Details the design, construction, weaponry, equipment, and service records of British battleships of the Second World War, furnishing technical information on ships damaged and lost

British Battleships of World War Two: The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleships and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946

History

Alan Raven

John-Roberts

Military

Arms_and_Armour_Press

Presents the full story of the design & construction of British Cruisers that served in WWII. In all, 121 cruisers are described & illustrated, following the authors acclaimed pattern of their book. "British Battleships of WWII", w/ 400+ photos & 60+ sets of detailed plans.

British Cruisers of World War Two

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Arms_Armour_Press

In 1934 advance design work began on battleships for the Royal Navy, to replace the ageing units of the Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign classes. Under the terms of the Washington and London Treaties standard displacement was restricted to 35,000 tons (i.e. fully equipped for sea but lacking fuel and feed water), and gun-calibre to 16 inches. But a year later, in 1935, a third naval conference was convened, and as a result a new limit on gun-calibre, 14 inches, was agreed upon. However ....

King George the Fifth class battleships (Ensign ; 1)

Bivouac Books Ltd

Flower Class Corvettes (Ensign)

ANTONY PRESTON

Bivouac Bks.

<p>From authors' Preface: "Readers of this, our companion volume to British Battleships of World War II, may suppose that the form of this work, and the degree of reasearch it has required, will have followed the same lines, and while this is true to a certain extent, it should be borne in mind that, in its general scope, the history of the cruiser is considerably more complicated than that of the battleship. With cruisers there is a greater degree of overlapping of classes, and a wide variety of influences determined their numbers and characteristics, particularly during the 1930s. It has proven virtually impossible to treat all of the Second World War within the confines of a single chapter, because the events thereof do not lend themselves to a neat and logical exposition. In fact, even with three chapters devoted to the period from 1939 to 1945, an irreducible amount of duplication has proved unavoidable. A further problem has been lack of space. It must be remembered that in this book are described a total of 121 cruisers actually built, as against the mere 21 battleships of the previous work. From a strictly historical viewpoint, the story should start in the Victorian era, but because the most popular and - as yet - most familiar period of naval history is that from 1939 to 1945, it was decided to cover ships from the Arethusa class of 1912 up to the last of the conventional, all-gun cruisers, the Tiger Class of the late 1950s....We have made every effort to ensure that the text be complemented by the visual material and, to this end, have striven to find unusual and hitherto unpublished photographs. All the plans have been drawn using the official 'as fitted' drawings, or design and sketch plans as a foundation. In many cases, the plans depict configurations for which there are no directly dated official sets, and we hope that this will enhance the value of the book." Hardcover, 9.75x10 inches, 444 pages, illustrated throughout with B&amp;W drawings, photos.</p>

Science & Math

Technology

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