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British Cruisers of the Victorian Era

Gradually evolving from the masted steam frigates of the mid-nineteenth century, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but for the sake of this book the starting point is taken to be Iris and Mercury of 1875. They were the RN's first steel-built warships; were designed primarily to be steamed rather than sailed; and formed the basis of a line of succeeding cruiser classes.
The story ends with the last armoured cruisers, which were succeeded by the first battlecruisers (originally called armoured cruisers), and with the last Third Class Cruisers (Topaze class), all conceived before 1906. Coverage, therefore, dovetails precisely with Friedman's previous book on British cruisers, although this one also includes the wartime experience of the earlier ships.

The two central themes are cruisers for the fleet and cruisers for overseas operations, including (but not limited to) trade protection. The distant-waters aspect covers the belted cruisers, which were nearly capital ships, intended to deal with foreign second-class battleships in the Far East.

The main enemies contemplated during this period were France and Russia, and the book includes British assessments of their strength and intentions, with judgements as to how accurate those assessments were. As would be expected of Friedman, the book is deeply researched, original in its analysis, and full of striking insights - another major contribution to the history of British warships.

Autor:Norman Friedman
Szczegóły:400 strony, 29.5 x 25.5 x 2.7 cm, twarda oprawa
Ilustracje:300 zdjęć i rysunków
Wydawca:Seaforth Publishing (GB, 2012)
EAN:9781848320994
Książka: British Cruisers of the Victorian Era

British Cruisers of the Victorian Era

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British Cruisers - Two World Wars and After

For most of the twentieth century Britain possessed both the world's largest merchant fleet and its most extensive overseas territories. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Royal Navy always showed a particular interest in the cruiser - a multi-purpose warship needed in large numbers to defend trade routes and police the empire.
Above all other types, the cruiser's competing demands of quality and quantity placed a heavy burden on designers, and for most of the inter-war years Britain sought to square this circle through international treaties restricting both size and numbers.
In the process she virtually invented the heavy cruiser and inspired the large 6 in-armed cruiser, neither of which, ironically, served her best interests.

After the war the cruiser's role was reconsidered and the final chapters of the book cover modernisations, the plans for missile-armed ships and the convoluted process that turned the 'through-deck cruiser' into the Invincible class light carriers.

For the first time this book seeks to comprehend the full policy background, from which a different and entirely original picture emerges of British cruiser development.
With detailed appendices of ship data, and illustrated in depth with photos and A D Baker's specially commissioned plans, British Cruisers truly matches the lofty standards set by Friedman's previous books on British destroyers.

Autor:Norman Friedman
Szczegóły:432 strony, 28.5 x 24 x 2.5 cm, mi&&#35;281;kka oprawa
Ilustracje:400 czarno-białych zdjęć i rysunków
Wydawca:Seaforth Publishing (GB, 2022)
EAN:9781399097918
Książka: British Cruisers - Two World Wars and After

British Cruisers - Two World Wars and After

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British Heavy Cruisers, 1939-45 (Osprey)

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.
As this book describes, 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.

Autor:Angus Konstam
Szczegóły:48 strony, 24.5 x 18 x 0.4 cm, mi&&#35;281;kka oprawa
Ilustracje:bogato ilustrowane, zdjęcia i rysunki (z/w i kleur)
Wydawca:Osprey Publishing (GB, 2012)
Seria:New Vanguard (190)
EAN:9781849086868
Książka: British Heavy Cruisers, 1939-45 (Osprey)

British Heavy Cruisers, 1939-45

Język: angielski

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The Last Big Gun : At War & at Sea with HMS Belfast

As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler's newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that lay ahead for the cruiser HMS Belfast.
After three years of repairs to her broken keel, engine- and boiler-rooms, and extensive refitting, she would go on to play a critical role in the protection of the Arctic Convoys, would fire one of the opening shots at D-Day and continue supporting the Operation Overlord landings for five weeks.

Her service continued beyond the Second World War both in Korea and in the Far East before she commenced her life as one of the world's most celebrated preserved visitor ships in the Pool of London.
Her crowning glory however came in December 1943 when, equipped with the latest radar technology, she was to play the leading role in the Battle of the North Cape sinking the feared German battlecruiser Scharnhorst, the bête noir of the Royal Navy. In doing so the ship's crew made a vital contribution to, what was to be, the final big-gun head-to-head action to be fought at sea.

In "The Last Big Gun" Brian Lavery, the foremost historian of the Royal Navy, employs his trademark wide-ranging narrative style and uses the microcosm of the ship to tell the wider story of the naval war at sea and vividly portray the realities for all of life aboard a Second World War battleship.
The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs and illustrations and will appeal to all those with an interest in military history and life in the wartime Royal Navy.

Autor:Brian Lavery
Szczegóły:440 strony, 23.5 x 15.5 cm, twarda oprawa
Ilustracje:40 czarno-białych i kolorowych zdjęć
Wydawca:The Pool of London Press (GB, 2015)
EAN:9781910860014
Książka: The Last Big Gun : At War & at Sea with HMS Belfast

The Last Big Gun : At War & at Sea with HMS Belfast

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HMS Belfast: Cruiser 1939

HMS Belfast, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. One of ten Town-class cruisers she saw service on the icy Arctic convoys during the Second World War and was also present for the bombardment of the D-Day beaches in 1944. Later, she saw service during the Korean War.

