Author: Lambert, Andrew,
Title: WARRIOR - Restoring the World's First Ironclad.
Description: Conway Maritime Press, London, 1987, 1st edn., 192pp, numerous half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial wraparound dustwrapper, an account of HMS Warrior, the Royal Navy's first sea-going warship completed in 1861 combining for the first time armoured iron construction, steam propeller drive and rifled breech-loading fire-power. After active service for a number of years she was used as a storage hulk and depot ship until in 1979. This account follows the detailed progress of her restoration to her former glory, lightly rubbed at tips, a little bumped at lower corners, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a near fine dustwrapper,

Keywords: naval history warrior ironclad steam propeller driven breech loading armour restoration


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