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Building the Wooden Fighting Ship by James Dodds & James Moore w/Dust Jacket
Building the Wooden Fighting Ship by James Dodds & James Moore
Building the Wooden Fighting Ship
James Dodds & James Moore
Hard Cover dust jacket
128 Pages
Copyright 1984
Contents
1The Origins of the 747
2The Timber Trade in the Eighteenth Century13
3The Purchase of Ships'Stores21
4The Dockyard25
5The Shipbuilders39
6Draughts, Models and the Mould Loft51
7The Building I57
8The Building II89
9The Launch109
10Furniture and Armament113
Epilogue127
Bibliography 128
By the middle of the 18th century, the
timber-built ship had reached the apex of its development. The fighting ship of this period was of course a wondrous object to behold, yet it was also a highly functional one. In an age of rapid colonial expansion, it was the most complicated and deadly weapon in the arsenal of the great powers.
Because naval vessels of the time were so highly valued and so expensive to construct, remarkably meticulous records were kept of everything concerning them, from the initial purchase of their timbers to the smallest details of their furnishings and armaments. Even the names and particular skills of the men who built the ships were catalogued.
Building the Wooden Fighting Ship is not only a fascinating account of the construction of a noble and historic warship, but also a vivid and often surprising portrait of life and labor in the 18th century.
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