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Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945: Major surface vessels by : David K. Brown
Download or read book The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945: Major surface vessels written by David K. Brown and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new three-volume set presents the official view of the wartime design effort as written by those actually involved. The volumes offer authoritative, firsthand insight into the performance of every ship that served in the Royal Navy during World War II and shed light on the design rationale and procedures. Battleships, monitors, carriers, cruisers, fast minelayers, and destroyers are fully examined.
Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939-1945 by : David K. Brown
Download or read book The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939-1945 written by David K. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of World War II, the Director of Naval Construction set the various design teams within his department the task of recording their wartime efforts, in an attempt to benefit from the experiences of the War while memories were still fresh. Chapters were commissioned on all the types, from the largest fleet carriers to the humblest tugs and tankers. These relatively short summaries set out all the principal achievements, distilled the essential lessons of combat and pointed the way towards postwar improvements.
Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945: Landing craft and auxiliary vessels by : David K. Brown
Download or read book The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945: Landing craft and auxiliary vessels written by David K. Brown and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleet train landing craft, tugs, armed merchant cruisers, and RFA tankers are detailed.
Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939 - 1945: The Official Record by : David K. Brown
Download or read book The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939 - 1945: The Official Record written by David K. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939 - 1945: The Official Record by : David K. Brown
Download or read book The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939 - 1945: The Official Record written by David K. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945: Submarines, escorts, and coastal forces by : David K. Brown
Download or read book The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945: Submarines, escorts, and coastal forces written by David K. Brown and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Submarines, corvettes, frigates, fleet mine sweepers, and motor torpedo boats are thoroughly presented.
Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939 - 1945: The Official Record by : David K. Brown
Download or read book The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939 - 1945: The Official Record written by David K. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945 by : David K. Brown
Download or read book The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945 written by David K. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of World War II, the Director of Naval Construction set the various design teams within his department the task of recording their wartime efforts, in an attempt to benefit from the experiences of the War while memories were still fresh. Chapters were commissioned on all the types, from the largest fleet carriers to the humblest tugs and tankers. These relatively short summaries set out all the principal achievements, distilled the essential lessons of combat and pointed the way towards postwar improvements.
Book Synopsis Rebuilding the Royal Navy by : D. K. Brown
Download or read book Rebuilding the Royal Navy written by D. K. Brown and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This design history of post-war British warship development, based on both declassified documentation and personal experience, is the fourth and final volume in the authors masterly account of development of Royal Navys ships from the 1850s to the Falklands War. In this volume the author covers the period in which he himself worked as a Naval Constructor, while this personal knowledge is augmented by George Moores in-depth archival research on recently declassified material. The RN fleet in 1945 was old and worn out, while new threats and technologies, and post-war austerity called for new solutions. How designers responded to these unprecedented challenges is the central theme of this book. It covers the ambitious plans for the conversion or replacement of the bigger ships; looks at all the new construction, from aircraft carriers, through destroyers and frigates, to submarines (including nuclear and strategic), to minesweepers and small craft. The authors pay particular attention to the innovations introduced, and analyses the impact of the Falklands War. At the start of the twenty-first century the Royal Navy is still a powerful and potent force with new and a number of innovative classes, both surface and sub-surface, coming on stream. This book offers a fascinating insight into how the post-war fleet developed and adapted to the changing role of the Navy.
Book Synopsis British Warships of the Second World War by : John Roberts
Download or read book British Warships of the Second World War written by John Roberts and published by Seaforth. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reproduces a representative selection of official plans depicting the main types of warship with which the Royal Navy fought the Second World War. Carefully chosen from the incomparable collection at the National Maritime Museum, these range from battleships and fleet aircraft carriers, through cruisers, destroyers and submarines, to examples of the vast array of specialist vessels built during the war. Concentrating on 'as fitted' drawings which show the warships as they first entered service, this collection offers an unprecedented wealth of detail on the equipment and fittings of some of the Royal Navy's most famous ships. It also documents how their appearance changed over time, since many of the plans include alterations and additions made in different shades of ink and wash, and here printed in full colour for instant understanding of the modifications. With an accompanying text and detailed individual captions by one of the leading experts in the field, this book provides an insight into the warship design process itself, and explains for the benefit of ship modellers and technical historians which types of plan contain the most valuable information. For anyone with more than a passing interest in warship design and construction, this book will be a revelation.
Book Synopsis British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45 by : Angus Konstam
Download or read book British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s. In 1938, the Royal Navy launched the HMS Ark Royal, its first-ever purpose-built aircraft carrier. This was quickly followed by others, including the highly-successful Illustrious class. Smaller and tougher than their American cousins, the British carriers were designed to fight in the tight confines of the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Over the next six years, these carriers battled the Axis powers in every theatre, attacking Italian naval bases, hunting the Bismark, and even joining the fight in the Pacific. This book tells the story of the small, but resilient, carriers and the crucial role they played in the British war effort.
