Naval History of Great Britain Vol. 1 of 6: From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Naval History of Great Britain Vol. 1 of 6: From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV<br><br>Nemesis and Phlegethon - devil-ships as they were called by the enemy - did good service during the Chinese war.<br><br>The loss of the President on her home passage in the dreadful gale of March 1841 for the moment produced a feel ing of mistrust as to the permanent efficacy of steam navigation in situations of extreme peril and for distant voyages on stormy seas; but the evil impression rapidly passed away. It was remembered that the British Queen and the Halifax mail steamers weathered the hurricane to which the President had succumbed and that many of the finest sailing-vessels in the royal navy and merchant-service had been lost by foundering at sea. The instance of the President was an isolated casualty and not a test upon which to establish a general rule. Gigantic as that steamer was considered at the time she bore no comparison to the dimensions of the Himalaya and the latter sinks into a dwarf by the side of the Great Eastern.<br>Between the years 1842 and 1845 her Majesty''s steam-sloop.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.