the most obscure questions about the early history of small-boat rigs, the book adds a dimension that will be of interest to historians of coastal sail and practical yachtsman, as well as warship enthusiasts.

Author : Robert Gardiner
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612519474
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sailing Frigate written by Robert Gardiner and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. This book is the first of a series which will take selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types – in this case, the evolution of the cruising ship under sail. Each volume reproduces a large number of model photos, all in full colour, and including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features. Although pictorial in emphasis, the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing an unusual and attractive form of technical history. While the series will be of particular interest to ship modellers, all those with an interest in ship design and development will attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Author : Kate Milford
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805098003
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Left-Handed Fate written by Kate Milford and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A quest story to find the three pieces of a magical engine which can either win the War of 1812 ... or stop it altogether"--

Author : Richard Ogorkiewicz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472813065
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tanks written by Richard Ogorkiewicz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an internationally acclaimed expert in the field comes a detailed, analytical and comprehensive account of the worldwide evolution of tanks, from their inception a century ago to the present day. With new ideas stemming from the latest academic research, this study presents a reappraisal of the development of tanks and their evolution during World War I and how the surge in technological development during World War II and the subsequent Cold War drove developments in armour in Europe and America, transforming tanks into fast, resilient and powerful fighting machines. From the primitive, bizarre-looking Mark V to the Matilda and from the menacing King Tiger to the superlative M1 Abrams, Professor Ogorkiewicz shows how tanks gradually acquired the enhanced capabilities that enabled them to become what they are today – the core of combined-arms, mechanized warfare.

Author : Joan Druett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684854341
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hen Frigates written by Joan Druett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-05-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hen frigate is any boat with the captain's wife on board. This is their story of life on the high seas.