"Any good Spanish Navy Books?" Topic
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| sneakgun | 28 Dec 2020 10:31 p.m. PST |
Any good history books for the Spanish Navy, I have ordered a Black Seas Spanish fleet? Descriptions and histories of individual ships? Thanks. |
| NotNelson | 29 Dec 2020 3:32 a.m. PST |
Best one I've found so far is 'Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy' by John Harbron but it's not as good as the reference sources on other navies such as France and Britain. Seems an obvious hole in the market! |
| HMS Exeter | 29 Dec 2020 5:55 a.m. PST |
+1 NotNelson. The Habron book was a bit of a disappointment. |
| sneakgun | 29 Dec 2020 7:35 a.m. PST |
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Big Red  | 29 Dec 2020 9:25 a.m. PST |
JJ's Wargames Blog has some amazing Black Seas models, many of them Spanish. When Mr. Jones makes an entry for a Spanish ship he often gives background on the ships including resources and paintings of the ships, their origin, their war record and final disposition. jjwargames.blogspot.com |
| Blutarski | 29 Dec 2020 10:36 a.m. PST |
There is another book worthy of note, although fairly $$$ – "Navios de la Real Armada 1700-1860"
by Enrique Garcia-Torralba Perez It is in Spanish, but offers a goldmine of useful data for anyone with a bit of patience and a Spanish-English dictionary. FWIW. B |
| HMS Exeter | 30 Dec 2020 2:28 a.m. PST |
Fascinating historical tidbits… Research where the Santissima Trinidad was built, and, as she was not made of oak… of what wood was she made? |
| Blutarski | 30 Dec 2020 5:14 p.m. PST |
A goodly number of Spanish warships were built in Havana and in Manila from teak and mahogany. Spanish ships had a reputation for VERY long lives. B |
| NotNelson | 30 Dec 2020 6:03 p.m. PST |
Teak wasn't favoured by the British even though it was strong and resistant to the Toredo worm because injuries from teak splinters were much more prone to lead to infection. Not sure why but I'd love to hear a medical opinion. |
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