Wooden Warship Construction: A History in Ship Models

Great great book. Fully illustrated with labeled and annotated contemporary ship models. Its not very long (128 pages) but is an easy read and full of close-up colour pics. If your interested in the subject of how these ships were built this is a great book. Its not exhaustive (128 pages) but i read it all over several days and am now forced to order more in the series from this author.

All the information on 19th century shipbuilding was there. Great detail. I purchased the kindle version. To see all the detail you need a hard copy of the book.

This book is a must have for ship modellers, especially scratch builders and naval historians.It has many Admiralty ships.It includes model detailing not found in books of this type.It includes photos of a ships cook stove. The book is inspiring to ship modellers of any skill level.

Great service, book received as advertised.

Good reference

good book

If you're interested in the era of wooden ships, there's a lot of interesting information in this book.

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This hardback is a 128 Page, 255mm x 195mm, well illustrated with plentiful colour photos (most pages), technical study of the shipwrights work in late 18th Century Warship construction. It uses the contemporary 'Navy Board' models to illustrate this. He has some lovely 'whole dockyard' diarama models that illustrate shipbuilding further than I've seen in other works. He also shows launching frames that are often edited out.The author is a former curator of the National Maritime museum, with many other respected works to his name. The scholarship is evident in the details shown. His commitment is also clear in the fluency and beauty of the work. I recommend anyone with an interest to visit, not just Greenwich but Chatham also. The author is responsible in part for how well each has been preserved and displayed: Wonderful!The chapters are:1. Labour and materials2.Starting the Ship3. Frames4, Outside Planking5. Fittings6. In the waterAppendix (18th C 'costs' for each part of construction of 5 main classes of ship)Further reading (1 side) contemporary and modern sourcesQuite a nice way of looking at this area. Different and less popular than a simple model catalog, brought in reach of a wider audience. Nicely done.RECOMMENDED

I enjoyed the detail of how these ships were built. The text told the story well. It is possible to trace the improvements made down the ages. Sadly skills that have almost been lost forever. An excellant book for enthusiasts.

A useful reference

Excellent livre abondamment illustré de photos de modèles du National Maritime Museum, dont la qualité n'est plus à vanter. S'adresse aux modélistes et historiens de marine souhaitant étudier le mode de construction des navires anglais de l'Âge d'Or de la voile. Il est nécessaire de connaître le vocabulaire de marine anglais du XVIIIe siècle pour en comprendre le texte, bien que les illustrations soient très explicites.Dans la même collection, rédigés selon le même principe et tout aussi bien faits, The Ship of the Line du même auteur et The Sailing Frigate de Robert Gardiner.Pour une étude plus approfondie, trois ouvrages sont indispensables: Sailing Man of War de Peter Goodwin (charpente); Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War de Brian Lavery (aménagements, artillerie...); Masting and Rigging de James Lees (gréement).

Zugegebenermaßen nicht einfach zu lesen. Dafür äußerst interessant. Lavery stellt die Entwicklung des Baus historischer Kriegssegler in großem Detailgrad dar, oft illustriert anhand zahlreicher historischer Modelle aus dem National Maritime Museum.Neben Informationen aus historischen Baurechnungen werden teils auch Unterschiede zum Kriegsschiffsbau in Frankreich erläutert.