Sailing to War: The Age of the Ship of the Line

Check out World of Tanks here and get exclusive bonuses: For nearly three centuries, naval warfare in the Western world was dominated by capital sailing ships. From the 17th century onward, they usually fought in a single long line, the line of battle, which allowed them to fire thunderous broadsides at the enemy fleet. Ships chosen for this demanding task, only the very best, were called ships of the line. In this video, we look at how modern historiography explains the evolution of the unstable, sluggish sailing ships of the Middle Ages to the massive, cannon-laden and maneuverable ships of the line that dominated the seas in the 17th and 18th centuries. #history #sailing Patreon (thank you): Prints & T-Shirts: Paypal (thank you: Twitter: Bibliography DeVries, K. The Effectiveness