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BRITISH WARSHIPS 1860-1906

A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD

Autore: Nicholas Dingle

Codice: 220185

€ 43,50

Illustrato con 200 fotografie in bianco e nero provenienti dagli archivi nazionali britannici traccia lo sviluppo delle navi da guerra inglesi dal 1860 all’inizio del 1900. 

Illustrated with 200 official admiralty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, this book traces the development of Royal Naval ship design in a period of immense change. Opening with the Crimean War, this period saw the gradual transition from sail to steam and screw propulsion; from wood to steel construction; from fixed broadside armaments of bronze muzzle-loaders to turret-mounted steel breech-loaders and torpedoes. The period covered in this volume closes with the launch of HMS Dreadnought, which overnight rendered all existing ships obsolete and signalled the start in earnest of the Anglo-German naval arms race which contributed to the outbreak of WW1. Each photograph is accompanied by full specifications (where available) and a caption detailing any significant design features, while the main text gives an overview of naval developments across the period under discussion, setting the selected ships in context.

Lingua

INGLESE

Illustrazioni

200 fotografie in bianco e nero

Pagine

208

Misure

24,5 x 26,5

Rilegato

SI

ISBN
9781844159802