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Before the ironclad : development of ship design, propulsion and armament in the Royal Navy, 1815-60 / D.K. Brown.

by Brown, D. K. (David K.)

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©1990.

Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 19th century.

Warships -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

Marine engines -- History -- 19th century.

0870217844 (hardcover)

9780870217845 (hardcover)

217 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Chapters. Victory 17931815 -- Science, seppings and the school -- Resources, money and men -- Swansong -- Steam -- Paddle fighting ships -- Iron ships -- Condemnation of iron ships -- Screw propulson -- HMS Rattler and other early screw ships -- The screw fleet -- The war with Russia -- The last wooden ships -- Warrior -- Appendices. Horsepower -- The work of Colonel Beaufoy -- Cost -- Building prgramme, sailing ships -- The design of wooden warships -- A not on the strength of the Nemesis -- Fouling and corrosion -- Notes from Dupuy de Lome -- Strength of wood and iron -- A technical note on the Rattler and Alecto trials -- The Battle of Eckenfjorde 1849 -- The gun boat builders -- The attack on Kronstadt -- Notes on individual dockyards.

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