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

John Tredrea; Eduard Sozaev

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848320582 ISBN 13: 9781848320581

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

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 Russia s 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Eduard Sozaev is a Russian naval historian with a number of books to his credit. John Tredrea, translator, editor, and long-term collaborator, is an American ship enthusiast with a lifelong interest in the Russian navy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1848320582
• ISBN 13: 9781848320581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400