Book Synopsis British Heavy Cruisers 1939–45 by : Angus Konstam
Download or read book British Heavy Cruisers 1939–45 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of World War I, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Naval Treaty. The pre-World War I concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their stead the Admiralty saw a place for powerful cruisers, able to patrol the sea lanes of the British Empire, and which were well-armed enough that they could destroy enemy commerce cruisers. The result was a group of British warships, known as the 'Washington Treaty Cruisers', that did everything the Admiralty wanted, but which conformed to the limits imposed by the treaty. These impressive cruisers were high-sided, spacious and stately – perfect peacetime ambassadors for British power. In war they also packed a considerable punch. During World War II the Royal Navy's thirteen heavy cruisers saw service in every theatre of the war, whether facing the Bismarck in the North Atlantic or enduring kamikaze attacks in the Pacific.
Book Synopsis British Light Cruisers 1939–45 by : Angus Konstam
Download or read book British Light Cruisers 1939–45 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing frigate – a fast multi-purpose warship that could patrol the sea lanes, protect convoys and scout for enemy battle fleets. By the inter-war period the need for this type of ship was even more important, given the increasing need for protection from aircraft, and the need to screen the fleet from submarines or destroyers. Wartime experience had shown that the British light cruiser was one of the most versatile types of ship in the Royal Navy, able to protect other warships, bombard enemy shores, guard life-saving convoys and intercept and destroy enemy warships. These were truly the workhorses of the wartime Royal Navy. While the battleships and carriers grabbed the headlines, these sleek, elegant warships quietly got on with the job of securing control of the seas.
Book Synopsis British Battleships 1939–45 (1) by : Angus Konstam
Download or read book British Battleships 1939–45 (1) written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence. Yet ten of the 12 battleships were already over 20 years old, having served in World War I, and required extensive modifications to allow them to perform a vital service throughout the six long years of conflict. This title offers a comprehensive review of the development of these British battleships from their initial commissioning to their peacetime modifications and wartime service, with detailed descriptions of the effectiveness of the main armament of individual ships. With specially commissioned artwork and a dramatic re-telling of key battleship conflicts, this book will highlight what it was like on board for the sailors who risked their lives on the high seas.
Book Synopsis Diary of a Wartime Naval Constructor by : Ian Buxton
Download or read book Diary of a Wartime Naval Constructor written by Ian Buxton and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most significant warship designers of the twentieth century, Sir Stanley Goodall rose through the ranks of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors to become its head in 1936. The Corps was responsible for every aspect of the design and construction of British warships, and its head, the Director of Naval Construction, was the principal technical advisor to the Board of Admiralty. Although Goodall was succeeded in this post in January 1944, he remained the Assistant Controller Warship Production until October 1945 so was probably the single most influential figure in British naval technical matters during the war years. His private diary was never intended for publication – indeed it seems to have been a vehicle for venting some of his professional frustrations – so his opinions are candid and unrestrained. His criticisms of many in the Admiralty and the shipyards are enlightening, and taken as a whole the diary provides new and unique insights into a wartime construction program that built nearly a thousand major warships and a myriad of landing craft and coastal forces. Dr Ian Buxton, a well-known authority on British shipbuilding, has edited the entries covering Goodall’s war years, identifying the various personalities and ships referred to (sometimes cryptically), while setting out the context in a number of introductory essays. As an insider’s view of a complex process, this book offers every warship enthusiast much new material and a novel perspective on an apparently familiar subject.
Book Synopsis British Battleships of World War Two by : Alan Raven
Download or read book British Battleships of World War Two written by Alan Raven and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly-illustrated volume, first published in 1976 and back by popular demand, presents the full story of the design and construction of every British battleship and battlecruiser class that served in World War II--from the Queen Elizabeth class to the Vanguard. Noted authors Alan Raven and John Roberts include a comperehensive review of each ship's initial configuration and refits as well as developments in weapons, gunnery, fire control, radar, protection, and propulsion. There are also sections devoted to combat actions involving British battleships and comparisons with battleships of other navies. Six hundred photographs and illustrations, including sixteen fold-out pages, complement the authoritative history of the vessels. For other books in the battleship series, see page 26.
Book Synopsis Nelson to Vanguard by : David K. Brown
Download or read book Nelson to Vanguard written by David K. Brown and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history and analysis of the Royal Navy’s warships before and during WWII—their design, development, and adaptation to new threats. Nelson to Vanguard, the third volume in D.K. Brown’s bestselling series on warship design and development, looks at the Royal Navy’s response to the restrictions placed on it by the Washington Naval Treaties in the interwar years, and analyzes the fleet that was constructed to fight the Second World War. The author focuses on the principal prewar developments, such as the first purpose-built aircraft carriers and the growing perception of the threat of air attack to warships. All the wartime construction programs are covered, such as the massive expansion in escort ships to counter the U-boat menace, and the development of the amphibious warfare fleet for the D-Day landings in 1944. Full analysis is also provided of the experience of wartime damage, as well as the once top secret pre- and postwar damage trials. Illustrated throughout with a superb collection of contemporary photographs and numerous line drawings, this now classic work is an essential read for naval historians and enthusiasts.
