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A carregar... British Town Class Cruisers: Southampton & Belfast Classes: Design, Development & Performancepor Conrad Waters
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A few years ago when I had the opportunity to read Erminio Bagnasco's study of the Italian "Littorio" class battleships, I thought that this was the model of what a class monograph should look like, while recognizing that it was going to be a rare event for a book on that scale to be published. With Conrad Waters' study of the "Town" class cruisers one has something of the same magnitude, and one can only be impressed with the amount of work and detail that went into this book. The caveat here is that this isn't a narrative history of the class, and those who are mostly interested in the men who crewed these ships might not find this their cup of tea. Otherwise, if you care about British warships, and cruisers in particular, you definitely want this book before it becomes a prohibitively expensive collector's item. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
This scholarly study of the Royal Navy's WWII light cruisers presents extensive design, performance, and engagement analysis of each ship. When the Second World War began, the ten British 'Town' class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy. Primarily designed for the defense of trade, they played decisive roles in victories such as the Battle of the Barents Sea and the destruction of the German Scharnhorst at the North Cape. They also paid a heavy price: four of the ships were lost and the other six sustained serious damage. In this major study, Conrad Waters provides a technical evaluation of the 'Town' class design and its subsequent performance. He outlines the class's origins in the context of inter-war cruiser policy, explains the design and construction process, and describes the characteristics of the resulting ships and how these were adapted in the light of wartime developments. An overview of service focuses on major engagements and presents detailed assessments of action damage. Concluding chapters explore the the modernization program that kept the remaining ships fit for service during the Cold War era. Heavily illustrated with contemporary photographs and expert drawings, British Town Class Cruisers provides a definitive reference to one of the Royal Navy's most important warship designs. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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