Ships Miscellany
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Published: January 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781843170778
Subjects: Maritime History; Ships & shipping: general interest; Military; History; History - Military / War; Military - Naval; Chronological Period/1800-1850; Chronological Period/18th Century; Cultural Region/British Isles; History / Military / Naval; History / Military / War; History/General
First sentence: The warships of Jack Aubrey's era were built from wood and propelled by sails (the exception to the latter being oared war galleys, of which a few were still in service, though not in the Royal Navy, as late as the 1790s).