UID:
edocfu_9959231297502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (434 p.)
ISBN:
1-4738-3743-X
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1-4738-4962-4
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1-4738-3721-9
Inhalt:
The publication of this book sees the completion of a monumental work listing the technical details and career histories of every significant British warship between 1603 and 1863. Following three earlier volumes, this one carries forward the story from the post Napoleonic War reorganization of the Royal Navy{u2019}s rating system to the end of sail as the principal mode of propulsion. Although apparently well documented, this is a period of great complexity in the procurement and naval architecture of ships. The introduction of steam radically altered the design of vessels under construction and was later retrofitted to others, while many {u2018}names{u2019} lived a ghostly existence on the Navy List: ships ordered but not started, and in some cases having their intended drafts altered more than once before being canceled entirely. This book meticulously sorts out and clarifies these confusions {u2013} a major contribution in itself {u2013} but for the first time it also provides outline service histories for an era that is largely neglected. Like its companion volumes, the book is organized by Rate, classification and class, with significant technical and building data, followed by a concise summary of the careers of each ship in every class.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Cover""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chronology of the Navy 1817 to 1863""; ""Battles and Campaigns""; ""Glossary and Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1: First Rates of 104 guns and above""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on order on1 January 1817""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""; ""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""; ""(D) Vessels ordered or re-ordered as screwthree-deckers (from 1850)""; ""Chapter 2: Second Rates of 80 to 101 guns""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on order at1 January 1817""
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""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""; ""(D) Vessels ordered or re-ordered as steamscrew battleships (from 1847)""; ""Chapter 3: Third Rates""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on orderat 1 January 1817""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""; ""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""; ""(D) Vessels ordered or re-ordered as steamscrew warships (from 1848)""; ""Chapter 4: Fourth Rates (largely frigates)""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on orderat 1 January 1817""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""
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""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""""(D) Vessels ordered or re-ordered as FourthRate steam guard ships and steam screwfrigates (from 1845)""; ""Chapter 5: The Fifth Rates (frigates)""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on order at1 January 1817""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""; ""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""; ""(D) Vessels ordered or re-ordered as FifthRate steam screw frigates (from 1844)""; ""Chapter 6: The Sixth Rates (later corvettes)""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on orderat 1 January 1817""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""
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""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""""(D) Vessels ordered or re-ordered as steamscrew corvettes (from 1845)""; ""Chapter 7: Ship Sloops""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on order at1 January 1817""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""; ""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""; ""Chapter 8: Brig Sloops (and other brigs)""; ""(A) Vessels in service at 1 January 1817""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""; ""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""; ""Chapter 9: Cutters and Schooners""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on order at1 January 1817""
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""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""; ""Chapter 10: Miscellaneous Sailing Vessels""; ""Bomb Vessels""; ""(A) Vessels in service or on order at1 January 1817""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""; ""Packet Vessels""; ""Surveying and Exploration Vessels""; ""Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""; ""Yachts""; ""Vessels for Amphibious Warfare (from 1854)""; ""Mortar Vessels""; ""Mortar Floats""; ""Chapter 11: Steam Paddle Vessels""; ""(C) Vessels acquired from November 1830""; ""(B) Vessels acquired from 1 January 1817""
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""Paddle Packets acquired from the Post Office in 1837""
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-84832-169-4
Sprache:
Englisch
