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Balchen's Victory

Autor Smith Alan
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 ian 2022
This is the story of Admiral Sir John Balchen, his life and career, and HMS Victory, the largest, finest ship-of-the-line in the Royal Navy at the time, which he commanded when both were lost, along with more than 1,000 crew, in an October storm in the English Channel in 1744. Admiral John Balchen was a courageous, if not heroic, naval officer who saw major engagements and his legacy in naval development deserves greater recognition. Indeed, the story of both the ship and her commander, their individual and remarkably parallel lives, can now be revealed as fundamental catalysts to the revolutionary reforms in naval shipbuilding, design and dockyard administration that transformed the Royal Navy after 1745. The exciting discovery of the wreck of HMS Victory in 2008, the subsequent and continuing public and political wrangling over possible salvage, and the 2019 display at Portsmouth of a mighty 42-pounder bronze gun retrieved from the wreck, have been the catalyst for this history of the admiral and his ship.
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ISBN-13: 9781399094122
ISBN-10: 1399094122
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 16 colour 10 mono
Dimensiuni: 240 x 165 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Notă biografică

Alan Smith served as an international shipping journalist with the Geest Line before becoming a director of corporate communications. Since 2016 he has been a Volunteer at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, as a guide on Nelson's HMS Victory and a historical researcher for the Diving Deep: HMS Invincible 1744 Project.

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A fascinating and, until now, unknown story of a ship and her captain. The recent discovery of her wreck and salvage of her guns has propelled the ship into the public limelight. A highly significant story within the wider naval history of the 18th-century