HMS Trincomalee: Frigate 1817

by Wyn Davies, Max Mudie (Photographer)

HMS Trincomalee belonged to a class of 38-gun Fifth Rates which was the Royal Navy's standard frigate type during the Napoleonic Wars. Built in India of teak, she is now beautifully restored at Hartlepool, and she can justly claim to be the last of Nelson's frigates. Containing more than 200 specially commissioned photographs, this work takes the reader on a superbly illustrated tour of the ship, from bow to stern. The gun decks, her mast, spars and rigging, and her aft accommodation are all given detailed coverage both in words and pictures, providing a complete visual record of the ship. In addition, the importance of the ship, both in her own time and now as a museum vessel, is explained, while her design, build, and her career prior to restoration and exhibition, are all described.

128 pages, Paperback

Published July 15, 2015

Reviews

[Sophie Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Usually I wind up thinking coffee table books have too few pictures in proportion to their text. This, although not quite a coffee table book (glossy large-format paperback is how I would describe it) almost had too many photos! At times they were almost redundant. Good history of the ship, but perhaps a little over-detailed in terms of the ship's rigging vs. everything else. If you have interest in the rigging of a square-rigged ship, you will probably love this book to pieces.

[Lisa Montgomery · Rating 4 out of 5]

I adored all the images in the book, some 200 of them, and learning of the "last of Horatio Nelson's frigates."

[Elle Jay Bee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great guide to a very interesting ship. Many photographs to support the explanations.