The Restoration Warship: The Design, Construction and Career of a Third Rate of Charles II's Navy - Tapa dura

Superbly researched and expertly illustrated, this study offers one of the most detailed building and career histories of a ship ever written, the third rate of Charles II's Restoration Navy. The author focuses on HMS Lenox, a 44-gun two-decker third rate built in 1677 during the Anglo-Dutch Wars and also in response to Louis XIV's massive naval expansion program. After twelve years of research and writing, Richard Endsor provides a comprehensive history of seventeenth-century ship design and construction techniques and the armament and fitting of the vessel. He offers a broad picture of the day-to-day workings of the Deptford dockyard where the Lenox was built and details of the techniques, trade, and tools of the shipwrights along with a keen insight into the workings of a naval administration under Samuel Pepys.

Richard Endsor designs computer models for various scientific applications and lectures widely on maritime topics. His skills as an illustrator are evidenced by the high quality of drawings in this volume. He lives in High Wycombe, UK.