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The Bomb Vessel
Chris Ware
其他書名
Shore Bombardment Ships of the Age of Sail
出版Conway Maritime Press, 1994
ISBN08517763109780851776316
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=s5bfAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋One of the first specialist warships, the bomb vessel was a floating siege engine carrying huge shell-firing mortars for the purposes of bombarding stationary targets, such as coastal towns, fortifications or harbours. For its time, it was a complex and high-tech weapons system, and was widely used by the British in every conflict between 1689 and the War of 1812. Because of their strength, bomb vessels played a major role in Arctic exploration.