Download or read book Constitution vs Guerriere written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared off in four such duels, the most famous that between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerrière. Ships and tactics between the two nations varied enormously, with the American navy favouring a revolutionary design of frigate, with twenty-four pounder guns and heavy structural timbers, while the British, used to fighting the French and Spanish navies, relied on smaller, eighteen-pounder frigates. Through first-hand accounts of these four single-ship actions and fascinating comparisons of artillery, crew ability and tactical achievements, this book offers an unparalleled insight into the ruthless reality of frigate battles in the War of 1812.
Download or read book Constitution Vs Guerriere The Birth of American Naval Power written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents "Constitution Vs. Guerriere: The Birth of American Naval Power," an article written by David Schwalbe for the American History section of About.com. Discusses the War of 1812 naval battle between the U.S.S. Constitution and the British Guerriere.
Download or read book Constitution and Guerriere written by and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Boy s Book of Sea Fights written by Chelsea Curtis Fraser and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-16 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Constitution Vs Guerriere written by Mark Lardas and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic naval duel is the clash between two sailing frigates. It has been a staple in fiction for centuries and during the age of sail, frigate captains that won one-on-one battles with another frigate became as famous as modern sports stars. In many ways it was as close to a joust as could be conducted in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This volume will bring to life four definitive frigate duels during the War of 1812: Constitution vs. Guerriere, United States vs. Macedonian, Constitution vs. Java and Chesapeake vs. Shannon. First-hand accounts from officers and sailors present at.
Download or read book The Line Upon a Wind The Great War at Sea 1793 1815 written by Noel Mostert and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling story of Britain's death-struggle with Revolutionary France, wherein Napoleon is checkmated by Nelson's brilliant naval exploits. In February 1793 France declared war on Britain, and for the next twenty-two years the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars raged. This was to be the longest, cruelest war ever fought at sea, comparable in scale only to the Second World War. New naval tactics were brought to bear, along with such unheard-of weapons as rockets, torpedoes, and submarines. The war on land saw the rise of the greatest soldier the world had ever known—Napoleon Bonaparte—whose vast ambition was thwarted by a genius he never met in person or in battle: Admiral Horatio Nelson. Noel Mostert's narrative ranges from the Mediterranean to the West Indies, Egypt to Scandinavia, showing how land versus sea was the key to the outcome of these wars. He provides details of ship construction, tactics, and life on board. Above all he shows us the extraordinary characters that were the raw material of Patrick O'Brian's and C. S. Forester's magnificent novels.
Download or read book Action Between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812.
Download or read book 1812 written by George C. Daughan and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of how America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, was able to defeat the world's greatest imperial power through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado to win the War of 1812.
Download or read book The Age of Fighting Sail written by C.S. Forester and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C.S. Forester's distinguished account of the Anglo-American naval war of 1812. Age of Fighting Sail is a shrewd and skillful telling of a complex war that altered the course of history. A must read for lovers of history and wooden sailing ships.
Download or read book Revenge in the Name of Honour written by Nicholas James Kaizer and published by Reason to Revolution. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Royal Navy entered the War of 1812 expecting victory. Naval victories of the previous two decades and the mythos of Lord Nelson had built a naval culture accustomed to aggressive action and victory against all odds. No one expected the tiny United States Navy to triumph, and yet by the year's end three British frigates and two sloops ha
Download or read book The 44 Gun Frigate USS Constitution written by Karl Heinz Marquardt and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitution was one of the US Navy's first six original frigates, ordered as a counter to the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean. Fast and heavily built, she was nominally rated as a 44 but mounted thirty 24-pdr and twenty-two 12-pdr cannon. Her most famous encounter, after which she became nicknamed 'Old Ironsides' due to British shot being seen bouncing off her hull, involved HMS Guerriere, which she smashed; the same treatment was meted out to HMS Java four months later. Now the oldest commissioned warship afloat in thw world, she is berthed in Boston Harbor. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published. What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.
Download or read book Great Lakes Warships 1812 1815 written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war broke out in 1812, neither the United States Navy nor the Royal Navy had more than a token force on the Great Lakes. However, once the shooting started, it sparked a ship-building arms race that continued throughout the war. This book examines the design and development of the warships built upon the lakes during the war, emphasising their differences from their salt-water contemporaries. It then goes onto cover their operational use as they were pitted against each other in a number of clashes on the lakes that often saw ships captured, re-crewed, and thrown back against their pervious owners. Released in 2012 to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the outbreak of the war, this is a timely look at a small, freshwater naval war.
Download or read book Battle Between the Constitution and the Guerriere 1858 written by James David Smillie and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the USS Constitution and the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere, at sea, in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships. Engraved by James David Smillie from an original study by Alonzo Chappel. Published by Johnson, Fry & Co.
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Download or read book Old Ironsides written by David Fitz-Enz and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the oldest warship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate USS Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy created by act of Congress in 1794. Colonel David Fitz-Enz re-creates the world of sail, when seven knots an hour was considered blinding speed for a warship. In Old Ironsides, Fitz-Enz tells the story of the ship, from its construction to the ongoing restoration efforts that keep it active today.
Download or read book Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis during the American Revolutionary War is perhaps the most famous single-ship duel in history. This epic battle between two very similar ships – and crews – off the coast of Britain in September 1779 created two naval heroes: in victory, John Paul Jones became a figure that all future American naval officers would aspire to emulate, while Richard Pearson, in defeat, became a hero to the British for a tenacious defence that allowed the merchant vessels under his protection to escape. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the story of an epic maritime clash at the height of the Revolutionary War that provided a founding legend for generations of US naval officers and demonstrated the intrepidity and fighting prowess of the fledgling US Navy.
Download or read book Action Between the Constitution and the Guerriere Approximately 1859 written by John Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the HMS Guerriere without masts in the aftermath of the battle with the USS Constitution. Engraved by John Rogers from an original study by John Reuben Chapin. Published by Virtue, Emmins & Co.
