The Definitive Illustrated History Of The Torpedo Boat

Author : Joe Hinds
Publisher : Nimble Books
ISBN 13 : 9781934840610
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Definitive Illustrated History of the Torpedo Boat -- Volume III , 1900 - 1939 written by Joe Hinds and published by Nimble Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the third volume in this ten-volume set, continues its complete timeline of significant events in the history of the torpedo boat in all navies and all oceans. This volume, which covers the period 1900 to August 1939, includes thirty-six illustrations and rare photographs in a full-color interior. The narrative covers the role of the torpedo boat at Tsushima, in World War I, in the interwar period, in the Spanish Civil War, and in many other more obscure conflicts. The global coverage includes stories and illustrations of torpedo boats from the navies of Austria, Bulgaria, China, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the United States, and more.

Author : Joe Hinds
Publisher : Nimble Books
ISBN 13 : 9781934840689
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Definitive Illustrated History of the Torpedo Boat written by Joe Hinds and published by Nimble Books. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torpedobådens historie og udvikling fortalt og illustreret ved hjælp af de krige, torpedobåden har deltaget i fra 1585 - slutningen af 1945.

Author : Joe Hinds
Publisher : Nimble Books
ISBN 13 : 9781934840603
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Definitive Illustrated History of the Torpedo Boat - Volume II , 1280 - 1899 written by Joe Hinds and published by Nimble Books. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the second volume in this ten-volume set, provides a complete timeline of significant events in the history of the torpedo boat throughout the world, with seventy-five magnificent illustrations in a full-color interior. This is the first book to provide the history and color illustrations of the "Al Rammah" torpedo invented by that Syrian engineer in 1280 AD-a full three hundred years and thousands of miles from the beginnings of European torpedo warfare in the Netherlands in 1585. Over time, new methods of naval architecture led to astounding vessels, large and small, that proved their value in the dozens of small wars that raged across the calendar and around the globe. The American Civil War was a cauldron of innovation in the technology of the "torpedo"-thoroughly documented here-while Russia was the first European nation to embrace the concept of spar-torpedo boat warfare. Quickly following were Italy, with is need small craft in the confines of the Adriatic, Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Seas. The nations of the world raced to build bigger, faster, and more powerful Torpedo Boats. It would be the Japanese who proved the investment in these new craft were worth every hour and every dime spent in their production. By 1899, small fast boats were here to stay.

Author : Joe Hinds
Publisher : Nimble Books
ISBN 13 : 9781934840627
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Definitive Illustrated History of the Torpedo Boat, Volume IV, 1939-1940 (The Ship Killers) written by Joe Hinds and published by Nimble Books. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the fourth volume in this ten-volume set, continues its complete timeline of significant events in the history of the torpedo boat in all navies and all oceans. The full-color interior of this volume, which covers the period September 1939 to December 1940, includes twenty-five illustrations and rare photographs in a full-color interior. The global coverage includes stories and illustrations of torpedo boats from the navies of France, Germany, the Philippines, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and more.

Author : Joe Hinds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934840580
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ship Killers written by Joe Hinds and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torpedobådens historie og udvikling fortalt og illustreret ved hjælp af de krige, torpedobåden har deltaget i fra 1585 - slutningen af 1945.

Author : Frank J Andruss Sr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781608880737
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building the PT Boats written by Frank J Andruss Sr and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Horton
Publisher : Sidgwick & Jackson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated History of the Submarine written by Edward Horton and published by Sidgwick & Jackson. This book was released on 1974 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Bulkley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530421343
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At Close Quarters written by Robert Bulkley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the U.S. Navy, first published in 1962, is the official Navy history of Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats during World War II. The book, in a new, easy-to-read format, opens with a look at PT boat design and construction, naval activities in the Philippines and the evacuation of MacArthur from Corregidor (conducted via PT boat by the book's author, himself a PT skipper), followed by chapters on PT activities in the Pacific (including the Aleutian Island campaign), plus the Mediterranean and English Channel theaters where the PT boats faced Italian and German boats of similar design. The role of PT boats in support of the D-Day landings in Normandy is also discussed. Profusely illustrated and fully indexed, and with a Foreword by John F. Kennedy, At Close Quarters remains the authoritative work on PT boats in the Second World War.

Author : Bernard Ireland
Publisher : Southwater Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781844768660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History of Destroyers of the World written by Bernard Ireland and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features 120 destroyers with over 400 identification photographs.

Author : Captain Robert J. Bulkley Jr.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786252066
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At Close Quarters; PT Boats In The United States Navy [Illustrated Edition] written by Captain Robert J. Bulkley Jr. and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes over 110 illustrations charting the history of the US Navy PT Boats. “The destiny of our country has been inextricably interwoven with the sea. This was never more true than in the giant World War II that involved all seas and most of mankind. To fight the sea war we needed many types of ships, large and small, from aircraft carriers and battleships to PT boats. “Small though they were, the PT boats played a key role. Like most naval ships, they could carry out numerous tasks with dispatch and versatility. In narrow waters or in-fighting close to land they could deliver a powerful punch with torpedo or gun. On occasion they could lay mines or drop depth charges. They could speed through reefs and shark infested waters to rescue downed pilots or secretly close the shore to make contacts with coast watchers and guerrilla forces. PT boats were an embodiment of John Paul Jones’ words: “I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm’s way.” “Naval strength must function from shore to shore and on inland waters where the mobility and flexibility provided by ships can be employed to support land operations. PT boats filled an important need in World War II in shallow waters, complementing the achievements of greater ships in greater seas. This need for small, fast, versatile, strongly armed vessels does not wane. In fact it may increase in these troubled times when operations requiring just these capabilities are the most likely of those which may confront us. “The thorough and competent account herein of over-all PT boat operations in World War II, compiled by Captain Robert Bulkley, a distinguished PT boat commander, should therefore prove of wide interest. The widest use of the sea, integrated fully into our national strength, is as important to America in the age of nuclear power and space travel as in those stirring days of the birth of the Republic.”–President John F Kennedy.