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                        Handy Reference Book for Men-of-War in Nelson's Day

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                        Big Jake
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Lacombe, LA.
                        Posted by Big Jake on Friday, April 22, 2005 5:36 PM
                        Got that one, Man the computer sofeware game you can buy is GREAT Also.

                         

                         

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                        Lufbery
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Harrisburg, PA
                        Posted by Lufbery on Friday, April 22, 2005 2:55 PM
                        Also check out Man-Of-War : Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections by Stephen Biesty, Richard Platt

                        http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156458321X/qid=1114199118/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-3232317-2852160?v=glance&s=books

                        It's a tour of the HMS Victory in a series of cross sections. It's excellent!

                        Regards,

                        -Drew

                        Build what you like; like what you build.

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                        Big Jake
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                        • From: Lacombe, LA.
                        Posted by Big Jake on Friday, April 22, 2005 1:33 PM
                        Another good book to have is called "Heart of Oak, Life in nelsons Navy

                        "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000234N9O/qid=1114194172/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-0506964-8127924?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


                        I have it and it shows many detialed thngs that we overlook in the ship modeling.

                        Jake

                         

                         

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                        oldhooker
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)
                        Posted by oldhooker on Friday, April 22, 2005 12:30 AM
                        Thanks AZROG, will keep an eye out for it! Smile [:)]

                        Take care,
                        Frank

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Handy Reference Book for Men-of-War in Nelson's Day
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:48 PM
                        Smile [:)] I was pleasantly surprised to find a little (95pp) lavishly illustrated paperback by Patrick O'Brian, author of the "HMS Surprise" series of novels (Master and Commander, etc.), titled "Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy."

                        It isn't as detailed in terms of rigging diagrams, construction plans, etc. as some of the more popularly used reference texts listed in this forum from time-to-time, but it provides the overall "flavor" of its subject and a basic undertanding of its chapters: the ships, the guns, the ship's company, and life at sea, plus it throws in a few songs. Interestingly, it provides the pay rates, promotion rates, prize-sharing calculations, ship ranking, gunnery procedure, discipline, meal allotment , and officer's/crew's provisioning charts. A handy little book!

                        Published by WW. Norton & Company, Inc.,NY,NY, 1995. ISBN 0-393-326600-8.

                        Captain [4:-)] "Should we prosper it shall be as is our custom...by Miracle!"
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