Coffins of the brave : lake shipwrecks of the War of 1812 / edited by Kevin J. Crisman ; with Walter Rybka, Kenneth Cassavoy, Christopher R. Sabick, LeeAnne Gordon, Sara Hoskins, Erich Heinold, Jonathan Moore, Christopher Amer, Eric Emery, Erika Washburn, and Arthur B. Cohn.
Series: Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology seriesPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 415 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781623490324
- 1623490324
- Naval architecture -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History -- 19th century
- Shipwrecks -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Underwater archaeology -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Great Lakes (North America) -- Antiquities
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Naval operations
- United States. Navy -- History -- War of 1812
- Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- War of 1812
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- VM23.7 .C65 2014
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| VM16 .M38 2006 Ancient boats and ships / | VM17 .B715 1971B The Viking ships; their ancestry and evolution | VM23 .G645 Shipbuilding in colonial America / | VM23.7 .C65 2014 Coffins of the brave : lake shipwrecks of the War of 1812 / | VM23.7 .G73 V.1 Great Lakes ships we remember / | VM23.7 .G73 V.2 Great Lakes ships we remember II / | VM23.7 .G73 V.3 Great Lakes ships we remember III : a photo-history of selected Great Lakes ships / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395) and indexes.
Introduction / Kevin J. Crisman -- The naval war of 1812 on the upper lakes / Kevin J. Crisman -- "We have met the enemy and they are ours": the US Navy brig Niagara / Walter Rybka -- "Cast away on the Canadian shore": the British brig General Hunter / Kenneth Cassavoy -- "A perfect masterpiece of workmanship": His Majesty's hired transport schooner Nancy / Christopher R. Sabick -- Echoes of a naval race: the Royal Navy schooners Tecumseth and Newash / LeeAnne Gordon, Sara Hoskins, and Erich Heinold -- The naval war of 1812 on Lake Ontario / Kevin J. Crisman -- Fore-and-afters at fifty fathoms: the wrecks of Hamilton and Scourge / Jonathan Moore -- "Anticipated laurels": the US brig Jefferson / Kevin J. Crisman -- Frontier frigates and a three-decker: wrecks of the Royal Navy's Lake Ontario squadron / Jonathan Moore -- "Smaller vessels are of no less consequence": the Browns Bay vessel / Christopher Amer -- The naval war of 1812 on Lake Champlain / Kevin J. Crisman -- "Lt. Cassin says there is a new boat near Vergennes": the US schooner Ticonderoga / Kevin J. Crisman -- "A perfect willingness to see the enemy on fair terms": the US Navy row galley Allen / Eric Emery -- "A remarkably fine looking vessel": the Royal Navy brig Linnet / Erika Washburn -- "It has again become necessary to add to our force on Lake Champlain": the US Navy brig Eagle / Kevin J. Crisman -- "I never see anything in this world like it!": the archaeological legacy of a naval battle / Arthur B. Cohn and Kevin J. Crisman -- Conclusions: "Coffins of the brave": two hundred years later / Kevin J. Crisman -- Appendix A. Principal dimensions, armament, and broadside weight of the ships built at Kingston in 1814 -- Appendix B. Prince Regent (Kingston) sailing qualities report, 1815 -- Appendix C. Principal timber scantlings (in inches) and wood species of the ships built at Kingston in 1814 -- Glossary.
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