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'Truly it can be said that there is no greater artifact than the ship of war, and, at any moment through history, no better expression of man's technological capacity'. Ranging from the triremes of Greece and Rome to the last great ships of the Age of Sail, the twenty-four papers in this volume cover the history of the warship, its archaeology and history, from prow to stern. Contents include: an ancient warship off Capo Rasocolmo, Sicily; ancient warships: rowing techniques; an ancient warship near Marsala, Sicily; Henry V's Grace Dieu; Mary Rose: recent research; a 16th Century wreck off Alderney; a Cromwellian wreck off Duart Point, Mull, Scotland; Wrangels Palais, 1687, Shetland Isles; HMS Association, 1707, Scilly Isles; wrecked naval transports 1781, Yorktown, Virginia; 'battering ships' from the Great Siege of Gibraltar; HMS Thetis, 1830, Brazil; CSS Alabama, 1864, France; swivel guns; East Indiamen guns; guns from the Mauritius, 1609; 18th century warship construction; timber construction; HMS Victory; HMS Trincomalee; HMS Warrior; Sloop of War Gannet; warship preservation
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