The Man-of-War

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Excerpt from The Man-of-War: What She Has Done, and What She Is DoingI should wish here to acknowledge my indebtedness to those whose help I have received in the production Of this book. To my friend Mr. Walter Wood, the well-known author, for hints as to the best method of its arrangement, and for placing at my disposal some Of the very excellent pictures that are here reproduced, I owe a debt Of gratitude that I shall find it difficult to repay. To my brother, Mr. W. F. Currey, I am in debted for the coloured illustration, which is a picture full of interest, representing as it does the carrack in which the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem arrived at Malta, after their expulsion from Rhodes, at the hands of the Turks, in the year 1530. It may be added that this is no fancy picture, no mere dream of the artist's imagination, but an actual copy. The original hangs in the house of a distinguished ecclesiastic in Malta. To Mr. John Murray I tender my thanks for permission to reproduce the pictures Of the oar driven Mediterranean galleys and galeasses, to Messrs. Chambers for permission to reproduce two little-known sea stories, The French Galleys and English Frigate v.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.