TY - BOOK AU - Cowburn,Philip TI - The warship in history PY - 1967/// CY - New York PB - Macmillan KW - Warships KW - History KW - Naval history N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p.352-357; Contents: Prologue -- The ancient world -- The Viking ship -- The English warship before 1600 -- Galleys, galleasses, and galleons -- Northwestern European warships in the seventeenth century -- The British Navy in the eighteenth century -- The American Navy in the days of sail -- The nineteenth century revolution: paddle wheel and screw propeller -- The nineteenth century revolution: the ironclad vessel and the naval gun -- Early submarines, destroyers, and cruisers -- The twentieth century battleship -- The submarine at war -- The aircraft carrier -- Epilogue ER -