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Balchen's Victory
- The Loss and Rediscovery of an Admiral and His Ship
Engelsk Hardback
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Balchen's Victory

- The Loss and Rediscovery of an Admiral and His Ship
Engelsk Hardback

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This is the story of Admiral Sir John Balchen, his life and career, and HMS Victory, the largest, finest ship-of-the-line in the Royal Navy at the time, which he commanded when both were lost, along with more than 1,000 crew, in an October storm in the English Channel in 1744. Admiral John Balchen was a courageous, if not heroic, naval officer who saw major engagements and his legacy in naval development deserves greater recognition. Indeed, the story of both the ship and her commander, their individual and remarkably parallel lives, can now be revealed as fundamental catalysts to the revolutionary reforms in naval shipbuilding, design and dockyard administration that transformed the Royal Navy after 1745. The exciting discovery of the wreck of HMS Victory in 2008, the subsequent and continuing public and political wrangling over possible salvage, and the 2019 display at Portsmouth of a mighty 42-pounder bronze gun retrieved from the wreck, have been the catalyst for this history of the admiral and his ship.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781399094122
Indbinding:
Hardback
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ISBN-10:
1399094122
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Udg. Dato:
27 jan 2022
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
240mm
Højde:
165mm
Forlag:
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
27 jan 2022
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