Innovation and Empire in Turkey
Sultan Selim III and the Modernisation of the Ottoman Navy
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Palgrave Macmillan
USA
2008
Hardcover
258
Standard
235062
978-1-84511-694-1
1-84511-694-1
Annotation
Ottoman naval technology underwent a transformation under the rule of Sultan Selim III. New types of sailing warships such as two- and three-decked galleons, frigates and corvettes began to dominate the Ottoman fleet, rendering the galley-type oared ships obsolete. This period saw technological innovations such as the adoption of the systematic copper sheathing of the hulls and bottoms of Ottoman warships from 1792-93 onwards and the construction of the first dry dock in the Golden Horn.The changing face of the Ottoman Navy was facilitated by the influence of the British, Swedish and French in modernising both the shipbuilding sector and the conduct of naval warfare.
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