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David Lyon's 'Sailing Navy List' is one of the great works of naval reference, detailing every ship employed by the Royal Navy, whether purpose-built, taken from the enemy, purchased or hired. Organised by era, ship type and class, it is a useful resource for anyone with a query about British sailing warships. At the time of his death in 2000, he was close to completing a follow-up volume intended to provide similar data for ships of the vitally important, but poorly documented period that saw the introduction of steam power and the gradual replacement of sail. Now brought to fruition by Rif Winfield, this book follows the same pattern dividing the material into broad types and then into classes, giving details of design and construction history, technical specifications and the fates for all warships. Appendices also cover captured, purchased and hired vessels, as well as Coast Guard and packet vessels for which the Navy was responsible. It is extensively illustrated with a representative collection of original plans from the little-seen collection at the National Maritime Museum.
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David Lyon's "The Sailing Navy List" undertook to describe every vessel that flew the Royal Navy flag during the Age of Sail, giving technical details of design, brief summaries of service and -- in many cases --- plans for the ships. Lyon died in 2000 but Rif Winfield has carried on his work to complete a companion volume that covers all Royal Navy vessels from the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars to nearly the end of the nineteenth century, the critical era when ships were changing from sail to steam and from wood to steel, presenting the same level of information as found in "The Sailing Navy List" for earlier vessels. This present volume is a superb continuation of the prior work and an invaluable resource for the naval enthusiast.
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A magnificent resource for the era of the birth of modern navies
22 Nov 2007
By Bruce Trinque
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David Lyon's "The Sailing Navy List" undertook to describe every vessel that flew the Royal Navy flag during the Age of Sail, giving technical details of design, brief summaries of service and -- in many cases --- plans for the ships. Lyon died in 2000 but Rif Winfield has carried on his work to complete a companion volume that covers all Royal Navy vessels from the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars to nearly the end of the nineteenth century, the critical era when ships were changing from sail to steam and from wood to steel, presenting the same level of information as found in "The Sailing Navy List" for earlier vessels. This present volume is a superb continuation of the prior work and an invaluable resource for the naval enthusiast.
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The Sail and Steam Navy List
13 Oct 2010
By John M. Wilkins
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This is an excellent and necessary companion to follow the The Sailing Navy List by Lyon. It makes the appreciation of the transition of Royal Navy ships from sail to Steam more easily achieved. A publication that will always be a reference that all will want to have on their library shelves.
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