British Battleships of World War One (Burt R A)(Paperback / softback) - diskuze

One hundred years ago at Jutland, Dogger Bank, Heligoland Bight and the first battle for the Falklands, mighty squadrons of these great armored ships fought their German counterparts for command of the seas. Beginning with Dreadnought, the book continues to the end of World War I, and all fifty dreadnoughts, super-dreadnoughts and battlecruisers that served the Royal Navy during this era are described and superbly illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Each class of ship is described in detail so that design origins, and technical and operational factors, are discussed alongside characteristics, with special emphasis on armament, armor and machinery. Fully detailed data tables are included for every class, and more than 500 photographs and line drawings illustrate the
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