Author: Steve Bush
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904459316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
British Warships and Auxiliaries
Author: Steve Bush
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904459316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904459316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy
Author: Steve Bush
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526793782
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Pendant (or pennant) numbers have been used by individual ships of the Royal Navy for purposes of identification for more than one hundred years. They were also used in all the navies of the British Empire so that ships could be easily transferred from one navy to another without changing her number. They offer the simplest and clearest way to identify a ship, but until now there has been little in the way of consistent and accurate information, and certainly no single location where you can look up or research complete pendant numbers. This book is designed as an easy-to-use reference work and as such is, in the main, composed of alpha-numeric listings to enable the user to find and identify warships by reference to ship name and to identify specific pendant numbers assigned to that name; or by pendant number to identify specific vessels assigned that number at various times.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526793782
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Pendant (or pennant) numbers have been used by individual ships of the Royal Navy for purposes of identification for more than one hundred years. They were also used in all the navies of the British Empire so that ships could be easily transferred from one navy to another without changing her number. They offer the simplest and clearest way to identify a ship, but until now there has been little in the way of consistent and accurate information, and certainly no single location where you can look up or research complete pendant numbers. This book is designed as an easy-to-use reference work and as such is, in the main, composed of alpha-numeric listings to enable the user to find and identify warships by reference to ship name and to identify specific pendant numbers assigned to that name; or by pendant number to identify specific vessels assigned that number at various times.
The British Carrier Strike Fleet After 1945
Author: David Hobbs
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612519997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
As a follow-up to the highly regarded British Pacific Fleet, David Hobbs looks at the post-World War II fortunes of the most powerful fleet in the Royal Navy—its decline in the face of diminishing resources, its final fall at the hands of ignorant politicians, and its recent resurrection in the form of the Queen Elizabeth class carriers, the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Despite prophecies that nuclear weapons would make conventional forces obsolete, British carrier-borne aircraft were almost continuously employed. The Royal Navy faced new challenges in places like Korea, Egypt, and the Persian Gulf. During these trials the Royal Navy invented techniques and devices crucial to modern carrier operations, pioneering novel forms of warfare tactics for countering insurgency and terrorism. This book combines narratives of poorly understood operations with clear analysis of their strategic and political background. With beautiful illustrations and original research, British Carrier Strike Fleet tells an important but largely untold story of renewed significance as Britain once again embraces carrier operation.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612519997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
As a follow-up to the highly regarded British Pacific Fleet, David Hobbs looks at the post-World War II fortunes of the most powerful fleet in the Royal Navy—its decline in the face of diminishing resources, its final fall at the hands of ignorant politicians, and its recent resurrection in the form of the Queen Elizabeth class carriers, the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Despite prophecies that nuclear weapons would make conventional forces obsolete, British carrier-borne aircraft were almost continuously employed. The Royal Navy faced new challenges in places like Korea, Egypt, and the Persian Gulf. During these trials the Royal Navy invented techniques and devices crucial to modern carrier operations, pioneering novel forms of warfare tactics for countering insurgency and terrorism. This book combines narratives of poorly understood operations with clear analysis of their strategic and political background. With beautiful illustrations and original research, British Carrier Strike Fleet tells an important but largely untold story of renewed significance as Britain once again embraces carrier operation.
The British Navy Book
Author: Cyril Field
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465574379
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465574379
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
British Warships and Auxiliaries
Author: Mike Critchley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907771791
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907771791
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
British Warships and Auxiliaries
Author: Steve Bush
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904459118
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904459118
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
British Warships and Auxiliaries 1981
Author: Mike Critchley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780950632339
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780950632339
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
British Warships and Auxiliaries 1952
Author: Steve Bush
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904459453
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
To celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 we have produced a 1952 edition of our hugely successful annual publication British Warships and Auxiliaries. Full details of the fleet as it was in 1952, including the Active and Reserve Fleets, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Naval Aviation and the Dominion Navies. Also included are details of the future fleet - a build programme which included seven aircraft carriers, dozens of frigates and over 100 minesweepers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904459453
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
To celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 we have produced a 1952 edition of our hugely successful annual publication British Warships and Auxiliaries. Full details of the fleet as it was in 1952, including the Active and Reserve Fleets, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Naval Aviation and the Dominion Navies. Also included are details of the future fleet - a build programme which included seven aircraft carriers, dozens of frigates and over 100 minesweepers.
Across an Angry Sea
Author: Cedric Delves
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787381811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
In early summer 1982--winter in the South Atlantic--Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands. Within days, a British Royal Navy Task Force is assembled and dispatched. This is the story of D Squadron, 22 SAS, commanded by Cedric Delves. The relentless tempo of events defies belief. Raging seas, inhospitable glaciers, hurricane-force winds, helicopter crashes, raids behind enemy lines--the Squadron prevailed against them all, but the cost was high. Eight died and more were wounded or captured. Holding fast to their humanity, D Squadron's fighters were there at the start and end of the Falklands War, the first to raise a Union Jack over Government House in Stanley. Across an Angry Sea is a chronicle of daring, skill and steadfastness among a tight-knit band of brothers; of going awry, learning fast, fighting hard, and winning through.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787381811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
In early summer 1982--winter in the South Atlantic--Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands. Within days, a British Royal Navy Task Force is assembled and dispatched. This is the story of D Squadron, 22 SAS, commanded by Cedric Delves. The relentless tempo of events defies belief. Raging seas, inhospitable glaciers, hurricane-force winds, helicopter crashes, raids behind enemy lines--the Squadron prevailed against them all, but the cost was high. Eight died and more were wounded or captured. Holding fast to their humanity, D Squadron's fighters were there at the start and end of the Falklands War, the first to raise a Union Jack over Government House in Stanley. Across an Angry Sea is a chronicle of daring, skill and steadfastness among a tight-knit band of brothers; of going awry, learning fast, fighting hard, and winning through.
Incidents at Sea
Author: David F Winkler
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682472671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Drawing on extensive State Department files, declassified Navy policy papers, interviews with both former top officials and individuals who were involved in incidents, David F. Winkler examines the evolution of the U.S.-Soviet naval relationship during the Cold War, focusing in particular on the 1972 Incidents at Sea Agreement (INCSEA). In this volume, an updated edition of his classic Cold War at Sea, Winkler brings the story up to the present, detailing occasional U.S.-Russia naval force interactions, including the April 2016 Russian aircraft “buzzings” of the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic. He also details China’s efforts to militarize the South China Sea, claim sovereignty over waters within their exclusive economic zone, and the U.S. Navy’s continuing efforts to counter these challenges to freedom of navigation.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682472671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Drawing on extensive State Department files, declassified Navy policy papers, interviews with both former top officials and individuals who were involved in incidents, David F. Winkler examines the evolution of the U.S.-Soviet naval relationship during the Cold War, focusing in particular on the 1972 Incidents at Sea Agreement (INCSEA). In this volume, an updated edition of his classic Cold War at Sea, Winkler brings the story up to the present, detailing occasional U.S.-Russia naval force interactions, including the April 2016 Russian aircraft “buzzings” of the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic. He also details China’s efforts to militarize the South China Sea, claim sovereignty over waters within their exclusive economic zone, and the U.S. Navy’s continuing efforts to counter these challenges to freedom of navigation.