Книга на английском языке at the outbreak of world war i austria-hungary had four modern light cruisers and twenty modern destroyers at their disposal, constructed in the early 20th century to defend their growing overseas interests. it was these fast light vessels, not the...
Книга на английском языке the period of relative peace enjoyed by the roman empire in its first two centuries ended with the marcomannic wars. the following centuries saw near-constant warfare, which brought new challenges for the roman navy. it was now not just patrolling the...
Книга на английском языке the humiliating ottoman defeats in the italo-turkish war of 1911 and the first balkan war of 1912-13 and poor performance of the small ottoman fleet compelled the new ottoman leadership to embark on naval expansion of some manner. the old “sick...
Книга на английском языке when the imperial japanese navy destroyed russia's battle fleet during the russo-japanese war, it marked the emergence of japan as one of the world's major naval powers. japan's navy had been built up over just two decades, with the ijn acquiring a...
Книга на английском языке this book examines all the us navy heavy cruisers built during and after world war ii. this includes the largest class of heavy cruisers ever built, the 14-ship baltimore class. of these, only seven were commissioned in time to see service during...
Издание на английском языке the book is dedicated to the british light cruisers that served in the royal navy during the second world war. it examines their development, design, armament and combat use. the author analyzes how economic and diplomatic constraints, such as...
Издание на английском языке the book a historical overview of the development and evolution of ironclad warships leading up to and during the american civil war. it highlights key figures, such as monsieur de montgery, robert fulton, and commodore matthew perry, and...
Издание на английском языке the book tells about the actions of the german battle cruisers scharnhorst and gneisenau in the atlantic during the second world war. under the command of admiral lutyens, they attacked merchant ships, avoiding collisions with british warships....
Издание на английском языке the imperial navy went to war with 17 light cruisers and another three cruiser-sized training ships. of these, most were 5,500-ton ships designed to act as destroyer squadron flagships. this made the imperial navy’s light cruisers much...
Издание на английском языке the book tells about the development of the royal navy of great britain from the end of the first world war through the interwar years and up to the second world war. she describes how, after the war, britain had the largest fleet in the world,...
Издание на английском языке today, [url00-01026789]hms belfast[/url00-01026789] is an important example of our nation’s cultural heritage. she is moored in the heart, in the pool, of london, positioned close by those other hallmarks of british history, the tower of...
Книга на английском языке while not as famous as their larger and faster sister ships such as the essex- and yorktown-class carriers, escort carriers made an enormous contribution towards allied victory both in the pacific and atlantic theaters. rather than relying on size...
Книга на английском языке this is the fully-illustrated story of the royal navy's escort carriers which battled against deadly u-boats during the battle of the atlantic, giving vital air cover to the convoys that kept britain alive in world war ii. in 1941, as the battle of...
Книга на английском языке this fully illustrated study examines the us's first six battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. these ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic american...
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 in 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary ship. just four years later, seaplane-carrying warships were being used to launch the first naval air raids, and by 1918 the first aircraft carrier to...
Книга на английском языке during world war ii, the united states built 72 light cruisers of various classes. in response to the severe air threat that surface ships faced, new cruisers were designed with increasingly heavy antiaircraft weaponry as well as the traditional...
Книга на английском языке of the 17 battleships that the united states navy (usn) went to war with in december 1941, 15 of these were older ships dating back to 1912. the most recent of these were the ships of the tennessee and colorado classes which constituted five of...
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