The Lost Ships of Charles II's Navy
understanding the seventeenth-century warship
$210.49
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2026
Summary
Unveiling the Ghost Fleet: Reconstructing Charles II’s Lost Navy
A comprehensively researched and beautifully illustrated history of the design of the ships of Charles II’s Navy, using reconstructed architectural plans based on contemporary records.
The Royal Navy of the late seventeenth century was the greatest enterprise in the country, and in 1677, with Samuel Pepys as Secretary of the Navy, the House of Commons voted to fund the building of 30 new ships,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472866691 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147286669X |
| Author: | Richard Endsor |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 312mm x 240mm |
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About The Author
Richard Endsor
Richard Endsor has written extensively on the structures and the building process of seventeenth-century ships, including The Restoration Warship (2009), The Warship Anne (2017) and most recently, The Master Shipwright’s Secrets (2020) for which he was awarded the prestigious Anderson Medal for the best maritime book published in 2020. He has also co-authored other books including The Great Ordnance Survey of 1698 (2013) with Frank Fox.
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