Nemesis - Adrian Marshall

Nemesis

The First Iron Warship and her World

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
2016
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6737-2 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad, steam-powered naval vessels that established British dominance in Asian waters in the nineteenth century. The world’s first iron warship, the first vessel with truly watertight compartments, and the first iron vessel to round the Cape of Good Hope, Nemesis represented a staggering new level of military superiority over the oar-and-sail-powered forces of Britain’s Asian rivals. Yet strangely her story has never been told to modern audiences, and her origins and actions have until now been shrouded in mystery. This lively narrative places her in the historical context of the last years of the East India Company, and in the history of steam power and of iron ships. It tells of her exploits and in the first Opium War, in pirate suppression upriver and naval actions across Asia, from Bombay to Burma the Yangtze River and beyond.
Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 24 Illustrations, color; 30 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Stroud
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Schiffe
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-7509-6737-4 / 0750967374
ISBN-13 978-0-7509-6737-2 / 9780750967372
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