"Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696-1860: Design,..." Topic
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Tango01 | 26 Aug 2016 12:31 p.m. PST |
… Construction, Careers and Fates. "Peter the Great created a navy from nothing, but it challenged and soon surpassed Sweden as the Baltic naval power, while in the Black Sea it became an essential tool in driving back the Ottoman Turks from the heartland of Europe. In battle it was surprisingly successful, and at times in the eighteenth century was the third largest navy in the world – yet its history, and especially its ships, are virtually unrecorded in the West.This major new reference work handsomely fills this gap, with a complete and comprehensive list of the fleet, with technical detail and career highlights for every ship, down to small craft. However, because the subject is so little recorded in English, the book also provides substantial background material on the organisation and administration of the navy, its weapons, personnel and shipbuilding facilities, as well as an outline of Russia's naval campaigns down to the clash with Britain and France known as the Crimean War.Illustrated with plans, paintings and prints rarely seen outside Russia, it is authoritative, reliable and comprehensive, the culmination of a long collaboration between a Russian naval historian and an American ship enthusiast.E DUARD SOZAEV is an established Russian naval historian with a number of books to his credit. JOHN TREDREA, his translator, editor and long-term collaborator, is an American ship enthusiast with a life-long interest in the Russian navy." See here link Anyone have read this book? If the answer is yes… comments please? Thanks in advance for your guidance. Amicalment Armand |
Mark Barker | 26 Aug 2016 1:18 p.m. PST |
Armand, Yes, and it is absolutely excellent. We used it extensively for the data to support the Volume of the Flying Colors GMT game series dealing with the Baltic and the Levant. Format will be familiar to those readers with other volumes in the Construction, Careers and Fates series but of a very little studied area. Contains much original research and information simply not available elsewhere. Mark Barker The Inshore Squadron |
BrianW | 26 Aug 2016 8:49 p.m. PST |
I have it also, and concur with what Mark Baker said. If you are interested in the AOS Russian Navy, it is an indispensable source in English. BWW |
Blutarski | 27 Aug 2016 6:42 a.m. PST |
I quite concur. Tredrea and Sozaev have produced an important reference work. B |
Tango01 | 27 Aug 2016 10:12 a.m. PST |
Thanks for your guidance boys!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
devsdoc | 29 Aug 2016 4:37 a.m. PST |
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dantheman | 29 Aug 2016 1:26 p.m. PST |
The only usable source for anglophones. Nothing else decent is available. It is originally researched with a native Russian speaker, so it doesn't get much better than that. I always look at the sources used and gives thumbs up to original sources. The only improvement would be more info from Turkish sources, as they were one of two main antagonists, assuming those sources even exist. But finding Turkish sources, let alone a native speaker into the subject, is probably wishful at best. I read through it, Though it is more of a research volume than a casual read. Depends on what you want. |
Mark Barker | 29 Aug 2016 2:20 p.m. PST |
Turkish sources do exist and were being worked on at the same time as the publication of this volume by a Turkish researcher, but that was before the political instability of recent years. Some of this information had made it to naval forums and we took account of what was available in our scenario set-ups. A companion volume from the Turkish side is sorely needed, but very unlikely to be possible anytime soon. Mark Barker The Inshore Squadron |
dantheman | 29 Aug 2016 2:29 p.m. PST |
Any forums we can access? |
Charlie 12 | 29 Aug 2016 2:34 p.m. PST |
What is still needed is a good reference volume on the Spanish. Some information is out there in several Spanish language works and forums, but a volume on par with the recent works (such as Winfield's RN and French) is sorely needed. |
Mark Barker | 30 Aug 2016 2:31 p.m. PST |
Dan Voyforums NAVAL WARFARE IN THE AGE OF SAIL voy.com/39735 Where oddly enough, there is a recent post with link to an article by the same Turkish researcher I was mentioning. Mark Barker |
dantheman | 31 Aug 2016 3:00 p.m. PST |
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