The Restoration Warship
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- A ground-breaking insight into seventeenth-century shipbuilding practice
- Places the navy of Charles II and Samuel Pepys in social and political context
- Marks a significant addition to existing literature on this significant but commonly misunderstood period
A comprehensive and expertly illustrated history of the Lenox, a 70-gun third rate of Charles II's Navy. Laid down in 1677, Lenox represents the pinnacle of English shipbuilding practice and, in many ways, typifies all third-rates of the period, which were by far the most numerous class of warship in the Restoration period, forming the backbone of the English fleet. Lenox was the first of the King's Thirty Ships building programme, administered by Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist and Secretary to the Admiralty, who considered the task to be ''the greatest achievement of my career''. Employing extensive primary research, Richard Endsor has produced one of the most detailed building and career histories of any vessel, detailing a key stage in the evolution of the ship-of-the-line.
Product details
Published: 01/07/2009
Length: 264pages
Illustration note: 250 colour and duotone
ISBN: 9781844860883
Dimensions: 248 x 295
