Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy.

Derrick (C.)

Publication Date: 1806

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viii + 309pp, engraved frontis, with unpaginated 26pp index and subscribers list at end, large format (28cm x 22cm), later (1950s) half red goat, raised bands to spine, a good copy. NMM Cat, Vol 5, Pt 1, entry 130: Contains lists of the Navy in 1517, June 1521, January 1548, January 1549, August 1552 and May 1557. Pargellis, entry 1615: By a clerk in the Navy Office, valuable statistics. AJS: By Charles Derrick, Esq., of the Navy-Office. The work sets out to describe the state and condition of the Royal Navy and its ships from 1485 to 1805, concentrating on the period 1702-1805, with numerous tables and abstracts giving the rate, class of ship, guns, and burthen. In the preface the author states.My principal object has been to shew the state of the Navy, as to the number, tonnage, etc. of several classes of the Ships and vessels at different periods; when the Naval force was promoted, neglected-or, at least, not augmented; and at what periods improvements in Ship-building were introduced into it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy.
• Publication Date: 1806