Written by experts and containing more than 200 specially commissioned photographs, this title takes the reader on a superbly illustrated tour of the ship, from bow to stern and deck by deck. Significant parts of the vessel - for example, the gun turrets and engine rooms - are given detailed coverage both in words and pictures, so that the reader has at hand the most complete visual record and explanation of the ship that exists. In addition, the importance of the ship, both in her own time and now as a museum vessel, is explained, while her design and build, and her career prior to exhibition are all described.

Autor:Richard Johnstone-Bryden
Szczegóły:128 strony, 24.5 x 17.5 x 0.8 cm, mi&&#35;281;kka oprawa
Ilustracje:200 kolorowych zdjęć i z/w photograph i rysunki
Wydawca:Seaforth Publishing (GB, 2013)
EAN:9781848321557
Książka: HMS Belfast: Cruiser 1939

HMS Belfast: Cruiser 1939

Język: angielski

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HMS Gloucester - The Untold Story

On 22 May 1941, The cruiser HMS Gloucester ('The Fighting G') was sunk by aircraft of the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Crete. Of her crew of 810 men, only 83 survived to come home at the end of the War in 1945.
It is unknown how many of the men went down with the ship and how many died in the sea. Clinging to rafts and flotsam, the survivors hung on for almost 24 hours before finally being rescued by German boats searching for their own men who had been victims of a previous British naval attack.
The fact that Allied destroyers were in the proximity but were recalled from the rescue mission was a serious omission of fleet command which cost the lives of hundreds of men.

Gloucester had been dangerously low on anti-aircraft ammunition and her crew exhausted before being despatched away from the main fleet to assist the stricken destroyer HMS Greyhound. With only HMS Fiji as company, she came under attack from German bombers and, when Gloucester's ammunition was finally exhausted, she suffered several direct hits and was soon ablaze from stem to stern and left out of control.

This book explores the ship's history and operational successes from her launching in 1937 to her tragic demise. It includes vivid first-hand accounts from the surviving crew and the author's painstaking research has revealed the awful truth about one of the Royal Navy's greatest disasters during the Second World War.

Autor:Ken Otter
Szczegóły:206 strony, 23 x 15.5 x 1.3 cm, mi&&#35;281;kka oprawa
Ilustracje:108 ilustracji
Wydawca:Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
EAN:9781526702111
Książka: HMS Gloucester - The Untold Story

HMS Gloucester - The Untold Story

Język: angielski

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County Class Cruisers (ShipCraft)

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans.
The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references - books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.

This volume covers the British 10,000-ton 'Treaty Cruisers', thirteen of which were built to three slightly varying designs between the wars. With three funnels and a high freeboard, they were impressive ships, and all enjoyed very active wartime careers - three were involved in the Bismarck action and another with the sinking of the Scharnhorst.

Autor:Les Brown
Szczegóły:64 strony, 29.5 x 21 x 0.5 cm, mi&&#35;281;kka oprawa
Ilustracje:130 z/w, kleur i rysunki
Wydawca:Seaforth Publishing (GB, 2011)
Seria:ShipCraft (19)
EAN:9781848321274
Książka: County Class Cruisers (ShipCraft)

County Class Cruisers

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British Light Cruisers, 1939-45 (Osprey)

As described in this book 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.

Autor:Angus Konstam
Szczegóły:48 strony, 24 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm, mi&&#35;281;kka oprawa
Ilustracje:bogato ilustrowane, zdjęcia i rysunki (z/w i kleur)
Wydawca:Osprey Publishing (GB, 2012)
Seria:New Vanguard (194)
EAN:9781849086844
Książka: British Light Cruisers, 1939-45 (Osprey)

British Light Cruisers, 1939-45

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German Commerce Raider vs British Cruiser - The Atlantic and the Pacific 1941 (Osprey)

During World War II, the Kriegsmarine armed a number of merchant vessels with concealed guns and torpedo tubes for surprise attacks against Allied shipping. To counter this deadly threat, the Royal Navy employed cruisers and their intelligence-gathering apparatus to find and destroy the disguised German commerce raiders. This Duel title covers the deadly game of cat and mouse, fought by these surface vessels during World War II.

Contents: Introduction - Design and development - Technical Specifications - The Combatants - Combat - Statistics and Analysis - Conclusion - Further Reading.

Autor:Robert Forczyk
Szczegóły:80 strony, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm, mi&&#35;281;kka oprawa
Ilustracje:bogato ilustrowane, zdjęcia i rysunki (z/w i kleur)
Wydawca:Osprey Publishing (GB, 2010)
Seria:Duel (27)
EAN:9781846039188
Książka: German Commerce Raider vs British Cruiser - The Atlantic and the Pacific 1941 (Osprey)

German Commerce Raider vs British Cruiser - The Atlantic and the Pacific 1941

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