A History of Naval Architecture: To Which Is Prefixed, an Introductory Disertation on the Application of Mathematical Science to the Art of Naval Construction. with Fifty-Eight Illustrative Plates
A History of Naval Architecture: To Which Is Prefixed, an Introductory Disertation on the Application of Mathematical Science to the Art of Naval Construction. with Fifty-Eight Illustrative Plates
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...by a heavy gale of wind, which separated and disabled them, and one of them was driven ashore upon the coast of America, and destroyed; the others avoided falling into the power of a British squadron which was cruising in the West Indies. No other French squadrons of equal force to these became cruisers during the year ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...by a heavy gale of wind, which separated and disabled them, and one of them was driven ashore upon the coast of America, and destroyed; the others avoided falling into the power of a British squadron which was cruising in the West Indies. No other French squadrons of equal force to these became cruisers during the year, and only one other ship of the line, the Marengo, of seventy-four guns, was taken from the French during the same period. The British light cruisers were very active; but the French were as cautious in avoiding them, where they could do so: and this careful avoidance of the English cruisers, by the French, ltd to great activity and enterprise in boat attacks along the coast. Several of the French frigates which, during the year, became prizes to the English, were very fine ships: and most of them had a great relative length; for swiftness was a qualification of the first importance to the light cruisers in the French navy. The Belle Poule was five years old, 151 feet 6 inches long, 39 feet 11 inches wide, 1077 tons burthen, and her length was 379 times her breadth. The Gverriere, which was built in 1798, was 4 feet 3 inches longer, 2 inches narrower, and of 15 tons greater burthen than the Belle Poule; with a length 39 times her breadth. TheAlceste, Armide, Immortality, and Gloire, which were taken at the same time, were larger than most frigates of their rate, particularly the two latter. The hnmortalite'was 156 feet 6 inches in length, 40 feet 7 inches in breadth, 1157 tons burthen, and her length was 385 times her breadth; and the Gloire was 158 feet 2f inches in length, 40 feet 7 inches in breadth, 1153 tons burthen, and her length was 3-86 times her breadth. The Presidente was of nearly the same dimensions, with a burthen of 1148 tons. ...
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