ISBN10: 1861761864, ISBN13: 9781861761866, [publisher: Chatham Publishing] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]

Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 1861761864 9781861761866 [GB]

ISBN10: 1861761864, ISBN13: 9781861761866, [publisher: Chatham Publishing] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]

Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. ISBN 1861761864 9781861761866 [GB]

Chatham , London, Date: 2002. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Trincomalee belonged to a large class of 38-gun Fifth Rates that have a strong claim to being the Royal Navy's standard frigate type for the whole of the Napoleonic Wars. Following the success of the Shannon against the Chesapeake in 1813, the class was chosen as the post-war mass-production design. Intended to replace large numbers of worn-out war-built frigates, this programme emphasised quality of construction for longevity, and included a number built of teak at Bombay in India. One of these was Trincomalee, launched in 1817. This book reflects the multiple significance of the ship - its place in the development of the frigate, the importance of the teak building programme in India, its role in the changing world of the nineteenth-century Royal Navy, and even its last contribution as a training vessel for young seamen. Because the teak hull was considered resistant to extremes of climate, most of the ship's active life was spent on American stations - the West Indies, Newfoundland, and later the north Pacific and Arctic - combining imperial policing duties with oceanography and exploration. The resilience of teak was further proved by a long period of harbour service, and even after a century of relative neglect the hull was found worthy of an immensely costly restoration. The work carried out on the ship must be one of the most thorough, historically accurate, and painstaking ...

ISBN10: 1861761864, ISBN13: 9781861761866, [publisher: Chatham Publishing] Hardcover First Edition A fine copy internally in a very good dustcover. Some small creases on the dustcover are the only apparent faults. Please see photos.
[Talybont on Usk, NA, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
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