Towards the end of the 18th century, Russia, after Great Britain, possessed the world’s second largest navy. As well as writing about those two navies I have also looked at the Ottoman navy of that period alongside some of the smaller and forgotten navies of the world, taking a particular interest in the navy of Mysore that posed a very real threat to the British presence in India.
My Eighteenth Century Sea Power Books London and the Georgian Navy (2013) Naval Resistance to Britain’s Growing Power in India, 1660-1800:The Saffron Banner and the Tiger of Mysore (2014) Islamic Seapower during the Age of Fighting Sail (2017) The Great Anglo-Russian Naval Alliance of the Eighteenth Century and Beyond (2022)
