Billy Ruffian : the Bellerephon and the downfall of Napoleon : the biography of a ship of the line, 1782-1836
Cordingly, David, 1938-2003
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This is the story of the Bellerophon - a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian - from her birth in a small shipyard on the river Medway in 1782, a few years before the French Revolution, to her death, after service as a prison hulk, in a breaker's yard 54 years later.
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London : Bloomsbury, 2003.
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xii, 355 p., [24] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
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On loan from another library - 1925611 - UB.eng.
ISBN:
07475653769780747565376 (hbk)
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English
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Bellerophon (Ship)Napoleon I, Emperor of the FrenchBellerophon (Ship)Napoleonic WarsWarships -- Great Britain -- HistoryNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic OceanNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Naval operations, BritishGreat Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th centuryGreat Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century
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Warshipscase study1782-1836Napoleonic Warswarships
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1664591
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