STEAM, STEEL & SHELLFIRE: THE STEAM WARSHIP 1815-1905 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Gardiner, Robert (Editor)
Place Published: Annapolis, MD
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Date Published: 1992
Description: 192 pp; after three hundred years of dependence upon the broadside armed sailing man-of-war; the world's battlefleets were to change out of all recognition in the span of a single lifetime; sail was replaced by steam. wooden hull construction with iron and then steel, and the shell-firing gun encouraged the adoption of armour plate. Profusely illustrated with highly detailed b & w photos and line drawings.
Binding: HardcoverCondition: As New
ISBN: 1557507740
Book Id: 70074
Price: $95.00