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Ships of War - The Development of Warships by the Navies of the World During the Later 19th Century (Hardcover)
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Ships of War - The Development of Warships by the Navies of the World During the Later 19th Century (Hardcover)
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The dawn of the modern warship
This interesting, illustrated work concerns the considerable
variety of ships of war that were designed and launched during the
latter part of the nineteenth century. The author takes as his
starting point the era of the American Civil War and the time of
the emergence of Monitors, ironclads, early submersibles and,
indeed, the coming of powered ships which would shortly consign the
age of naval sail to history. In warfare there can be no room for
sentiment since every nation must be able to bring armaments to
bear equal at least to any potential enemy. So on the oceans, just
as it was with land armies, the navies of the world raced into the
industrial age and machine powered warfare. The new vessels adopted
a host of innovations in construction, capability, function,
weaponry and ordnance and quickly replaced famous fighting ships of
sail and a mode of fighting that had endured for centuries. This
overview, covers the period up to 1887 and examines the warships of
the world's navies. The expansive text is supported by many line
drawings of the vessels described as well as technical and cross
section drawings. A number of statistical charts are also included,
making this an indispensable reference work for all those
interested in naval warfare during the second half of the 19th
century.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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