Friday, July 03, 2015

British Warship in the Age of Sail 1817-1863, Rif Winfield.

British Warship in the Age of Sail 1817-1863, Rif Winfield.
 Splendid reference work looking at the complete service histories of every warship to serve in the Royal Navy between 1817 and 1863, including the periods before and after those dates. Covers the period that saw the introduction of steam power into the Navy, and the appearance of the first ironclads, a period of increasingly rapid change.
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