"Anson's Navy: Building a Fleet for Empire 1744-1763" Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2021 9:22 p.m. PST |
"Despite a supreme belief, the Royal Navy of the early eighteenth century was becoming over-confident and outdated, and it had more than its share of disasters including the devastating sickness in Admiral Hosier's fleet in 1727; failure at Cartagena, and an embarrassing action off Toulon in 1744. Anson's great circumnavigation, though presented as a triumph, was achieved at huge cost in ships and lives. And in 1756 Admiral Byng was shot after failure off Minorca…"
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Armand
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| dantheman | 04 Sep 2021 6:44 a.m. PST |
If it is Lavery at his best this would be a must have for any Age of Sail enthusiast. I see it is due out end of year. |
| Tango01 | 04 Sep 2021 3:41 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend…
Armand
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Dave Jackson  | 05 Sep 2021 5:36 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 05 Sep 2021 3:37 p.m. PST |
Happy for that my good friend… Armand |
| Tango01 | 14 Sep 2021 9:35 p.m. PST |
Interesting reading also… British Attack French and Spanish Territory in Asia 1740-62 Part I link Part II
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Armand
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