| View Larger Image | The Restoration Warship: The Design, Construction and Career of a Third Rate of Charles II's Navy | Hardcoverby Richard Endsor (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Naval Institute Press | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 256 Pages | | Publication Date: | July 01, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 379,299th |
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Superbly researched and expertly illustrated, this study offers one of the most detailed building and career histories of a ship ever written, the third rate of Charles II's Restoration Navy. The author focuses on HMS Lenox, a 44-gun two-decker third rate built in 1677 during the Anglo-Dutch Wars and also in response to Louis XIV's massive naval expansion program. After twelve years of research and writing, the author provides a comprehensive history of seventeenth-century ship design and construction techniques and the armament and fitting of the vessel. He offers a broad picture of the day-to-day workings of the Deptford dockyard where the Lenox was built and details of the techniques, trade, and tools of the shipwrights along with a keen insight into the workings of a naval administration under Samuel Pepys. 200 color & b/w illustrations. |
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