Media type: Book Title: Fighting at sea in the eighteenth century : the art of sailing warfare Contains: Contact -- Chase and escape I: speed and performance -- Chase and escape II: the tactics of chasing -- Station keeping -- Communication -- Unwritten rules -- Command -- The weather gage -- Fleet tactics -- Fighting tactics -- Damage -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Fleet battles -- Glossary of nautical terms Contributor: Willis, Sam [Author] imprint: Woodbridge: Boydell PRess, 2008 Issue: 1. publ. Extent: XVIII, 254 S; Ill., Kt; 24 cm Language: English ISBN: 1843833670; 9781843833673 RVK notation: NK 7020 : Marine- und Seekriegsgeschichte Keywords: Seekrieg > Segelschiff > Geschichte 1688-1815 Origination: Footnote: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-241) and index. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke