List of Tables * Acknowledgements * Preface * Evolution of the Ottoman naval technology up to the reign of Selim III * The state of the Ottoman navy from the Çeflme Incident up to the ascension of Selim III to the throne * Developments in Ottoman shipbuilding technology in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries * The main materials used in the construction of ships in the late-eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire * The process of shipbuilding in the late eighteenth century * The introduction of copper sheathing into the Ottoman navy * New methods, tools, equipment and machines used in naval works * The construction of new shipbuilding structures and auxiliary forms * Ottoman experience of naval gunnery in the late eighteenth century * The role of foreign missions in the Ottoman naval transformation * French missions * The Swedish mission * The British mission * Missions of other nations * Ottoman shipbuilders * The naval ships operating during the reign of Selim III * Types of Ottoman naval ships constructed in the last quarter of the eighteenth century * Ships constructed and repaired in the reign of Selim III * Ships purchased from foreign countries and traders * Ships received as presents or captured at war * Conclusion * Endnotes * Bibliography * Glossary * Index