Britain's historic ships : a complete guide to the ships that shaped the nation / / Paul Brown

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Conway, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Ships - Great Britain - History; Naval architecture - Great Britain - History; Navigation - Great Britain - History
• Classificazione: 623.82
• Altri autori: BrownPaul
• Note generali: GOBI
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Sailing Navy; Mary Rose; Matthew Replica; Golden Hind Replica; Victory; Trincomalee and Unicorn; Grand Turk, Replica Sixth Rate; 2 Merchant Sail; Cutty Sark; Glenlee; 3 Coastal Sail; Kathleen & May; Result; Garlandstone; Thames Sailing Barges; 4 The Transition from Sail to Steam; Great Britain; Warrior; Gannet; Discovery; 5 The Early 20th-Century Navy; Caroline; M33; President; Holland 1; Coastal forces of the First World War; Turbinia; 6 Coastal Steamers and Harbour Craft; Coastal Steamers; Waverley ; Balmoral; Kingswear Castle; Kyles; Maid of the Loch; Robin; Shieldhall; Sir Walter Scott; Wingfield Castle; Harbour Craft; TID Class; VIC Class; Cervia; Challenge; Kerne; Portwey; Mayflower; John H. Amos; Daniel Adamson; Calshot; John King; Thomas; Kent; Freshspring; Lydia Eva; Edmund Gardner; 7 The Second World War Navy; Belfast; Cavalier; Wellington; Alliance; X-craft; Coastal Forces; 8 The Postwar Navy; Bristol; Oberon-class submarines: Ocelot and Otus; Midget Submarine Stickleback; Courageous; Gay Archer; Britannia ; Appendix - Other Vessels of 60 feet or more on the Core and Designated Lists of the National Historic Ships Register; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Useful Websites; Picture Credits; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The British Isles have a long, rich and celebrated seafaring history stretching from the earliest times through the victories of Drake and Nelson, the voyages of discovery of Cabot and Cook and the defence of the realm by vessels of all types in the present century. Much of this history is recorded in literature and in museums but reaches its most tangible form in the large number of historical ships that have been preserved and are continually restored as monuments to a proud past. This lavish new volume explores 20 of the most celebrated and accessible ships and offers a comprehensive history of each vessels design, construction, active service and subsequent restoration and preservation. Presented in order of each ships launch date, each entry is written by the acknowledged expert on a particular vessel, gives full specification details and is sumptuously illustrated with contemporary photographs, historical illustrations and a full set of scale plans. In addition to the featured entries, an appendix presents all of the necessary contact details and opening times where applicable. The appendix also lists (and provides details for) other vessels of historical importance including a small number of working replicas such as the Matthew and the recently commissioned eighteenth-century frigate The Grand Turk, featured in the recent Hornblower television series. Principal vessels include: Mary Rose, HMS Victory, HMS Trincomalee, SS Great Britain, Cutty Sark, RRS Discovery, HMS Warrior, HMS Belfast, HMY Britannia, HMS Alliance, HMS Cavalier, Gypsy Moth IV andHMS Plymouth.
• Titolo autorizzato: Britain's historic ships
• ISBN: 1-84486-410-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814292203321
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