First published 2001

by Routledge

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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

© 2001 Lawrence Sondhaus

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Printed and bound in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data

Sondhaus, Lawrence, 1958-

Naval warfare, 1815-1914/Lawrence Sondhaus.

p. cm.-(Warfare and history)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Naval art and science-History-19th century. 2. Naval art and science-History-20th century. 3. Naval history, Modern-19th century. 4. Naval history, Modern-20th century. I. Title. II. Series.

V51 .S66 2000

359'.009034-dc21 00-034464

ISBN 0-415-21477-7 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-21478-5 (pbk)

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