Battleships of the World: Struggle for Naval Supremacy 1820 - 1945 Tapa dura - 2017

Paperback. Very Good.

Pen & Sword Books Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Pen & Sword, 2016. Hardcover. New. 128 pages. 9.50x9.50x6.50 inches.

Pen & Sword Maritime, 2016. Hardcover in Dustjacket. New. The battleships of the worlds navies in the 1820s were descended directly in line from the Revenge of 1577: they were wooden-built, sail-powered and mounted guns on the broadside, firing solid shot. In the next half century, steel, steam and shells had wrought a transformation and by 1906, Dreadnought had ushered in a revolution in naval architecture. The naval race between Britain and Germany that followed, led to the clash of the navies at Jutland in 1916. Though this was indecisive, the German navy never again challenged the Grand Fleet of Britain during the war, and eventually the crews refused to put to sea again. Disarmament on a massive scale followed, but the battleship was still regarded as the arbiter of sea-power in the years between the wars. However, the advocates of air power were looking to the future, and when in 1940 biplane Swordfish torpedo bombers of the Fleet Air Arm sank three Italian battleships at their moorings in… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.