Warships of the Napoleonic Era: Design, Development and Deployment

by ROBERT GARDINER

Overview

Between 1793 and 1815 two decades of unrelenting naval warfare raised the sailing man of war to the zenith of its effectiveness as a weapon of war. Every significant sea power was involved in this conflict, and at some point virtually all of them were arrayed against Great Britain. A large number of enemy warships were captured in battle and the Admiralty ordered accurate drafts to be made of many of these prizes. Consequently, ships from the navies of France, Spain, the United States, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, as well as from Britain, were illustrated by an unprecedented variety of paintings, drawings, models or plans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612519678
Publisher:	Naval Institute Press
Publication date:	08/15/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	208 MB
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About the Author

Robert Gardiner is the author of a number of books, including Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars and resides in England.