Книга на ангийском языке during the last half of the nineteenth century, a number of british industrial concerns involved in the construction of ships and the manufacture of armaments grew substantially in size, mainly through contracts from the british admiralty and over...
Книга на английском языке this edition of italian assault craft 1940-1945 is inspired by the volume that i prepared with my friend marco spertini - who unfortunately passed away several years back - in the now distant 1991. it was the first - and is still the only - work...
Книга на английском языке. from war to peace tells the story of the adaptation from white ensign to red ensign, and to flags of other nations, of the numerous classes of naval ships mainly built during the two world wars and surplus to requirements with the advent of peace....
Книга на английском языке the brainchild of admiral sir john fisher, battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. conceived as "super-cruisers" whose job it was to hunt down and destroy commerce raiders, their size and...
Книга на английском языке much has been written about battleships. technical studies abound, as do histories of their operations in the twentieth century. they are the most argued over type of warship. debate still rages about their strategic impact, design, utility,...
Книга на английском языке this book frames its subject matter, the german s-boat offensive against britain’s coastal convoys, in three distinct ways: 1. as occupying an overlooked, and yet critical, aspect of the battle of the atlantic on which britain’s survival...
Книга на английском языке the title of this book is derived from a common misquotation of george bernard shaw’s supposed comment that ‘england and america are two countries divided by a common language.’ it is not meant to imply that the british and american navies...
Книга на английском языке the battleships agincourt, erin and canada were all ones of a kind’ in the royal navy’s first world war grand fleet. although all were built to designs by josiah perrett, chief naval architect of the british armstrong combine, and constructed...
Книга на английском языке now firmly established as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months, this annual combines regional surveys with one-off major articles on noteworthy new ships and other...
Книга на английском языке an extensive history of enemy fleets following both world wars, featuring never-before-seen archival and archaeological materials. spoils of war traces the histories of navies and ships of the defeated powers from the months leading up to the...
Книга на английском языке for more than twenty-seven hours between 13 and 14 september 1814, hms terror and a small fleet of royal navy vessels hurled more than 1,500 mortar shells at fort mchenry, near baltimore in the state of maryland in america. the bombardment was so...
Книга на анлийском языке the royal navy invented the fast motor torpedo boat during the first world war, and used it and other small coastal craft to great effect during the second. this book tells the dramatic story of british coastal forces, both offensive and defensive, in...
Книга на английском языке when the washington naval treaty of 1922 effectively banned the building of battleships, competition between the major navies concentrated on the next most powerful category, heavy cruisers limited to 10,000 tons displacement and 8-inch guns. italy...
Книга на английском языке the ships, technology and tactics employed by the allies in the battle of the atlantic form the subject of this book. while the basic characteristics of the ships are well known, this was the — first book to look at their cost-effectiveness in...
Книга на английском языке the self-propelled torpedo was probably the greatest game-changer in the history of naval warfare. for the first time, the largest warship could be sunk by a weapon carried by the smallest, and most navies were quick to see the potential. the royal...
Книга на английском языке built at the famous john brown and co yard on the river clyde in scotland, and launched in 1934, rms queen mary was once one of the largest and fastest passenger liners in the world. her launch and subsequent maiden voyage made headline news, while...
Книга на английском языке for more than a decade this annual volume has provided an authoritative summary of developments in the world’s navies and their ships in the previous twelve months. it combines regional surveys with major articles on important new warships, and...
Книга на английском языке fighting in the dark is a new book about naval combat at night, but the title also signifies another overarching theme of the book: of moving from dark to light, in short, the process of understanding and mastering technological change during war....
Книга на английском языке one of the most significant warship designers of the twentieth century, sir stanley goodall rose through the ranks of the royal corps of naval constructors to become its head in 1936. the corps was responsible for every aspect of the design and...
Книга на английском языке continuing on from arthur marder's previous book. from the dardanelles to oran: studies of the royal navy in peace 1915-1940 this next volume investigates the allied expedition of september that year, with de gaulle present, which unsuccessfully...
