Description and condition:

Blue boards hardback, dustcover, 4to, 127pp, index, notes, b/w illustrations.

Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good dustcover with a hint of sunning along spine and front, now protected.

Contents:

Part of the Conway's Ship Types series. Illustrated with draughts from the collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Design history: the prehistory of the 18pdr cruiser; Britain adopts the 18pdr 1778; a phase of gradual evolution 1790-1794; the 'french programme' 1795; small ships and experiments; the big ship era 1796-1800. The ships: ordering policy and shipbuilding; design; performance; armament; details.