Naval History of Wales: Unleashing Britannia's Dragon

Naval History of Wales: Unleashing Britannia's Dragon by J. D. DAVIES


Authors
J. D. DAVIES
ISBN
9781803994857
Published
Binding
Paperback
Dimensions
129 x 198mm

A compelling and entertaining history of Welsh naval history. Based on extensive research, The Naval History of Wales tells a compelling story that spans nearly 2,000 years, from the Romans to the present. Many Welshmen and women have served in both the Royal Navy and the navies of other countries. Welshmen played major parts in voyages of exploration, in the navy's suppression of the slave trade, and in naval warfare from the Viking era to the Spanish Armada, in the American Civil War, both world wars and the Falklands War. The navy also did much to shape Wales itself. The town of Pembroke Dock was created by the country's only Royal Dockyard, while the expansion of the coal and copper industries was largely driven by the navy. Comprehensive, enlightening and provocative, J.D. Davies also explodes many myths about Welsh history, arguing that most Welshmen in the sailing navy were volunteers not pressed men, and that relative to the size of national populations, proportionally more Welsh seaman than English fought at Trafalgar. Recounted in vivid detail, this volume that no maritime or Welsh historian can do without. AUTHOR: J.D. Davies is a leading authority on British seventeenth-century naval history. His naval non-fiction book Pepys's Navy won the Samuel Pepys prize in 2009. He is chairman of the Naval Dockyards Society, a vice president of the Navy Records Society, a member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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