The Master Shipwright's Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy

Awards:   Winner of Anderson Medal 2021 (UK)
Author:   Richard Endsor
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781472838384


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   05 March 2020
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Anderson Medal 2021 (UK)

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Author:   Richard Endsor
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Weight:   2.148kg
ISBN:  

9781472838384


ISBN 10:   1472838386
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   05 March 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword: Charles Berkeley Introduction: The Master Shipwright’s Secrets in Relation to the Tyger 1: The Master Shipwright’s Considerations 2: Inventions and Innovations 3: No Such Thing as the Tyger 4: Planning a New Tyger 5: John Shish’s Account of the Dimensions of a Ship 6: The Draught of the New Tyger 7: Building the New Tyger 8: The New Tyger Commissioned 9: The Tyger’s Guns 10: Contemporary Shipbuilding Contracts Unveiled Appendix 1: The Medway Warrant Appendix 2: The Mordaunt Survey Endnotes Index

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A remarkable piece of work. -- J D Davies, Historian and Author This splendid book will appeal to maritime historians, archaeologists, model-makers and nautical enthusiasts across the board. -- Colin Martin * The Nautical Archaeology Society *


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Richard Endsor is an engineer by profession, but has devoted considerable time to researching 17th-century ships – his project on the Lenox took twelve years to complete. Richard was a trustee of the Nautical Museum Trust and is a member of the Society for Nautical Research. He has had numerous articles published in Mariner's Mirror and is also an accomplished artist, having exhibited at the RSMA exhibition. He also lectures widely on maritime topics.

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