The arming and fitting of English ships of war : 1600-1815 /Brian Lavery

"The Royal Navy armed and fitted out literally thousands of wooden warships between 1600 and 1815, and virtually every item of process was the subject of alteration and improvment during this period. For the first time, in this book the precise details of these developments are set out, wherever possible with exact information on sizes and scantlings based on reliable contemporary sources. This makes the book an indispensable guide to all historical ship modellers, but also provides a wider analysis of technological developlment which wil be of great value to maritime historians and industrial archaeologists."--Back cover