Download PDF by Colin Pengelly: HMS Bellerophon

By Colin Pengelly

ISBN-10: 178346240X

ISBN-13: 9781783462407

The tale of HMS Bellerophon is a list of the numerous and sundry tasks which the Royal army needed to perform within the interval 1793 – 1815. It was once taken with the 1st nice fleet motion of the warfare and used to be fascinated by the final moments of the fight with the quit of Napoleon.  The 74-gun send was once the normal unit within the line of conflict, Bellerophon was once some of the most unique with an exceptional struggling with list. Having fought at 'The wonderful First of June'; the conflict of the Nile and at Trafalgar the send observed greater than her proportion of fierce ship-to-ship encounters. In among there have been the various tasks of blockade and escort performed with provider within the Channel, the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the Baltic and the West Indies. The send observed all sorts of carrier which fell to the military in that period.  All the various and numerous points of the ship's lifestyles are lined from development via upkeep and refits to ultimate disposal. unfortunately the send couldn't be been stored like Victory and the send and her effective checklist have been restrained to the heritage books.

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