Description: Hampton Roads 1862 Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Clash of the Ironclads Author(s): Angus Konstam, Adam Hook Format: Paperback Language: English Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom Imprint: Osprey Publishing ISBN-13: 9781841764108, 978-1841764108 Synopsis During the winter of [tel], Confederate engineers transformed an old wooden steam frigate, the USS Merrimac, into a steam-powered ironclad warship, the CSS Virginia, capable of withstanding the fire of any other warship afloat. Overnight the CSS Virginia had rendered the old wooden fleets obsolete. While similar developments were taking place concurrently in Europe, it was in Hampton Roads, Virginia, that the first clash between two ironclads would take place. The result was one of the strangest naval battles of all time - a well-matched clash between two technically different and revolutionary warships. This book details why the battle of Hampton Roads has been seen as one of the most important navel battles in history, ushering in a new age of naval warfare and warship design.
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Book Title: Hampton Roads 1862
Item Height: 248mm
Item Width: 184mm
Author: Angus Konstam
Publication Name: Hampton Roads 1862: Clash of the Ironclads
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject: Government, History
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 322g
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
