The Heyday Of The Warships

Author : Christopher Chant
Publisher : Book Sales
ISBN 13 : 9780785811695
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the World's Warships written by Christopher Chant and published by Book Sales. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting ships have always held our fascination. This book presents the complete historical spectrum from the most primitive fighting vessels to the most sophisticated mammoths in use today -- with full technical specifications and building histories. An excellent reference for marine warfare through the ages.

Author : Robert Gardiner
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612519679
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warships of the Napoleonic Era written by Robert Gardiner and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1793 and 1815 two decades of unrelenting naval warfare raised the sailing man of war to the zenith of its effectiveness as a weapon of war. Every significant sea power was involved in this conflict, and at some point virtually all of them were arrayed against Great Britain. A large number of enemy warships were captured in battle and the Admiralty ordered accurate drafts to be made of many of these prizes. Consequently, ships from the navies of France, Spain, the United States, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, as well as from Britain, were illustrated by an unprecedented variety of paintings, drawings, models or plans.

Author : Hugh Dady
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711032422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heyday of the Warships written by Hugh Dady and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the final volume in Kevin McCormack's brilliant series of books featuring steam operation in and around London from the early 1950s through to the final demise of steam in 1968. In this book, he takes readers on a vivid, pictographic journey through the golden age of steam on the Eastern Region.With its main termini based at King's Cross and Liverpool Street, the Eastern Region was the first to see steam largely eliminated by the early 1960s, with the exception of a few freight services. Prior to that date, however, the Eastern had been a magnet for railway enthusiasts. As the classic 'A4' Pacifics plied their trade on services over the East Coast Main Line from their base at King's Cross, 'Britannia' class Pacifics departed from Liverpool Street providing express services to Ipswich and Norwich, and linking with ferries from Harwich. Apart from the express passenger services, there were also suburban services over the ex-GER lines to places like Chingford and over the ex-LTSR to Southend, as well as considerable freight traffic. Packed with a vast collection of previously unpublished photographs which will delight modellers, and accompanied by a well-informed, entertaining text to satisfy even the most avid railway historian, this is one book that every Eastern Region enthusiast will be proud to put on the bookshelf!

Author : Michael E. Haskew
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760348146
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aircraft Carriers written by Michael E. Haskew and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An illustrated history of the aircraft carrier, from World War I through World War II, the Cold War, and today"--

Author : David Childs
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1473852854
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Warship Mary Rose written by David Childs and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new paperback edition brings the history of Henry VIII's famous warship right up to date with new chapters on the stunning presentation of the hull and the 19,000 salvaged artefacts in the new museum in Portsmouth.Mary Rose has, along with HMS Victory, become an instantly recognisable symbol of Britain's maritime past, while the extraordinary richness of the massive collection of artefacts gleaned from the wreck has meant that the ship has acquired the status of some sort of 'time capsule', as if it were a Tudor burial site. But she is much more than an archaeological relic; she was a warship, and a revolutionary one, that served in the King's navy for thirty-four years, almost the entire length of his reign.This book tells the story of her eventful career, placing it firmly within the colourful context of Tudor politics, court life and the developing administration of a permanent navy. And though the author also brings the story right down to the present day, with chapters on the recovery, the fresh ideas and information thrown up by the massive programme of archaeological work since undertaken, and the new display just recently opened at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, it is at heart a vivid retelling of her career and, at the end, her dramatic sinking.With this fine narrative and the beautiful illustrations the book will appeal to the historian and enthusiast, and also to the general reader and museum visitor.

Author : William Hovgaard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern History of Warships written by William Hovgaard and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rif Winfield
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147383743X
Total Pages : 1164 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817–1863 written by Rif Winfield and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication of this book sees the completion of a monumental work listing the technical details and career histories of every significant British warship between 1603 and 1863. Following three earlier volumes, this one carries forward the story from the post-Napoleonic War reorganisation of the Royal Navy's rating system to the end of sail as the principal mode of propulsion. Although apparently well documented, this is a period of great complexity in the procurement and naval architecture of ships. The introduction of steam radically altered the design of vessels under construction and was later retro-fitted to others, while many 'names' lived a ghostly existence on the Navy List: ships ordered but not started, and in some cases having their intended draughts altered more than once before being cancelled entirely.This book meticulously sorts out and clarifies these confusions a major contribution in itself but for the first time it also provides outline service histories for an era that is largely neglected. Like its companion volumes, the book is organised by Rate, classification and class, with significant technical and building data, followed by a concise summary of the careers of each ship in every class. With its unique depth of information, this is a work of the utmost importance to every naval historian and general reader interested in the navy of the sailing era and the formative years of the steam navy that supplanted it.

Author : Lincoln P. Paine
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395984147
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warships of the World to 1900 written by Lincoln P. Paine and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln P. Paine's SHIPS OF THE WORLD: AN HISTORICAL HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA was honored as one of the best reference books of the year by the New York Public Library, and Library Journal described it as "clearly the most fascinating book of the year." Now, in two equally fascinating new books, Paine focuses on two of the most interesting areas of maritime history: WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD TO 1900 and SHIPS OF DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION. WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD TO 1900 traces the history of naval warfare through the stories of more than two hundred of the most famous and important fighting ships, from the earliest triremes and Viking longships to the Mary Rose, Wasa, Bonhomme Richard, HMS Victory, USS Constitution, USS Monitor, and Mikasa. Each ship is described in a vivid short essay that captures its personality as well as its physical characteristics, construction, and history, from the drawing board to the scrap yard or museum. Paintings and photographs show the grandeur and grace of these vessels that helped shape world events. An introductory essay, maps, and a chronology offer the reader a global perspective on the course of naval history from antiquity to the present.

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781682477588
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U. S. Battleships written by Norman Friedman and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Norman Friedman Illustrated Design History series of U.S. warships books has been an industry standard for three decades and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. To mark and celebrate this achievement, the Naval Institute Press is proud to make these books available once more. Digitally remastered for enhanced photo resolution and quality, corrected, and updated, this series will continue to serve--for scholars and enthusiasts alike--as the foundation for U.S. naval warship research and reference for years to come. U.S. Battleships is one the most comprehensive references available on the entire development of U.S. battleships, starting in 1886, with Maine and Texas, continuing to South Carolina, the U. S. Navy's first dreadnought, through to the behemoth Montana-class of World War II, Friedman authoritatively analyzes the design and performance histories of this popular type. The long careers of the Iowa-class, including their recommissioning in the late Cold War, are covered. Like the other books in Friedman's design-history series, U.S. Battleships is based largely on formerly classified internal U.S. Navy records. Friedman, a leading authority on U.S. warships, explains the political and technical rationales for building battleships and recounts the evolution of each design. Alan Raven and A.D. Baker III have created detailed scale outboard and plan views of each ship class and of major modifications to many classes. Numerous photographs complement the text.

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navies in the Nuclear Age written by Norman Friedman and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consulting editor Norman Friedman. This volume reflects broad themes such as types of warfare or aspects of equipment, which cross many ship types.