"Billy Ruffian"

[Poignard]

\"Billy Ruffian\"

My recommendation:

"Billy Ruffian - The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon - The biography of a ship of the line, 1782-1836" by David Cordingley. ISBN 0-7475-6537-6

Was priced at £16.99 but I got my copy for £2 at a remaindered books shop in Greenwich!

This is a detailed "biography" of the ship describing how she was designed and built and her long service during the period when Britain "ruled the waves".

 

[Bandit]

Re: \"Billy Ruffian\"

I read it ages ago an excellent book.

I also enjoyed Sea Life in Nelsons Time by John Masefield which surprisingly was first published in 1905.

A good read is Agincourt, the king the campaign the battle by Juliet Barker

Also try Sea harrier over the Falklands and