Sloop Of War 1650 1763
Sloop Of War 1650 1763 This is the first in-depth study of the Royal Navy's vital, but largely ignored small craft. However, for the first time this book charts the development of the ancillary…
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Sloop Of War 1650 1763
This is the first in-depth study of the Royal Navy's vital, but largely ignored small craft. However, for the first time this book charts the development of the ancillary types, variously described in the 17th century as sloops, ketches, brigantines, advice boats and even yachts, as they coalesce into the single 18th-century category of Sloop of War. In the age of sail they were built in huge numbers and in far greater variety than the more regulated major warships, so they present a particular challenge to any historian attempting a coherent design history.
The author traces their origins to open boats, like those carried by Basque whalers, shows how developments in Europe influenced English craft, and focuses in on the relationship between rigs, hull-form and the duties they In this era they were generally two-masted, although they set a bewildering variety of sail plans from them.