Nice introduction to the British ships and navy of this period

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	• British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line (New Vanguard) Angus Konstam Osprey Publishing, 2001 - 48 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Very brief coverage

This short coverage of ships of the line is more like a pamphlet than a book. It does have a few nice color plates, though the centerfold of the Victory has the gunroom labeled as an anchor.

Nice introduction to the British ships and navy of this period

I found this short book both very well written with a fascinating account. I liked reading particularly on sections on how the ships were tendered out to be built which surprisingly to me was not so different from today and how the crews and officers were recruited.

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Useful only as an introduction to the subject

Although the writer gives the impression that has studied his subject well, the short space of the book and the emphasis on the color artwork does not give him the chance to produce a really good work. The reader can find though some interesting pieces of information about the British ships of the period, and the appendices contain full lists of all the warships fron the sixth rate upward that served under the Union Jack. The color profiles are very good (HMS Agamemnon and HMS Bellerophon are included) but the centerfold cutaway of HMS Victory has some drawbacks. The book has some strong points regarding the reference to the conditions of service for the crew but it doesn't delve into particular battles.

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British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line