British Battlecruisers 1905-1920

John Roberts (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2016
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
978-1-59114-915-6 (ISBN)

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The brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. Conceived as "super-cruisers" whose job it was to hunt down and destroy commerce raiders, their size and gun-power led to their inclusion in the battlefleet as a fast squadron of capital ships. This book traces in detail the development of Fisher's original idea into the first battlecruiser Invincible of 1908, through to the "Splendid Cats" of the Lion class, and culminating in HMS Hood in 1920, the largest warship in the world for the next twenty years. The origins of the unusual "light battlecruisers" of the Courageous type are also covered.The well-publicized problems of British battlecruisers are examined, including the latest research throwing light on the catastrophic loss of three of the ships at the Battle of Jutland. The developmental history is backed by chapters covering machinery, armament, and armor, with a full listing of important technical data. The comprehensive collection of illustrations includes the author's superb drawings and original Admiralty plans reproduced in full color. This revised and updated edition of the classic work first published in 1997 will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in the most charismatic and controversial warships of the dreadnought era.

John Roberts is one of the best-known authorities on twentieth-century British warship design. Co-author of two highly regarded studies, British Battleships and British Cruisers, he is also a fine draftsman and produced a number of the volumes in the "Anatomy of the Ship" series, including the volumes on the Dreadnought and Hood.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.11.2016
Zusatzinfo	120 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Annopolis
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-59114-915-0 / 1591149150
ISBN-13	978-1-59114-915-6 / 9781591149156
Zustand	Neuware