Britain’s historic ships. A complete guide to the ships that shaped the nation/Британские исторические корабли. Полное руководство по кораблям, которые сформировали нацию

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This book is concerned with what is probably the most fragile part of this heritage – the surviving historic ships that are scattered around the ports and harbours of our coastline. Many of these ships have survived by happenstance, escaping the breaker’s yard while languishing in some lowly harbour role. Others had unusually long operational lives that allowed them to survive into a period when the restoration and preservation of historic ships became more common. A few were deliberately retained because, even before the wider emergence of concern for our heritage, their historical importance was recognised by at least a small group of active campaigners.

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Sailing Navy
Mary Rose
Matthew Replica
Golden Hind Replica
Victory
Trincomalee and Unicorn
Grand Turk, Replica Sixth Rate
2 Merchant Sail
Cutty Sark
Glenlee
3 Coastal Sail
Kathleen & May
Result
Garlandstone
Thames Sailing Barges
4 The Transition from Sail to Steam
Great Britain
Warrior
Gannet
Discovery
5 The Early 20th-Century Navy
Caroline
M33
President
Holland 1
Coastal forces of the First World War
Turbinia
6 Coastal Steamers and Harbour Craft
Coastal Steamers
Waverley, Balmoral, Kingswear Castle, Kyles, Maid of the Loch, Robin, Shieldhall, Sir Walter Scott, Wingfield Castle
Harbour Craft
TID class, VIC class, Cervia, Challenge, Kerne, Portwey, Mayflower, John H. Amos, Daniel Adamson, Calshot, John King, Thomas, Kent, Freshspring, Lydia Eva, Edmund Gardner
7 The Second World War Navy
Belfast
Cavalier
Wellington
Alliance
X-craft
Coastal Forces
8 The Postwar Navy
Bristol
Oberon-class submarines: Ocelot and Otus
Midget Submarine Stickleback
Courageous
Gay Archer
Britannia
Appendix – Other Vessels of 60 feet or more on the Core and Designated Lists of the National Historic Ships Register
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Useful Websites
Picture Credits
Index