Author: Antony Preston
Publisher: Conway
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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A serious study of the reasons why some warships have achieved bad reputations. It covers the period from 1860 to the present day, and looks at a wide range of nationalities and ship-types. Some examples are the Russian Popoffkas; the French battleship 'Brennus'; and the British vessel 'Captain'.
Author: Adrian K. Wood
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849089795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility. The earliest of these were the Punt ships and the war galleys of Egypt which defeated the Sea People in the first known naval battle. Following the fall of these civilisations, the Phoenicians built biremes and other vessels, while in Greece the ships described in detail in the 'Trojan' epics established a tradition of warship building culminating in the pentekonters and triaconters. The warships of the period are abundantly illustrated on pottery and carved seals, and depicted in inscriptions and on bas-reliefs. The subject has been intensively studied for two and a half millennia, culminating in the contemporary works of authoritative scholars such as Morrison, Wallinga, Rodgers and Casson. To date there are no works covering the subject which are accessible and available to non-academics.
Author: René Greger
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Written by a leading naval authority, this book provides comprehensive details on all battleships built since 1905, and the large pre-dreadnoughts built that year.
Author: Adrian G. Marshall
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9971698226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 395
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The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad, steam-powered naval vessels that established British dominance in Asian waters in the nineteenth century. The world’s first iron warship, the first vessel with truly watertight compartments, and the first iron vessel to round the Cape of Good Hope, Nemesis represented a staggering superiority over the oar- and sail-powered naval forces of Britain’s Asian rivals. Yet strangely her story has never been told to modern audiences, and her origins and actions have until now been shrouded in mystery. This lively narrative places her in the historical context of the last years of the East India Company, and in the history of steam power and iron ships. It tells of her exploits in the First Opium War, in pirate suppression and naval actions across Asia, from Bombay to Burma to the Yangtze River and beyond.
Author: Christopher Chant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845090074
Category : Submarines (Ships)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Author: Bernard Ireland
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780004708720
Category : Warships.
Languages : en
Pages : 255
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Author: Kit Bonner, Carolyn Bonner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616732608
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Author: R. A. Burt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Author: Bernard Ireland
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0004721438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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The author, a naval historian, reveals the critical elements that determined the war at sea.
Author: Norman Friedman
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781682477588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Norman Friedman Illustrated Design History series of U.S. warships books has been an industry standard for three decades and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. To mark and celebrate this achievement, the Naval Institute Press is proud to make these books available once more. Digitally remastered for enhanced photo resolution and quality, corrected, and updated, this series will continue to serve--for scholars and enthusiasts alike--as the foundation for U.S. naval warship research and reference for years to come. U.S. Battleships is one the most comprehensive references available on the entire development of U.S. battleships, starting in 1886, with Maine and Texas, continuing to South Carolina, the U. S. Navy's first dreadnought, through to the behemoth Montana-class of World War II, Friedman authoritatively analyzes the design and performance histories of this popular type. The long careers of the Iowa-class, including their recommissioning in the late Cold War, are covered. Like the other books in Friedman's design-history series, U.S. Battleships is based largely on formerly classified internal U.S. Navy records. Friedman, a leading authority on U.S. warships, explains the political and technical rationales for building battleships and recounts the evolution of each design. Alan Raven and A.D. Baker III have created detailed scale outboard and plan views of each ship class and of major modifications to many classes. Numerous photographs complement the text.
