Description
Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras is a specialized historical work that documents the loss of warships and merchant ships during the European Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Author Terence Grocott combines naval history with detailed descriptions of shipwrecks, causes, weather, navigation and tactical situations. The book provides insight into how warfare, technology, seamanship and the navigational knowledge of the time affected the risk of shipwrecks in an era of intensive maritime activity.
The book is particularly relevant for readers with an interest in maritime history, naval warfare, navigation history and maritime disasters, and is based on extensive source work from British and European archives.
