Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696–1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates eBook

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Peter the Great created a navy from nothing, but it challenged and soon surpassed Sweden as the Baltic naval power, while in the Black Sea it became an essential tool in driving back the Ottoman Turks from the heartland of Europe. In battle it was surprisingly successful, and at times in the eighteenth century was the third largest navy in the world – yet its history, and especially its ships, are virtually unrecorded in the West.This major new reference work handsomely fills this gap, with a complete and comprehensive list of the fleet, with technical detail and career highlights for every ship, down to small craft. However, because the subject is so little recorded in English, the book also provides substantial background material on the organisation and administration of the navy, its weapons, personnel and shipbuilding facilities, as well as an outline of Russias naval campaigns down to the clash with Britain and France known as the Crimean War.Illustrated with plans, paintings and prints rarely seen outside Russia, it is authoritative, reliable and comprehensive, the culmination of a long collaboration between a Russian naval historian and an American ship enthusiast.EDUARD SOZAEV is an established Russian naval historian with a number of books to his credit. JOHN TREDREA, his translator, editor and long-term collaborator, is an American ship enthusiast with a life-long interest in the Russian navy.

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9781473853225

Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696–1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates is written by Eduard Sozaev; John Tredrea and published by Seaforth Publishing (ORIM). The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696–1860 are 9781473853249, 1473853249 and the print ISBNs are 9781848320581, 1848320582. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781473853225.