Before the Ironclad: Warship Design and Development, 1815-1860

An illustrated and indispensable history of the evolution of the British Royal Navy's nineteenth century fleet of warships.

In the massive revolution that affected warship design between Waterloo and the Warrior, the Royal Navy was traditionally depicted as fiercely resisting every change until it was almost too late, but these old assumptions are challenged in this authoritative history of the transition from sail to steam.

In the extensively illustrated Before the Ironclad, David K. Bro...