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Title: The Line of Battle: The Sailing Warship 1650-1840 by Robert Gardiner, Brian Lavery ISBN: 0-7858-1267-9 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb brief account of sailing war ships
Comment: I was delighted by this book. Each chapter is an artcile on a aspect of the sailing warship. The book restricts itself to the years 1650-1840, this being the time period where sail, not oars nor steam, was the predominant motive force for ships. It is also limited in scope to ships used in war. This ranges from the large 100+ gun ships down to ship tenders and hulks.
The first several chapters focus on the size, rigging, and use of different classes of ships. Later chapters give a pleasantly simple account of how sailing works, the tactics used in a battle where the guns are slow to load and the wind and tide have a pronounced effect on the combatants, the decoration on the ships, details of the fittings, and more.
This was a more scholarly work than the cover would imply. There is a wealth of good figures, with numerous photographs of period models. Aside from a few typrographic errors, the text is well written and clear.
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Title: Nelson's Ships: A History of the Vessels in Which He Served, 1771-1805 by Peter Goodwin ISBN: 0811710076 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: New Vanguard 79: American Heavy Frigates 1794-1826 by Mark Lardas, Tony Bryan ISBN: 1841766305 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Renaissance by Frederic Chapin Lane ISBN: 0801845149 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Steam, Steel and Shellfire: The Steam Warship, 1815-1905 (Conway's History of the Ship) by Robert Gardiner, Andrew, Dr Lambert, Inc. Book Sales ISBN: 0785814132 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Frigate Diana (Anatomy of the Ship) by David White ISBN: 0851773567 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
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