Ships

By Tom McCluskie

Subjects: shipbuilding, naval architecture, marine engineering

Description: Large format reproductions of the original shipyard ink and wash drawings of 29 nineteenth-century ship designs. Usually four to six pages are devoted to each design, consisting of a short commentary on each, a reproduction of the whole drawing sheet, and enlargements of various parts of the whole to show clearly details such as the drawing title-block, cabin fittings, deck fittings and engines.