The Frigate Diana

by David White

The eighteenth century equivalent of the cruiser, the frigate was used for a wide variety of roles from fleet reconnaissance to patrolling sea lanes. Built in 1793 Diana was a typical British frigate of the period whose long and active career spanned virtually all of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In 1815 she was sold to the Dutch navy, which she continued to serve until destroyed by an accidental fire in 1839. First published in 1987,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870212028
• ISBN13: 9780870212024
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.