Anson's Navy: Building a Fleet for Empire 1744-1763
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Despite a supreme belief, the Royal Navy of the early eighteenth century was becoming over-confident and outdated, and it had more than its share of disasters including the devastating sickness in Admiral Hosier's fleet in 1727; failure at Cartagena, and an embarrassing action off Toulon in 1744. Anson's great circumnavigation, though presented as a triumph, was achieved at huge cost in ships and lives. And in 1756 Admiral Byng was shot after failure...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1399002880
ISBN13:9781399002882
Release Date:January 2022
Publisher:US Naval Institute Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:3.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 9.9" x 11.5"
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