Description: This volume features a full description of this armed cutter, its concept, origins, design details and wartime serviceWith over 100 perspective and 3-view drawings, accompanied by in-depth descriptive keys and photosThis revised edition features a large-scale plan of the vessel on the reverse of an extended fold-out jacketA title in a series that has established a substantial following in its specialist fieldThe Alert was one of many armed cutters that were used to supplement the British fleet between 1763 and 1835, and these small swift vessels were generally employed in minor roles such as conveying dispatches, routine patrol work and reconnaissance. Alert was constructed in Dover in 1777 an d was captured by the French in July 1778 while acting as escort for Keppel's fleet off Ushant.The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever p…condition info: Pages are unmarked. Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear.
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EAN: 9780851779683
Book Title: Naval Cutter Alert
Number of Pages: 120 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2004
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / General, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Illustrator: Yes
Features: Revised
Genre: Transportation, History
Item Weight: 27.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Peter Goodwin
Book Series: Anatomy of the Ship Ser.
Item Width: 10 in
Format: Hardcover