Here I provide a list of some books that I own and use as reference on HMS Victory and Model Ship Building in general:
Books on HMS Victory:
- HMS “Victory”: Her Construction, Career and Restoration (Alan McGowan, ISBN-10: 1840675322)
- The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship) (John McKay, ISBN-10: 1557504180)
- The Anatomy of Nelson’s Ships (C. Nepean Longridge, ISBN-10: 0870210777)
- ‘H.M.S. Victory’: Building, restoration & repair (Arthur R Bugler, ASIN: B0006BSDRK)
- HMS Victory (Noel C.L. Hackney, ISBN-10: 9080052450)
- HMS Victory – First-Rate (Jonathan Eastland, ISBN-10: 1848320949)
- HMS Victory Manual 1765-1812 (Peter Goodwin, ISBN-10: 0857330853)
Books on rigging:
- Rigging Period Ship Models (Lennarth Petersson, ISBN-10: 1557509700)
- Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War (James Lees, ISBN-10: 0851772900)
- The Art of Rigging (George Biddlecombe, ISBN-10: 0486263436)
- The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor (Darcy Lever, ISBN-10: 0486402207)
General ship modelling books:
- Historische Schiffsmodelle: Das Handbuch für Modellbauer (Wolfram zu Mondfeld, ISBN-10: 3809422649)
Novels featuring HMS Victory: