CSS Alabama Vs USS Kearsarge: Cherbourg 1864

by Mark Lardas

By the time of American Civil War things had changed from the Age of Fighting Sail - steam power and explosive shells were transforming naval warfare. Iron was beginning to supplant wood. Britain had just finished HMS Warrior, an iron-hulled warship and coastal ironclads dominated the waters off the United States. The changes meant that ships sank, during battles instead of afterwards. The fights were no less bloody, but in addition to flying splinters,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849084920
• ISBN13: 9781849084925
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.7"