[PDF] The Encyclopedia Of The Worlds Warships eBook

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Warships
ISBN : 9781592236275

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An exhaustive reference which features more than 300 military vessels from World War II to the present day; contains numerous action photographs and detailed illustrations showing every aspect of the featured ships. Includes an extensive service history of each ship and specification panels that provide information of displacement, dimensions, armament, speed, and complement.

Author : David Ross
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907446245

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Author : Adrian K. Wood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 27,45 MB
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1849089795

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The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility. The earliest of these were the Punt ships and the war galleys of Egypt which defeated the Sea People in the first known naval battle. Following the fall of these civilisations, the Phoenicians built biremes and other vessels, while in Greece the ships described in detail in the 'Trojan' epics established a tradition of warship building culminating in the pentekonters and triaconters. The warships of the period are abundantly illustrated on pottery and carved seals, and depicted in inscriptions and on bas-reliefs. The subject has been intensively studied for two and a half millennia, culminating in the contemporary works of authoritative scholars such as Morrison, Wallinga, Rodgers and Casson. To date there are no works covering the subject which are accessible and available to non-academics.

Author : M. J. Whitley
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 16,46 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Battleships
ISBN : 9780304359578

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By the acclaimed author of Destroyers of World War Two, this book is a fully illustrated and highly detailed overview of the capital ships that saw action in the last war. Compiled with the assistance of naval authorities and experts from around the world, it includes not only detailed descriptions of the ships' armament and armour, full technical specifications, date of construction, service and engagement record, but also accounts of the ultimate fate of the ships.