FULTON’S“STEAM BATTERY”:BLOCKSHIP and CATAMARAN
Robert Fulton’s “Steam Battery,” a catamaran-type blockship, was built during the War of 1812. Until recently, not enough material has been available to permit a reasonably accurate reconstruction of what is generally acknowledged to be the first steam man-of-war.
With the discovery, in the Danish Royal Archives at Copenhagen, of plans of this vessel, it is...
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