BRITISH DESTROYERS: FROM EARLIEST DAYS TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Norman Friedman
Illustrated by A.D. Baker
Published by Seaforth Publishing
in 2009
ISBN: 9781848320499
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- WARSHIP
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- NAVY
BRITISH DESTROYERS: FROM EARLIEST DAYS TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Norman Friedman.
Illustrated by A.D. Baker.
Stock no. 1829694
1st.
2009.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A detailed study of the early days of British Destroyers, combining technical history with an appreciation of the changing role of destroyers and the tactics of their deployment. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and ship plans. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848320499. A lovely copy!
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Beginnings
- Chapter 3: Torpedo-Boat Destroyers
- Chapter 4: The Changing Role of the Destroyer
- Chapter 5: Fisher's Destroyers
- Chapter 6: A Standard Type
- Chapter 7: War, 1914-18
- Chapter 8: Lessons Absorbed
- Chapter 9: A New Standard Design: The A-I Series
- Chapter 10: The Second World War
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Data List (specifications)
- List of Ships (building dates and fates)
- Indesx