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The Sloop of war: 1650-1763 [Audiobook] download free by Ian Mclaughlan

The Sloop of war: 1650-1763 Audiobook download free by Ian Mclaughlan
  • Listen audiobook: The Sloop of war: 1650-1763
  • Author: Ian Mclaughlan
  • Release date: 2014/4/29
  • Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Transportation
  • ISBN: 9781848321878
  • Rating: 7.61 of 10
  • Votes: 523
  • Review by: Amara Hensley
  • Review rating: 7.7 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/11/10
  • Duration: 3H9M9S in 256 kbps (51.2 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-11
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MP3, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, OGG, ATRAC (compression TAR.XZ, TAR.Z, CBR, RAR, ZIP)
  • Total pages original book: 256
  • Includes a PDF summary of 20 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 14M31S (4 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: This is the first study in depth of the Royal Navy's vital, but largely ignored small craft. In the age of sail they were built in huge numbers and in far greater variety than the more regulated major warships, so they present a particular challenge to any historian attempting a coherent design history. However, for the first time this book charts the development of the ancillary types, variously described in the 17th century as sloops, ketches, brigantines, advice boats and even yachts, as they coalesce into the single 18th-century category of Sloop of War. In this era they were generally two-masted, although they set a bewildering variety of sail plans from them. The author traces their origins to open boats, like those carried by Basque whalers, shows how developments in Europe influenced English craft, and homes in on the relationship between rigs, hull-form and the duties they were designed to undertake. Visual documentation is scanty, but this book draws together a unique collection of rare and unseen images, coupled with the author's own reconstructions in line drawings and watercolour sketches to provide the most convincing depictions of the appearance of these vessels.By tackling some of the most obscure questions about the early history of small-boat rigs, the book adds a dimension that will be of interest to historians of coastal sail and practical yachtsman, as well as warship enthusiasts.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Military & Naval Ships, Military History, Ships & Shipping, British & Irish History, Naval Forces & Warfare, Military Vehicles
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  • Format: Hardback
  • Approximate value: 57.96 USD
  • Dimensions: 245x289x25.4mm
  • Weight: 1,496.85g
  • Printed by: Seaforth Publishing
  • Published in: Barnsley, United Kingdom

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