The Seventy-four Gun Ship: A Practical Treatise... Apr 2026

The treatise is organized into four distinct parts, covering the ship from its raw materials to its tactical operation:

– Details internal arrangements, ballast, stowage, and the warrant-officers' stores. The Seventy-Four Gun Ship: A Practical Treatise...

The main top-mast truck reached 60 meters high, and the hull rose 7 meters above the waterline. The treatise is organized into four distinct parts,

It required 2,800 hundred-year-old oak trees and 600 tons of iron and wood bolts. The Seventy-Four Gun Ship: A Practical Treatise...

Jean Boudriot's (originally Le Vaisseau de 74 canons ) is considered the definitive work on 18th-century naval architecture. This monumental four-volume set details every aspect of a French "74" from approximately 1780—the "pinnacle" of French naval design during the American War of Independence. ⚓ The Four Volumes