Too small to stand in the line of battle and lacking the speed of the frigate, the 50-gun ship was often dismissed as a dinosaur. This book reveals the crucial role the 50-gun ship played in the development of both the battleship and the frigate and this is the first study of the type, from its development in the eighteenth century and its gradual transition from battlefleet to heavy cruiser role. They were revived for the special conditions of colonial warfare during the American Revolution and thereafter, were employed as ...
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Too small to stand in the line of battle and lacking the speed of the frigate, the 50-gun ship was often dismissed as a dinosaur. This book reveals the crucial role the 50-gun ship played in the development of both the battleship and the frigate and this is the first study of the type, from its development in the eighteenth century and its gradual transition from battlefleet to heavy cruiser role. They were revived for the special conditions of colonial warfare during the American Revolution and thereafter, were employed as peacetime flagships for distant stations, achieving final glory leading small craft in anti-invasion operations during the Napoleonic War. The horrible old Leopard, so described in the fiction of Patrick O'Brian, is the subject of the detailed drawings and plans
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Very Good+ Very Good Dust Jacket. Size: 9x0x11; Includes fold-out schematic/scale plan in rear pocket. Text and illustrations unmarked, pages crisp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Scale plan/schematic foldout also in very good+ condition. Sunning to spine, bottom outer corner lightly dinged. A very good+ hardcover with very good dust jacket. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.
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Nifty reference book for those that would like to get a feel of what it must have been like to have served on a 18th century warship. Very exact detail that obviously reflects a lot of research and hard work here. Fortunate to have it as a ready resource.
