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THE GRAND FLEET: WARSHIP DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 1906-1922

by David K. Brown

Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st. 1999

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The development of British warships up to 1914, the responses to the demands of the First World War, and how the lessons of wartime experience affected warship development in the immediate postwar period. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and line drawings. 208 pages including index.

Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge else a super copy, looks unread!

ISBN: 186176099X
Stock no. 1829914

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Contents

  • Part I: Pre-War Develoments
  • Introduction
  • One Preparations for War
  • Two Attack and Defence: Pre-War Trials
  • Part II: Pre-War Designs
  • Three Battleships
  • Four Cruisers
  • Five Destroyers and Early Naval Aviation
  • Six Submarines
  • Part III: Wartime Experience and Design
  • Seven Major Vessels
  • Eight Wartime Destroyers and Aviation Vessels
  • Nine Wartime Submarines
  • Ten Smaller Vessels and Shipbuilding
  • Eleven Action Damage and the Experience of War
  • Twelve Warship design from the Armistice to Washington
  • Thirteen The Achievement: the Right Ships and the Right Fleet
  • Appendices
  • Review of Principal Sources
  • Glossary and Abbreviations
  • Index

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