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Item Details
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THE BOMB VESSELS
SHORE BOMBARDMENT SHIPS OF THE AGE OF SAIL |
| By: |
Chris Ware |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0851776310 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780851776316 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
31 December, 1994 |
| Series: |
Conway's Ship Types S. |
| Pages: |
128 |
| Description: |
Part of the "Conway's Ship Types" series, this volume combines extensive tabular data on every class with the first-ever overall design history of bomb vessels, and is illustrated throughout from the plans collection of the National Maritime Museum. |
| Synopsis: |
One of the first specialist warships, the bomb vessel was a floating siege engine carrying huge shell-firing mortars for the purposes of bombarding stationary targets, such as coastal towns, fortifications or harbours. For its time, it was a complex and high-tech weapons system, and was widely used by the British in every conflict between 1689 and the War of 1812. Because of their strength, bomb vessels played a major role in Arctic exploration. Part of "Conway's Ship Types" series, this volume combines extensive tabular data on every class with the first-ever overall design history of bomb vessels, and is illustrated throughout from the plans collection of the National Maritime Museum. Part one is a design history, tracing development from the 1680s to the 1850s. Part two covers structure, the bomb in action and details of their auxiliary function as Polar exploration ships. |
| Illustrations: |
90 illustrations from National Maritime Museum |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Conway Maritime Press Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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