American Privateers of the Revolutionary War 9781472836342

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Автор: Konstam Angus
Название: American Privateers of the Revolutionary War
ISBN: 9781472836342
Издательство: Osprey
Классификация:

История раннего нового времени: с 1450/1500 гг. по 1700 г.

История нового времени до 20 века: с 1700 по 1900

Военная история

Военные действия и оборона

Военно-морские силы и военные действия

Сражения и кампании

Военные и военно-морские корабли

ISBN-10: 1472836340
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 48
Вес: 0.08 кг.
Дата издания: 18.02.2020
Серия: New vanguard
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour illustrations
Размер: 244 x 178 x 4
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
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Поставляется из: Англии
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This title explores the ships and history of the enterprising American patriots who fought the Royal Navy as privateers, and played a major part in winning the Revolutionary War at sea.

During the American War of Independence (1775-83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque as a way of combating Britains overwhelming naval and mercantile superiority. At first, it was only fishermen and the skippers of small merchant ships who turned to privateering, with mixed results. Eventually though, American shipyards began to turn out specially-converted ships, while later still, the first purpose-built privateers entered the fray.

These American privateers seized more than 600 British merchant ships over the course of the war, capturing thousands of British seamen. Indeed, Jeremiah OBriens privateer Unity successfully fought the first sea engagement of the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Machias of 1775. With just 40 men, their guns, axes, and pitchforks and the words Surrender to America, he managed to capture a British armed schooner. By the end of the war, some of the largest American privateers could venture as far as the British Isles, and were more powerful than most contemporary warships in the fledgling US Navy. A small number of Loyalist privateers also put to sea during the war, and preyed on the shipping of their rebel countrymen.

Packed with fascinating insights into the age of privateers, this book traces the development of these remarkable ships, and explains how they made such a significant contribution to the American Revolutionary War.

American Privateers of the Revolutionary War, Konstam Angus