User:WPGA2345/sandbox/Robert Gardiner (naval historian)

Robert Gardiner (born 1949) is an English naval historian who has authored a number of books on sailing cruisers. He has been described in the field as ""the most authoritative, fabulous, and prolific naval historian and publisher." His writings include:
 * The Sailing Frigate: A History in Ship Models (2013)
 * Warships of the Napoleonic Era (2011)
 * Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars (2006)
 * The Naval War of 1812 (1999)
 * The Heavy Frigate: Eighteen-Pounder Frigates, Vol. 1: 1778-1800 (1995)
 * The First Frigates: Nine-Pounder and Twelve-Pounder Frigates, 1748-1815 (1992)