planked, spoon bow, counter-stem schooner with oval transom for fishing and pleasure-the classic Tancook schooner. I'd unwittingly made the same transition from Wind to Bandit in ten months. The volume is inclusive, scholarly and delightfully written, with first-rate photographs, plans, notes and appendices; in short, the works-a model of contextual maritime and regional hi story and a gem of the genre. As an "overlapping" writer I ani bursting with admiration. JOSEPH GARLAND
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The Heavy Frigates, EighteenPounder Frigates: Volume I, 17781800, by Robert Gardiner (Conway Maritime Press Ltd. , London UK, 1994, 127pp, illus, notes , biblio, index; ÂŁ25hc) Following The First Frigates: Ninepounder and Twelve-pounder Frigates, 1748-1815-his first book as an authorformer editor Robert Gardiner goes from strength to strength with his second. Once again he demonstrates his encyclopaedic knowledge of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson 's "eyes of the fleet. " Gardiner devotes this work to the large singlydecked cruisers armed with 18-pounder long guns that the Royal Navy introduced during the later stages of the American Revolution. With the passing decades these warships grew rapidly in size, number and importance, and ultimately became the typical frigate of the Napoleonic Wars. The Admiralty Surveyors turned out so many classes during the lifetime of the 18-pounderfrigate that Gardiner has divided his study into two volumes. In addition to dividing his topic into two volumes, the author has subdivided this first volume into two parts. Part I, which traces the application of 18-pounders to sh ips rated at 38-, 36- and eventually even 32-guns, provides a design history from the genesis of the type to the radical improvements of the 1790s, particularly as evinced by the populous Leda and Lively classes. Part II addresses the general aspects of 18-pounder frigates, including the Admiralty's shipbui lding policy, the Surveyors ' design concepts, armament, fittings, and a strong section on the sh ips' performance under sail. As with his first book, Gardiner has profusely illustrated this volume with drafts from the National Maritime Museum , as well as photographic illustrations from that institution ' s vast ship model collecSEA HISTORY 72, WINTER 1994-95
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