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AUTHOR: Winfield, R
FORMAT: 416pp 200 dwgs/Bw 289x245 Hb
Design, construction, careers and fates. At the height of its power in 1809 the Royal Navy comprised one half of all the warships in the world, and this superb reference book outlines the service history of every British ship - built, purchased or captured - that fought in the great wars of the 1793-1815 era - well over 1,500 vessels. The book is organised by rate, classification and class, with outline technical and building data, followed by a concise summary of the careers of each ship in every class. This includes commissioning dates, refit periods, changes of captain, as well as details of any noteworthy actions in which they took part. With nothing remotely like it in print, this is a work of the utmost importance to every naval historian and general reader interested in the navy of the Nelsonian era.
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