The 44-Gun Frigate USS Constitution 'Old Ironsides' (Anatomy of The Ship)
(Part of the Anatomy of the Ship Series)
No Customer Reviews
The Constitution was one of the US Navy's first six original frigates, ordered as a counter to the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean. Fast and heavily built, she was nominally rated as a 44 but mounted thirty 24-pdr and twenty-two 12-pdr cannon. Her most famous encounter, after which she became nicknamed 'Old Ironsides' due to British shot being seen bouncing off her hull, involved HMS Guerriere, which she smashed; the same treatment was meted...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1472832582
ISBN13:9781472832580
Release Date:December 2017
Publisher:Osprey Publishing
Length:128 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:9.7" x 0.6" x 10.3"
Related Subjects
HistoryCustomer Reviews
0 rating
Copyright © 2024 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
