Life and Death of the Merchant Sailing Ship, 1815-1965 (The Ship 7)

by Basil Greenhill

Hardcover, 1980

Status

Available

Call number

387.2

Publication

National Maritime Museum (1980), Hardcover, 60 pages

Description

The author traces the later history of the sailing ship; contrary to widely held belief the sailing vessel was under no serious threat from the steamship until the successful development of the marine compound engine in the mid 1860s.

Language

Physical description

60 p.; 8.4 inches

ISBN

0112903177 / 9780112903178

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