Brigand Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 A classic, probably already on the bookshelves of the development team and most of the enthausiasts on these forums. The art of Rigging by George Biddlecombe (master in her majesty's royal navy) published in 1848. Available for download through the Internet Archive. ~Brigand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Very interesting read, it is only 11 pages long so there is no excuse for not reading it. ~Brigand This should be required reading for anyone commenting on how ships should behave in this or any other age of sail game. Any game that violates what is documented there is "arcade," frankly. No different than a "flight sim" without gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Sam Willis (the author of the excellent paper linked by Barberouge) has a book that should be read by anyone here, it's been sitting in my pile of "to be read" for a while, and NA got me to start it (even though I have 2 others going as well). Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of Sailing Warfare Not a long book, but important. This is now up there with Seamanship in the Age of Sail to me. Excellent, excellent book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 The Naval chronicle : containing a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United kingdom with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects ([1799-1818]) https://archive.org/details/navalchronicleco18londiala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Blackwell Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The Naval chronicle : containing a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United kingdom with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects ([1799-1818]) https://archive.org/details/navalchronicleco18londiala Thanks for posting this one Ink! I for one am going to take full advantage of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 btw there is a total of 29 volumes available there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 amazing book: Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: The Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 A Treatise on Naval Gunnery (1855) by Howard Douglas This book covers all subjects of naval gunnery, a very intresting book, it's a pity I'm not native English speaker and can't read it like a Russian book, maybe someone else will be able to benefit more in favor of Naval Action gameplay features also you can find it here with a better quality,seacrh engine is better in the first link tho, imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRAC Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 A great source for HUNDREDS of ship's plans/hull lines, maritime equipment, shipyard facilities, (and virtually everything else ship related) is the 19th century publication entitled "Atlas du Genie Maritime". This incredibly extensive work was published in France in several volumes and covers ships from around the world, from the classical period through the late 19th century. It is availble from various sources in different formats, but I've found some online collections of scans here: http://www.all-model.com/Archive/ and here: http://www.sheepdog616.org/myGallery/gallery.html Much of this collection covers contemporary (1840s-1890s ships), but there are quite a few older vessels depicted as well for their historic value. A print version of just a supplement to this work entitled "Souvenirs de Marine Conserves" can be obtained here: One thing I haven't found, unfortunately, is a good English language index to this massive collection, so you basically have to page through all the images to see what is there noting the sheet numbers that are interesting for future reference. The British National Maritime Museum has a good collection of ship's plans available online here: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;searchTerm=plans Progetto Duillioship is also a good source: http://www.duilioship.it/xmlui/search (Enter the word "plan" as your search term.) More historic plans: http://www.all-model.com/ Looking forward to release and happy to help with research! Mark Cowan a.k.a. RRAC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Some intresting stuff from Russian part of the forum, thanks to slik: The New York Public Library's Digital Collections , e.g.: The sea-atlas: containing an hydrographical description of most of the sea-coasts of the known parts of the world. Depicts: 1707 An animated map of global weather conditions Original topics here and here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Some intresting stuff from Russian part of the forum, thanks to slik: (...) An animated map of global weather conditions Thank slik for this last link! ~Brigand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 forget to mention in the last post here, there are some very interesting virtual tours, enjoy http://www.musee-marine.fr/programmes_multimedia/vieabord/ http://www.history.navy.mil/USSCTour/movie.html Original topics are here and here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrutishVulgarian Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 This has lots of good stuff, "A Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor" by Darcy Lever, written in 1808, lots of diagrams. http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Young_Sea_Officer_s_Sheet_Anchor_Or.html?id=HmJJAAAAYAAJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BungeeLemming Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 that exact book is in my shelf.. But I didnt give it too much credit so far. Its very dry theory and reading in it is quite a challenge for me. (I am bored too fast) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Yeah, Sheet-Anchor assumes that you have been a midshipman since age six and only need some quick reference. The modern reader can get the same information (and more) from Seamanship in the Age of Sail. That book tells you not just how, but when where and why, plus what happens next, in multiple eras and languages. It's a gobsmacking achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 http://www.sha.org/assets/documents/British%20Smooth-Bore%20Artillery%20-%20English.pdf The best source I've found with almost all possible tech data about various guns and carronades types in different time periods 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrutishVulgarian Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Yeah, Sheet-Anchor assumes that you have been a midshipman since age six and only need some quick reference. The modern reader can get the same information (and more) from Seamanship in the Age of Sail. That book tells you not just how, but when where and why, plus what happens next, in multiple eras and languages. It's a gobsmacking achievement. For 511 bucks, Seamanship in the Age of Sail better have a pop up sextant. Take care of that book, the price is skyrocketing, I think it's doubled in the last 3 months. http://www.amazon.com/Seamanship-Age-Sail-Man---War/dp/0870219553/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407484134&sr=1-1&keywords=seamanship+age+of+sail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIerrick de Badas Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 All warship of french nation between 1682 and 1780 http://www.agh.qc.ca/articles/?id=21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 For 511 bucks, Seamanship in the Age of Sail better have a pop up sextant. Take care of that book, the price is skyrocketing, I think it's doubled in the last 3 months. http://www.amazon.com/Seamanship-Age-Sail-Man---War/dp/0870219553/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407484134&sr=1-1&keywords=seamanship+age+of+sail This may shock you, given the subject matter of Naval Action, but I am at times given to piracy. And everyone is invited to send me a PM and join the crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barberouge Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 An interesting study: Ship structures under sail and under gunfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutger Van Hoorn Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Some lighthearted (maybe not entirely useful except for bits) links: Strange Ship Stories (from several eras but including some of the age of sail) Sea superstitions Something a bit controversial, for the game is that both mention "Changing the name of a boat is bad luck" (Renaming the ship too often in the game would lower morale?) 10 Crazy Exploits from the Age of Sail Reasons not to implement swimming in-game → PS Not advocating fantasy sea monsters, but some of these fish can easily be misinterpreted as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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