THE SAILING NAVY LIST: ALL THE SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - BUILT, PURCHASED AND CAPTURED - 1688-1860
Written by David Lyon
Published by Conway Maritime Press
in 1993
ISBN: 085177864X
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THE SAILING NAVY LIST: ALL THE SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - BUILT, PURCHASED AND CAPTURED - 1688-1860
Written by David Lyon.
Stock no. 1325772
1997.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The first complete and authoritative list of ships, derived from official sources. Organised by type and class. Details of dimensions, tonnage, armament, building data and fates. Complete ship name index. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 367 pages including index. ISBN: 085177864X. Standard edition reprinted. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Some slight grubbiness to textblock else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Definitions
- General Introduction
- Introduction - SHIPS IN SERVICE 1688
- 1. Ships Built for the Royal Navy
- 2. Prizes and Purchases
- PART I - SHIPS BUILT FOR THE ROYAL NAVY
- 1. Before the Establishments 1689-1705
- 2. The Preliminary Establishment 1706-1718
- 3. The Establishment Period 1719-1745
- 4. The Slade Era 1745-1785
- 5. Henslow to Seppings 1786-1830
- 6. Symonds and After 1830-1860
- PART II - PRIZES AND PURCHASES
- 1. King William's War 1689-1697
- 2. The War of Spanish Succession 1701-1713
- 3. The Wars of Jenkins' Ear & of the Austrian Succession 1739-1748
- 4. The Seven Years' War 1756-1763
- 5. The American War of Independence 1776-1783
- 6. The French Revolutionary War 1793-1801
- 7. The Napoleonic War 1802-1815
- 8. The Period after 1815
- PART III - AUXILLARIES & ANCILLARIES
- 1. Vessels on the Canadian Great Lakes
- 2. Royal and Other Yachts
- 3. Conversions and Reclassifications
- 4. Yard Craft
- 5. Coastguard and Customs Vessels
- 6. Hulks
- Index