HMS Terror from bomb vessel to discovery ship

The book's drawings show Terror's fittings and successive conversions. Its 1824 chapter follows the bomb vessel's fitting out for a squadron dispatched after the British consul's expulsion and renewed tension over piracy at Algiers. Time at Gibraltar included re-rigging, hinting at sailing concerns even though the surviving log described a good outward passage. During the bombardment, many mortar rounds fell short, yet the spectacle helped bring a truce that afternoon. Terror then returned to Portsmouth and was paid off, closing her fighting career before her later use in exploration. The volume is recommended for its treatment of bomb vessels, wooden-ship construction, and the conversion of a specialist warship into a discovery vessel.