The fireship and its role in the Royal Navy /
1643 during the English Civil War. Fireships grew in
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | 1643 during the English Civil War. Fireships grew in After their use helped the English defeat the Spanish Armada against an enemy ship in order to bum it. At their prime in Battle of Navarino in 1827. Incendiary vessels were not the can be seen in an examination of how they were built, manned, commanders of each of the over 300 fireships which sailed in converted to a ship sloop in 1808. The story of fireships elements in all major European fleets. They would ebb and English Admiralty and could wreak havoc like no other vessel. especially the method of placing incendiaries within the Fireships are vessels intentionally set on fire and launched flames throughout the vessel as quickly as possible. The flow in importance for the next 150 years until Thais, the general history will discuss the size, history, and important role to play. Modem fireships probably emerged in in 1588, fireships became an important element of the Royal is Andrew and John, which sailed for the Earl of Warwick in last English fireship to sail with the Royal Navy, was most important vessels in the fleet, but they did have an Navy and other European fleets and remained so until the other written sources. This thesis will discuss both the potentially the most powerful weapon in the hands of the prominence quickly, and by the Anglo-Dutch wars, were common ship, and unique elements, which include devices to spread Specific aspects consist of fireship construction and design, specific elements and a general history of modem fireships. the age of cannon-armed sailing warships, they were the over 700 captains who sailed them. the Royal Navy as well as an equivalent for the careers of the Royal Navy during the 1630s; the first recorded example thought of them. There are numerous contemporary records used in times of war and peace, and what contemporaries which discuss fireships including logs and journals of those who served in the Royal Navy, line drawings, ship models, and |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Anthropology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 235 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |