Книга на английском языке as the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the british admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete with the new ships being built by germany and japan, resulting in the commissioning of the powerful tribal-class. these were...
Книга на английском языке the soviet navy that faced the german onslaught in 1941 boasted a mixture of modern warships, often built with foreign technical assistance, and antiquated warships from the tsarist era that were modernised for the conflict. some soviet naval...
Книга на английском языке republican rome’s navy originated from the clash of the 3rd century bc mediterranean superpowers, when carthage was the master of the western mediterranean at sea, and the young roman res publica had already conquered the italian peninsula. on the...
Книга на английском языке the early 1940s saw the introduction of a new destroyer class for the us navy, which became known as the [url00-01015354]fletcher-class[/url00-01015354] . the first ships were commissioned just in time to take part in heavy combat during the pacific...
Книга на английском языке the opening months of world war ii saw britain's royal navy facing a resurgent german navy, the kriegsmarine. following the german invasion of denmark and norway in early april 1940, british and german destroyers would clash in a series of battles...
Книга на английском языке an illustrated history of the long cold war careers of the us navy's last gun destroyers, from the modernized world war ii-era fletcher-class to the forrest sherman-class. the finest american destroyers of world war ii had surprisingly long careers...
Книга на английском языке it was official – the age of the gunboat had passed. in december 1904, with a few strokes of his pen, the first sea lord sir john ‘jacky’ fisher decreed that the royal navy would scrap most of its large fleet of gunboats. it was a force he...
Книга на английском языке since 1805, the royal navy had reigned supreme on the world’s oceans. though this supremacy was challenged at times, by the turn of the 20th century the royal navy was facing its most serious challenge in some 100 years. this challenge came in the...
