The Pre-Dreadnought Revolution (eBook)

Developing the Bulwarks of Sea Power

Warren Berry (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-9735-8 (ISBN)

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The late nineteenth century saw an unparalleled revolution in warship development as the Victorian navy found itself grappling with intense technical change to ensure its survival in the modern theatre. From the wooden battleships of the 1800s, naval architecture underwent great change to produce a very different form of capital ship, which would have a huge impact and change naval design forever. The pre-dreadnought was constructed of steel, wholly driven by steam power and carried its rifled ordnance in armoured turrets operated by hydraulics. Electrics, mechanical computers, mines and torpedo weapons were also utilised to create an immensely powerful fighting ship the likes of which had never been seen before. This well-illustrated and fascinating history reveals the process involved in that most rapid development, which in such a short time totally altered the naval forces of Britain and ensured that the British Navy remained the most powerful in the world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2013
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: British Navy • Capital ship • developing bulwarks of sea power • Maritime • naval • Naval architecture • Navy • Pre-Dreadnought • Royal Navy • Ship • Ships • Steam • steam power • steel • steel ship • the navy • Victorian • Victorian Era • Victorian navy • warship • Warships • warship, warships, Victorian navy, the navy, navy, British navy, naval, royal navy, wooden battleships, naval architecture, capital ship, ship, ships, pre-dreadnought, steel ship, steel, steam power, steam, victorian, victorian era, maritime, developing bulwarks of sea power • warship, warships, Victorian navy, the victorian navy, the navy, navy, British navy, naval, wooden battleships, naval architecture, capital ship, ship, ships, pre-dreadnought, steel ship, steel, steam power, steam, victorian, victorian era, maritime, bulwarks, bulwark • wooden battleships
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-9735-9 / 0752497359
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-9735-8 / 9780752497358