The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889 - Hardcover

Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861760329 ISBN 13: 9781861760326

Publisher: Chatham Pub, 2003

Synopsis

David Lyon's highly regarded Sailing Navy List detailed every Royal Navy warship of the age of sail by era, ship type and class. This book is the much-anticipated follow-up volume. It provides details of design and construction history, technical specifications, and fates for all warships of the important but poorly documented period between 1815 and 1889, which saw the introduction of steam power and the gradual replacement of sail. Extensively illustrated, the new work includes a representative collection of original plans from the little-seen collection at the British National Maritime Museum. In addition, appendixes cover captured, purchased and hired vessels, as well as Coast Guard and packet vessels for which the Royal Navy was responsible. Rif Winfield ably brought this volume to fruition after David Lyon's death in 2000 and their final collaboration is sure to be treasured by historians as well as modelers for its detailed data and diagrams. 200 plans and illustrations. Appendixes. 9 1/2 x 111/4 inches.

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Review:

"This is an important, lavishly-illustrated reference work which has been produced in a limited print run." -- Sea History, Winter 2004-2005

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatham Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1861760329
• ISBN 13: 9781861760326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320