![]() ![]() This cross-bracing would improve anchor points for the sails as well lessening the shear forces that impact the hull. The author pays special attention in this book to Sir Robert Seppings, designer of Seppings Blocks which cut manpower in ship repairs tremendously, who revolutionized ship building designs in the early 1800’s with iron cross–bracing which had the largest impact in naval shipping at that time. Brown gives us an incredibly in depth look into the wooden warships during the 19 th century leading up to their inevitable demise into the wake of the more modern ironclad ships of the late 1800’s. This 224 page hard cover manuscript wherein Mr. ![]() Prominent warship designer for the Royal Corps and consummate author, David K Brown, takes his readers into the history behind wooden ship design again with the re-release of his book, Before the Ironclad – Warship Design and Development 1815-1860.
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