the launch in 1906 of hms dreadnought, the world's first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the royal navy's numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. already locked in an arms race with germany, britain...
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. 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 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 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...