This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range features Admiral Nelson's fully preserved flagship&nbsp;HMS Victory, the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy's greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805. In the&nbsp;HMS Victory Pocket Manual, Peter Goodwin adopts a fresh approach to explain the workings of the only surviving ‘line of battle' ship of the Napoleonic Wars. And, as&nbsp;Victory&nbsp;was engaged in battle during only two per cent of her active service, the book also provides a glimpse into life and work at sea during the other ninety-eight per cent of the time. This volume presents answers to questions such as: ‘What types of wood were used in building Victory?'; ‘What was Victory's longest voyage?'; ‘How many shots were fired from her guns at Trafalgar?'; ‘How many boats did Victory carry?'; ‘What was prize money?'; ‘What was grog?'; ‘When did her career as a fighting ship end?', and ‘How many people visit Victory each year?'. It gives a full history of the world's most famous warship through a highly accessible pocket-book format. The book includes a pertinent and varied selection of contemporary documents and records to explain the day-to-day running of a three-decker Georgian warship. The leading historian of the sailing man of war, Peter Goodwin was technical and historical advisor to&nbsp;HMS Victory&nbsp;in Portsmouth for more than 20 years, and is in a unique position to investigate and interpret not only the ship's structure but also the essential aspects of shipboard life: victualling, organisation, discipline, domestic arrangements and medical care.

HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805: Admiral Nelson's Flagship At Trafalgar PDF

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