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- Condition
- EAN
- 9781848320499
- UPC
- 9781848320499
- ISBN
- 9781848320499
- MPN
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- Book Title
- British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Seco
- Item Length
- 28.9 cm
- Item Weight
- 1.22 kg
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- British Destroyers 1870-1935
- Item Height
- 289 mm
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books LTD
- Subject
- Government, History
- Item Width
- 245 mm
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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In the late nineteenth century the advent of the modern torpedo woke the Royal Navy to a potent threat to its domination, not seriously challenged since Trafalgar. For the first time a relatively cheap weapon had the potential to sink the largest, and costliest exponents of sea power. Not surprisingly, Britain's traditional rivals invested heavily in the new technology that promised to overthrow the naval status quo. The Royal Navy was also quick to adopt the new weapon, but the British concentrated on developing counters to the essentially offensive tactics associated with torpedo-carrying small craft. From these efforts came 'torpedo catchers', torpedo-gunboats and eventually the torpedo-boat destroyer, a type so successful that it eclipsed and usurped the torpedo-boat itself. With its title shortened to 'destroyer', the type evolved rapidly and was soon in service in many navies, but in none was the evolution as rapid or as radical as in the Royal Navy. This book is the first detailed study of their early days, combining technical history with an appreciation of the changing role of destroyers and the tactics of their deployment. Like all of Friedman's books, it reveals the rationale and not just the process of important technological developments. AUTHOR: Norman Friedman is arguably America's most prominent naval analyst, and the author of more than twenty books covering a range of naval subjects, from warship histories to contemporary defence issues. His latest book, Firepower, covering battleship gunnery and fire control, was highly praised. ILLUSTRATIONS 300 b/w photos *
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Pen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781848320499
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Product Key Features
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Government, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
British Destroyers 1870-1935
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
289 mm
Item Width
245 mm
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United Kingdom
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