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Sailors on the Rocks

Hardcover • 2015 • 1. edition

Sailors on the Rocks

By Stephen C. Smith, Peter C. Smith

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About the book

For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did "Rule the Waves," in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral was to generously acknowledge that the Royal Navy possessed, "a tradition of victory." And yet, in every other way, the waves were never ruled by any maritime power. Great fleets might wax and wane, ships grow ever more complex and powerful, but t...Show more

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9781783400621

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Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Published year

2015

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1

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Sailors on the Rocks

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Hardcover

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