Author: Eugène M. Koleśnik
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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Author: Roger Chesneau
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789070043544
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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Author: Roger Chesneau
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780851771335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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This history of iron and steel warships is complented by illustrations, photographs and accurate standard-scale drawings for most classes.

Author: Robert Gardiner
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9780870219122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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This series contains complete listings of the world's combat ships from the first ironclad to the powerful battleships of World War II to the changes in the world's navies as a result of the collapse of the world's Warsaw Pact.

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Category : Navies
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Author: David K Brown
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783830190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 573

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In the 50 years that separated Warrior from Dreadnought there occurred a revolution in warship design quite unparalleled in naval history; a period that began with the fully-rigged broadside ironclads and ended with the emergence of the great battleships and battlecruisers that were to fight in the First World War. The author explains how ninetheenth-century designers responded to developments in engine technology, armour protection and armament in their attempts to develop the best possible fighting ships. He details the development of more efficient engines that brought about the demise of the sailing warship, and the competition between armour and armament, with every increase in the power of guns stimulating the development of ever more sophisticated methods of protection. Importantly, he explains that the Victorian Royal Navy, far from being the reactionary body it is so often depicted as, was, in fact, at the forefront of technological change, for example in the employment of torpedoes and the development of countermeasures to them. Full accounts are given of the significant naval events and battles of the period, making the book a fine narrative history as well as a brilliant work of warship reference. D K BROWN was a distinguished naval architect who retired in 1988 as Deputy Chief Naval Architect of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors. He published widely on the subject of warship design and built a reputation as a clear and brilliant commentator on the development of the ships of the Royal Navy. He died in 2008.

Author: Robert Gardiner
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9780870219078
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 439

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Provides descriptions, specifications, and histories for a wide range of warships including destroyers, cruisers, torpedo-boats, and submarines

Author: Brian Lane Herder
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472839994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 49

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The last predreadnought battleships of the US Navy were critical to the technological development of US battleships, and they were the first tool of international hard power wielded by the United States, a nation which would eventually become the world's dominant political and military power of the 20th century. These battleships were the stars of the 1907–09 Great White Fleet circumnavigation, in which the emerging power and reach of the US Navy was displayed around the world. They also took part in the bombardment and landings at Veracruz, some served as convoy escorts in World War I, and the last two were transferred to the Hellenic Navy and were sunk during World War II. This book examines the design, history, and technical qualities of the final six classes of US predreadnought battleships, all of which were involved in the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet. These classes progressively closed the quality gap with European navies – the Connecticuts were the finest predreadnought battleships ever built – and this book also compares and contrasts US predreadnought battleships to their foreign contemporaries. Packed with illustrations and specially commissioned artwork, this is an essential guide to the development of US Navy Battleships at the turn of the twentieth century.

Author: Jonathan A. Grant
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674273044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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The explosion of the industrial revolution and the rise of imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century served to dramatically increase the supply and demand for weapons on a global scale. No longer could arms manufacturers in industrialized nations subsist by supplying their own states' arsenals, causing them to seek markets beyond their own borders. Challenging the traditional view of arms dealers as agents of their own countries, Jonathan Grant asserts that these firms pursued their own economic interests while convincing their homeland governments that weapons sales delivered national prestige and could influence foreign countries. Industrial and banking interests often worked counter to diplomatic interests as arms sales could potentially provide nonindustrial states with the means to resist imperialism or pursue their own imperial ambitions. It was not mere coincidence that the only African country not conquered by Europeans, Ethiopia, purchased weapons from Italy prior to an attempted Italian invasion. From the rise of Remington and Winchester during the American Civil War, to the German firm Krupp's negotiations with the Russian government, to an intense military modernization contest between Chile and Argentina, Grant vividly chronicles how an arms trade led to an all-out arms race, and ultimately to war.

Author: Paul H. Silverstone
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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