The 50-gun Ship

The 50-gun Ship
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages : 136
Release :
ISBN-10 : UOM:39015040169974
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The 50-gun Ship by : Rif Winfield

Download or read book The 50-gun Ship written by Rif Winfield and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 1997 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the sailing era the 50-gun ship had become regarded as a hybrid, too small to stand in the line of battle, and lacking the speed and hardiness of the frigate, so it has often been dismissed as a naval architectural dinosaur left over from an earlier age. This book aims to reveal the crucial role of the 50-gun ship in the development of both the battleship and the frigate, and explains the enduring role which ensured the survival of the type into the 19th century. Charting its origins in the pre-Commonwealth frigates, the author follows the development of the type in the 18th century and its gradual transition from battlefleet to heavy cruiser role, highlighting its revival for the special conditions of colonial warfare during the American Revolution. Thereafter they were employed as peacetime flagships for distant stations, achieving final glory leading small craft in anti-invasion operations during the Napoleonic War. The Leopard is the subject of the cutaway drawings.


The 50-gun Ship Related Books

The 50-gun Ship
Language: en
Pages: 136
Authors: Rif Winfield
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

By the end of the sailing era the 50-gun ship had become regarded as a hybrid, too small to stand in the line of battle, and lacking the speed and hardiness of
Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron
Language: en
Pages: 699
Authors: Ronald Utt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-03 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The War of 1812 is typically noted for a handful of events: the burning of the White House, the rise of the Star Spangled Banner, and the battle of New Orleans.
The Seventy-four Gun Ship: Hull construction
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Jean Boudriot
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ships of the American Revolution and Their Models
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Harold M. Hahn
Categories: Naval architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Seven ships from the Revolutionary War -- American and British -- are fully described in this book by one of the best-known ship modelers in the world.
British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Angus Konstam
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-11-25 - Publisher: Osprey Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars encompassed a period when rival European fleets vied for naval supremacy, and naval tactics were evolving. The Brit