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Author : Ian H. Marshall
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 28,91 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780943231624
This book is a collection of paintings of "ironclads," the ships protected from shot and shell by iron plating, and "paddlers, " ships propelled by paddle wheels, steam and sail.
Author : Ian Marshall
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 10,8 MB
Release : 1997-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781862270084
This book is a collection of paintings of "ironclads," the ships protected from shot and shell by iron plating, and "paddlers, " ships propelled by paddle wheels, steam and sail.
Author : Dan Abnett
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 25,7 MB
Release : 2006-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 143584002X
In this historic clash in March 1862, the Union Monitor, called by many a cheese box on a raft, exchanged cannon shot after cannon shot with the Confederate Merrimac, comically referred to as a floating barn roof. Although an indecisive victory for either side, the spectacular event, witnessed by hundreds of people on nearby boats and shorelines, forever changed the way naval warfare was to be fought.
Author : Donald L. Canney
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 38,63 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Warships
ISBN :
Author : Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 34,18 MB
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1476666369
From 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War saw numerous technological innovations in warfare--chief among them was the ironclad warship. Based on the Official Records, biographical works, ship and operations histories, newspapers and other sources, this book chronicles the lives of 158 ironclad captains, North and South, who were charged with outfitting and commanding these then-revolutionary vessels in combat. Each biography includes (where known) birth and death information, pre- and post-war career, and details about ships served upon or commanded.
Author : Audrey Sutherland
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 2013-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1938340124
In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two (of over 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from Ketchikan to Skagway. With illustrations and the author’s recipes.
Author : David K. Brown
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 33,70 MB
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1848322593
In the massive revolution that affected warship design between Waterloo and the Warrior, the Royal Navy was traditionally depicted as fiercely resisting every change until it was almost too late, but these old assumptions were first challenged in this authoritative history of the transition from sail to steam. Originally published in 1990, it began a process of revaluation which has produced a more positive assessment of the British contribution to the naval developments of the period. This classic work is here reprinted in an entirely new edition, with more extensive illustration.Beginning with the structural innovations of Robert Seppings, the book traces the gradual introduction of more scientific methods and the advent of steam and the paddle fighting ship, iron hulls and screw propulsion. It analyses the performance of the fleet in the war with Russia (18531856), and concludes with the design of the Warrior, the first iron-hulled, seagoing capital ship in the world. The author presents a picture of an organisation that was well aware of new technology, carefully evaluating its practical advantage, and occasionally (as with its enthusiastic espousal of iron hulls) moving too quickly for the good of the service. Written by an eminent naval architect, Before the Ironclad is both a balanced account of general developments, and an in-depth study of the ships themselves.
Author : David K. Brown
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
Part of the Conway's Ship Types series, this volume deals with the introduction of steam power into naval warfare in the form of paddle propulsion, and is based upon the huge collection of plans housed at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Author : Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 35,93 MB
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0786495766
A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most fer"documents the life and career of Joseph Brown, a miller and steamboat captain who built three ironclad gunboats for the US War Department"ocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, "Captain Joe" became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covers his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships.
Author : Howard J. Fuller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 29,94 MB
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1134200455
This book examines British naval diplomacy from the end of the Crimean War to the American Civil War, showing how the mid-Victorian Royal Navy suffered serious challenges during the period. Many recent works have attempted to depict the mid-Victorian Royal Navy as all-powerful, innovative, and even self-assured. In contrast, this work argues that it suffered serious challenges in the form of expanding imperial commitments, national security concerns, precarious diplomatic relations with European Powers and the United States, and technological advancements associated with the armoured warship at the height of the so-called 'Pax Britannica'. Utilising a wealth of international archival sources, this volume explores the introduction of the monitor form of ironclad during the American Civil War, which deliberately forfeited long-range power-projection for local, coastal command of the sea. It looks at the ways in which the Royal Navy responded to this new technology and uses a wealth of international primary and secondary sources to ascertain how decision-making at Whitehall affected that at Westminster. The result is a better-balanced understanding of Palmerstonian diplomacy from the end of the Crimean War to the American Civil War, the early evolution of the modern capital ship (including the catastrophic loss of the experimental sail-and-turret ironclad H.M.S. Captain), naval power-projection, and the nature of 'empire', 'technology', and 'seapower'. This book will be of great interest to all students of the Royal Navy, and of maritime and strategic studies in general.