The Restoration Warship: The Design, Construction and Career of a Third Rate of Charles II's Navy
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (711 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591147123 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He lives in High Wycombe, UK. His skills as an illustrator are evidenced by the high quality of drawings in this volume. Richard Endsor designs computer models for various scientific applications and lectures widely on maritime topics
. About the Author Richard Endsor designs computer models for various scientific applications and lectures widely on maritime topics. His skills as an illustrator are evidenced by the high quality of drawings in this volume. He lives in High Wycombe, UK
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.. 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. After twelve years of research and writing, Richard Endsor provides a comprehensive history of seventeenth-century ship design and construction techniques and the armament and fitting of the vessel. 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
Tobias R. Philbin said The Restoration Warship--Technical Analysis, Art and History. Richard Endsor's The Restoration Warship is the result of a decade's research and writing. Endsor is a trained aerospace engineer with long experience in analyzing technical issues. He also has been studying the records and the archeology of Britain's early imperial fleets for decades. T. ""Restoration Warship" fills historical gap" according to James B. Rich. "The Restoration Warship" shines the light of exhaustive archival research onto the Royal Navy created by such devoted public servants as the diarist Samuel Pepys during the reign of Charles II. The author follows the ordering, planning, construction, career and final destruction of a Re. "Must have" according to Frankly. This books unveals the step by step building of the 70-gun third-rate Lenox in restoration period (The Restoration of the English monarchy began when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II in 1660 ). Enriched with many original diagrams the reader w