The sailing frigate : a history in ship models / Robert Gardiner ; illustrated from the collections of the National Maritime Museum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardiner, Robert, 1949- author.

Contributor:

National Maritime Museum, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frigates--History.

Frigates.

Frigates--Models.

Ship models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2012.

Summary:

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. This book is the first of a series which will take selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types - in this case, the evolution of the cruising ship under sail. Each volume reproduces a large number of model photos, all in full colour, and including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features. Although pictorial in emphasis, the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing an unusual and attractive form of technical history. While the series will be of particular interest to ship modellers, all those with an interest in ship design and development will attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1: Preshistory 1600-1689

Lord Torrington's Specification

2: Guerre de Course

Lord Danby's Maggot

3: The Establishment Era 1706-1748

The Frigate about 1720

Development of the Stern

4: The 'True Frigate' 1748-1778

Development

The Frigate about 1760

Structure

5: The Heavy Frigate 1778-1815

Coppering and Carronades

The Frigate about 1795

Filling in the Waist

Ship's Boats

Sweeps and Sweep Ports

6: The Last Generation 1815-1850

The Frigate about 1825

Round and Elliptical Sterns

Inside a Frigate

Postscript

Further Reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-61251-947-4

OCLC:

947057996