Fireship: The Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail (Hardback)
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Winghale Books [20790], South Kelsey, Lincolnshire, ., United Kingdom.
256 pages. . Previously owned (evidence of normal light use etc) sound clean tight large size 30cm x 25 cm hardback in dust wrapper. (All our books are sent securely packaged in cardboard)THIS IS A HEAVY BOOK - FOR INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A QUOTATION Fireship. The Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Book Depository [54837791], Gloucester, UK, United Kingdom.
Brand New Book. The fireship was the guided missile of the sailing era. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material, it was aimed at its highly inflammable wooden target by volunteers who bailed out into a boat at the last moment. It often missed, but the panic it invariably caused among crews who generally could not swim and had no method of safely abandoning ship did the job for it - the most famous example being the attack off Gravelines in 1588 which led to the rout of the Spanish Armada. Although it was a tactic used in antiquity, its successful revival in the Armada campaign led to the adoption of the fireship as an integral part of the fleet. During the seventeenth century increasingly sophisticated 'fireworks' were designed into purpose-built ships, and an advance doctrine was worked out for their employment. Fireship reveals the full impact of the weapon on naval history, looks at the technology and analyses the reasons for its decline.This is the first history of a potent, much used but little understood weapon.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, the_book_depository_.
The fireship was the guided missile of the sailing era. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material, it was aimed at its highly inflammable wooden target by volunteers who bailed out into a boat at the last moment. It often missed, but the panic it invariably caused among crews who generally could not swim and had no method of safely abandoning ship did the job for it - the most famous example being the attack off Gravelines in 1588 which led to the rout of the Spanish Armada. Although it was a tactic used in antiquity, its successful revival in the Armada campaign led to the adoption of the fireship as an integral part of the fleet. During the seventeenth century increasingly sophisticated 'fireworks' were designed into purpose-built ships, and an advance doctrine was worked out for their employment. Fireship reveals the full impact of the weapon on naval history, looks at the technology and analyses the reasons for its decline.This is the first history of a potent, much used but little understood weapon. Hardcover, Label: Seaforth Publishing, Seaforth Publishing, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2009-04-16, Studio: Seaforth Publishing, Verkaufsrang: 6026113.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, _nearfine_.
The fireship was the guided missile of the sailing era. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material, it was aimed at its highly inflammable wooden target by volunteers who bailed out into a boat at the last moment. It often missed, but the panic it invariably caused among crews who generally could not swim and had no method of safely abandoning ship did the job for it - the most famous example being the attack off Gravelines in 1588 which led to the rout of the Spanish Armada. Although it was a tactic used in antiquity, its successful revival in the Armada campaign led to the adoption of the fireship as an integral part of the fleet. During the seventeenth century increasingly sophisticated 'fireworks' were designed into purpose-built ships, and an advance doctrine was worked out for their employment. Fireship reveals the full impact of the weapon on naval history, looks at the technology and analyses the reasons for its decline.This is the first history of a potent, much used but little understood weapon. Hardcover, Label: Seaforth Publishing, Seaforth Publishing, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2009-04-16, Studio: Seaforth Publishing, Verkaufsrang: 8189712.

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The fireship was the guided missile of the sailing era. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material, it was aimed at its highly inflammable wooden target by volunteers who bailed out into a boat at the last moment. It often missed, but the panic it invariably caused among crews who generally could not swim and had no method of safely abandoning ship did the job for it - the most famous example being the attack off Gravelines in 1588 which led to the rout of the Spanish Armada. Although it was a tactic used in antiquity, its successful revival in the Armada campaign led to the adoption of the fireship as an integral part of the fleet. During the seventeenth century increasingly sophisticated 'fireworks' were designed into purpose-built ships, and an advance doctrine was worked out for their employment. Fireship reveals the full impact of the weapon on naval history, looks at the technology and analyses the reasons for its decline.This is the first history of a potent, much used but little understood weapon. Hardcover, Label: Seaforth Publishing, Seaforth Publishing, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2009-04-16, Studio: Seaforth Publishing, Verkaufsrang: 8189712.