Warships for the King: Ann Wyatt (1658-1757) Her Life and Her Ships by Tobias Philbin and Richard Endsor Travel Many pictures of ship models

Many pictures of ship models and maritime art are used to illustrate the text

This book is part one of a two-part series

“The Millionaire Colonel” who fought on the Western Front in World War I even though he was one of the wealthiest men in America and could easily have shirked his duty

and naval context of seventeenth-century England

: 118 ruled line pages (59 sheets)

Warships for the King: Ann Wyatt (1658-1757) Her Life and Her Ships by Tobias Philbin and Richard Endsor Travel Many pictures of ship modelsFrom 1691 to 1698, seven major warships were built in the yards run by Ann Wyatt and her husband, and after his death by Ann alone. The ships were: Devonshire (80) 1692, Winchester (60) 1693, Lancaster (80) 1694, Winchelsey (32) 1694,Cumberland (80) 1695, Seaford (24) 1695, Salisbury (48) 1698. These ships were part of the Twenty seven Ship Program of William III built to protect England from the French. Tobias Philbin has documented the story of this