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Author:

Cordingly, David.

Title:

The Billy Ruffian : the Bellerophon and the downfall of Napoleon : the biography of a ship of the line, 1782-1836 / David Cordingly.

Publisher:

Distributed by Holtzbrinck,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xii, 355 p. : ill., maps ; 19.5 cm.

Subject:

Bellerophon (Ship)
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Captivity, 1815-1821.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Naval operations, British.
Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century.
Great Britain--History, Naval--18th century.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Naval operations.
Great Britain--Naval history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-325) and index.

Summary:

The story of the seventy-four gun warship "Bellerophon" and the role it played in three significant sea battles of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, which establish British Naval supremacy for 100 years.

ISBN:

9781582344683
158234468x

LCCN:

2003045132

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)