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The Laird Rams
- Britain's Ironclads Built for the Confederacy, 1862-1923
Engelsk Paperback
The Laird Rams
- Britain's Ironclads Built for the Confederacy, 1862-1923
Engelsk Paperback

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Built in Birkenhead, England, from 1862 to 1865, the "Laird rams" were two innovative armored warships intended for service with the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. The vessels represented a substantial threat to Union naval power, and offered the Confederacy a potential means to break the Union blockade of the Southern coastline. During 1863, the critical year of the Confederacy''s last hope of recognition by the British and French, President Lincoln threatened war with Britain if the ships ever sailed under Confederate colors. Built in some secrecy, then launched on the River Mersey under intense international scrutiny, the ships were first seized, and then purchased by Britain to avoid a war with the United States. These armored warships were largely forgotten after the Admiralty acquired them. Historians rarely mention these sister warships--if referred at all, they are given short shrift. This book provides the first complete history of these once famous ironclads that never fired a shot in anger yet served at distant stations as defenders of the British Empire.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
194
ISBN-13:
9781476682761
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
1476682763
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Udg. Dato:
1 okt 2021
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
255mm
Højde:
176mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
1 okt 2021
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