Title: Warships of the Napoleonic era :
Authors: Gardiner, Robert,
Date: 2011
Publisher: Naval Institute Press,
Physical description: 168 p. : ill. (some col.), plans (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: V
Abstract: Collects paintings, drawings, models and plans of various French, Spanish, American, Dutch, Danish, Swedish and British ships in operation from 1793 to 1815.
Contents: The first rate -- The second rate. Speed and length -- The 80-gun ship -- The 74-gun ship -- The 64-gun ship -- The 50-gun ship. The 44-gun two-decker -- Frigates. Post ships of 20 and 24 guns ; Frigates armed with 9pdrs ; Frigates armed with 12pdrs ; Frigates armed with 18pdrs ; Frigates armed with 24 pdrs ; Quality versus quantity -- Sloops of war -- Gunboats and gunbrigs. Experiments and innovation -- Cutters and schooners -- Bomb vessels and fireships. The invasion threat -- Service craft. Great lakes warships -- France. The French fleet ; Ship types and their roles ; The Boulogne flotilla ; French design rationale -- Spain. The Spanish fleet -- The Netherlands -- Denmark-Norway -- Other European navies. Russia ; Portugal ; Sweden -- The United States of America.
Notes: "The core text of Warships of the Napoleonic Era was first published in 1999 under the same title, but this edition is completely revised, with a new and expanded selection of illustrations"--Front jacket flap.
Subject headings (LCSH): Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Naval operations; Naval architecture--Designs and plans; Naval architecture--History--18th century.; Naval architecture--History--19th century.; Warships--Great Britain--Design and construction.; Warships--History--18th century.; Warships--History--19th century.