The Master Shipwrights Secrets Hardcover

How Charles II built the Restoration Navy   - Richard Endsor A comprehensively researched and beautifully illustrated history of 17th-century shipbuilding practice, through an analysis of John Shish’s plans for the Tyger. Inspired by the recent discovery of mathematically calculated digital plans for a fourth-rate ship by the Deptford master shipwright, John Shish, The Master Shipwright’s Secrets is an illustrated history of Restoration shipbuilding focused on the Tyger, one of the smaller but powerful two-deck warships of the period. It examines the proceedings of King Charles II in deciding the types of ship he wanted and his relationship with his master shipwrights.The Master Shipwright’s Secrets is replete with beautiful and detailed illustrations of the construction of the Tyger and explores both its complicated history and its complex rebuilding, complete with deck plans, internal sections, and large-scale external shaded drawings. The title also explores associated ships, including another fourth-rate ship, the Mordaunt, and constructional drawings of Shish’s later fourth-rate ship, St Albans, are also included.