If you go down to the shore at Hastings on the UK's south coast at low tide you will come upon an amazing sight. There, revealed by the receding waves are the remarkably complete mortal remains of a seventeenth century warship. The Anne was launched in 1678 and was lost in 1690 at the battle of Beachy Head. As she lay beached, she was torched to prevent her from falling into enemy hands. Today the wreck is owned by the Shipwreck Museum at Hastings and in the past few years there have been some intriguing attempts to bring the ship back to life using advanced simulation and modeling techniques. Ship's historian and draughtsman Richard Endsor has written a history of this wonderful and accessible ship, bringing the ship fully back to life using his beautiful and accurate drawings and paintings.
Richard Endsor's previous book, The Restoration Warship inspired the locals at Deptford to plan a full size replica of Lenox, the warship covered in that book.
The illustrated history of a seventeenth century warship.Papildus informācija
The illustrated history of a seventeenth century warship.
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| Introduction |
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Chapter 1 The thirty new ships |
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Chapter 2 Building the Anne |
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Chapter 3 Laid up in Chatham |
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Chapter 4 The Mediterranean |
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Chapter 5 The Battle of Beachy Head |
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Chapter 6 The guns of the Anne |
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Appendix 1 The approved principal dimensions for the third-rate ships of 1677 |
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Appendix 2 Scantling lists |
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Appendix 3 Building contract for the Yarmouth |
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Appendix 4 Contract for the carvings of the third-rate ships of 1677 built at Deptford and Woolwich |
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Appendix 5 Duke of Grafton's instructions |
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Richard Endsor is an engineer by profession, but has devoted considerable time to researching seventeenth-century ships, the Lenox project (the subject of his previous work, The Restoration Warship) taking twelve years to complete. Richard is a trustee of the Nautical Museum Trust and is a member of the Society for Nautical Research. He has had numerous articles published in Mariner's Mirror and is also an accomplished artist, having exhibited at the RSMA exhibition. He also lectures widely on maritime topics.
