Gradually evolving from sailing frigates, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but this book starts with the earliest steam paddle warships, covers the evolution of screw-driven frigates, corvettes and sloops, and then the succeeding iron, composite and steel-hulled classes down to the last armoured cruisers.
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Gradually evolving from sailing frigates, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but this book starts with the earliest steam paddle warships, covers the evolution of screw-driven frigates, corvettes and sloops, and then the succeeding iron, composite and steel-hulled classes down to the last armoured cruisers.
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A. D. Baker III (Ship Plans) Very good in Very good jacket. Format is approximately 10 inches by 11.75 inches. 352 pages. Illustrators Notes. Bibliography. Notes. Data List (specifications). List of Ships. Abbreviations. Index. Norman Friedman, Ph.D., is an American author and naval analyst. He has written over 30 books on naval matters, and appeared on television programs on PBS and the Discovery Networks. From 1973 to 1984, he was at the Hudson Institute, becoming Deputy Director for National Security Affairs. He worked for the United States Navy as in-house consultant. From 2002 to 2004, he served as a futurologist for the United States Marine Corps. This splendid book looks at the development of the Royal Navy's cruisers from the wooden frigates of the 1840s to the turret armed armored turbine warships of 1906. This is a much more thoughtful book than many titles on warships. The introduction looks at the strategic, political and technological developments of the period-what threats each generation of cruisers was designed to meet, how advances in technology caused problems for naval officers and ship designers, the results of the navy's annual exercises, and the impact of political changes and funding on naval developments. We discover why a class of fast frigates or long range sloops was ordered in a particular year (often to deal with a particular threat-an announcement of naval construction in France or the United States, a war scare or even a public campaign that forced the government to increase funding).
Add this copy of British Cruisers of the Victorian Era to cart. $95.72, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Naval Institute Press.
Add this copy of British Cruisers of the Victorian Era to cart. $174.42, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Naval Institute Press.