Download or read book The Ships of Trafalgar written by Peter Goodwin and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, remains one of the defining moments in naval history. The decisive nature of the engagement, the death of Nelson and the outpouring of national grief in the aftermath have inspired a wealth of literature on the battle and many narratives have retold this famous action. However, until now no work has attempted to provide an in-depth history of each of the British, French and Spanish vessels that were at the engagement. Dividing the fleets into the relevant classes by their rating, this landmark book proceeds to provide a service history of each individual vessel, including specifications tables, list of commanders, casualty lists and refit histories. Each class of vessel is illustrated by original plans drawn specially by the author alongside contemporary and modern images of the ships. Vital contextual information is included, on design and construction, styles, relative merits between the British and Combined fleets, trends and developments in armament and fighting techniques, and a comparison of the pound-for-pound effectiveness of the rival fleets. This book is a complete, standard-setting guide to the essence of the greatest naval battle, the ships at Trafalgar.
Download or read book The Battle of Trafalgar 1805 written by Florian Richter and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first of a potential new series Florian Richter presents color profile models of every ship on both sides in this epic battle. In a change to previous paper soldier titles, these ships can be cut straight out of the book to create the British, French and Spanish fleets.
Download or read book Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy written by John D. Harbron and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 1988 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harbron attempts to disprove many beliefs about the ineptness of the commanders and the poor quality of equipment attributed to the Spanish at Trafalgar. While the author describes the history of Spanish ship building and design, the case that would prove the ships were well led is not made.
Download or read book Nelson s Trafalgar written by Roy Adkins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle, from the co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018) In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy under Lord Horatio Nelson dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in this definitive work that re-creates those five momentous, earsplitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.
Download or read book The Battle of Trafalgar written by Geoffrey Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trafalgar Companion written by Mark Adkin and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21, 1805, off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast, between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the Royal Navy. The last great sea action of the period, it established British naval supremacy and ended the threat of French invasion. The Trafalgar Companion not only chronicles the campaign and the battle itself in unprecedented detail, but it also charts Admiral Lord Nelson’s life and career as well as his death at the height of the battle. Providing a wealth of background details on contemporary naval life, seamanship, gunnery, tactics, and much else, the narrative is supplemented by informative sidebars, 200 color illustrations, and stage-by-stage battle diagrams.
Download or read book The Trafalgar Roll written by Robert Holden Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of Trafalgar written by Philip Howard Colomb and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Voices from the Battle of Trafalgar written by Peter Warwick and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the battle of Trafalgar, drawn from contemporary letters, diaries and other original sources.
Download or read book Trafalgar the Nelson Touch written by David Armine Howarth and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Trafalgar decided a nation's fate, and this fascinating account tells the story of that crucial confrontation as it has never been told before. Many people know the facts about Nelson's death, but far less of the battle in which he died: a single afternoon's fighting that forever ended Napoleon's hope of invading England.
Download or read book Trafalgar written by Nicholas Best and published by Phoenix Press (CA). This book was released on 2006-06-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the most famous sea fight in history.
Download or read book Trafalgar written by Tom Pocock and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2005 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They show sad farewells between sailors and their loved ones; the pursuit of the French navy; carnage and chaos in the heat of the battle as guns fire from all sides; and Nelson's agonizing death on the Victory after being hit by a musket ball. This graphic recreation tells the very human story behind these historic events." "In his introduction, Tom Pocock evokes the realities of life onboard a nineteenth-century battleship, and discusses Nelson's turbulent life and career. This edition also includes a map, biographical notes on the key figures and a bibliography."--Jacket.
Download or read book Trafalgar written by Alan Schom and published by Scribner. This book was released on 1990 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the battle of Trafalgar in it's historical scope and context. Quotes extensively from journals and sources and brings to life the whole story of the British-French conflict, at sea and on land, at the dawn of the nineteenth century.
Download or read book Trafalgar written by Roy Adkins and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain's most significant sea battle, as seen through the smoke-hazed gunports of the fighting ships. In an atmosphere of choking fumes from cannon and musket fire, amid noise so intense it was almost tangible, the crews of the British, French and Spanish ships did their best to carry out their allotted tasks. For over five hours they were in constant danger from a terrifying array of iron and lead missiles fired from enemy guns, as well as the deadly wooden splinters smashed from the ships' hulls by the cannon-balls. While the men manoeuvred the ships and kept the cannons firing, the women helped the surgeons tend the sick or helped the boys - the 'powder monkeys' - in the hazardous job of carrying gunpowder cartridges from the central magazine to the gun decks. Trafalgar set the seal on British naval supremacy, which became the mainspring for the growth of the British Empire, and in the short term not only prevented Napoleon from invading Britain, but also enabled Britain and its Continental allies to mount the campaign that would eventually defeat the French Emperor: without Trafalgar there would be no Waterloo.
Download or read book The Trafalgar Roll written by Colonel Robert Holden MacKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trafalgar Roll written by Robert Holden Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trafalgar Roll, originally published in 1913, was intended to record and honor the men who fought at Trafalgar in the same way that earlier publications had done for the soldiers at Blenheim and Waterloo. Over 1250 officers - from Nelson himself to midshipmen, surgeons, clerks, boatswains and carpenters - are listed, with the careers of the majority being chronicled in detail. In addition a brief service history of each ship, down to the little schooner Pickle, is included. A remarkable labor of research at the time it is now an invaluable reference work for anyone with a serious interest in Nelson's navy. A new introduction by the distinguished naval historian Colin White explains the significance of the work and places it in context for the modern historian and enthusiast.
Download or read book HMS Pickle written by Peter Hore and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The curiously named HMS Pickle was the second-smallest British ship in Nelson’s fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. She acquired enduring fame, however, as the ship that carried Lord Collingwood’s dispatch announcing the death, in the midst of battle, of Nelson. A topsail schooner and deemed too small to take part in the line of battle, Pickle and ships like it were essential in the transmission of communication. Relaying messages between admiral and Admiralty, the rapid movement of these ships pioneered an early worldwide web of information that helped secure a British victory over Napoleon. In this revised and updated edition, Captain Peter Hore describes the Pickle’s beginnings as a civilian vessel, her arming for naval use and the pivotal role she played in Admiral Cornwallis’s inshore squadron keeping watch over the French and Spanish. This full and captivating history narrates a colourful story of one small ship and the courage and resolution of her determined crew.
