John Blake

HMS Belfast Pocket Manual (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A unique guide to this famous warship, collating authentic period sources including design notes and information for sailors to provide a unique guide to this famous warship.

A familiar sight on the Thames at London Bridge, HMS Belfast is a Royal Navy light cruiser, launched in March 1938. Belfast was part of the British naval blockade against Germany and from November 1942 escorted Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union and assisted in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944 Belfast supported the Normandy landings and in 1945 was redeployed to the British Pacific Fleet.

After the war she saw action in the Korean War and a number of other overseas actions. She has been part of the Imperial War Museum since 1978, with 250,000 visitors annually.

This fascinating book comprises a series of documents that give information on the building of the ship, her wartime service history and life on board in a handy pocket-sized format, ideal as a gift.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472827838
• Artikelnr.: 55001543

Autorenporträt

Lieutenant-Commander John Blake, FRIN, spent twelve years in the Royal Navy. He has worked extensively with the UK Hydrographic Office, the producers of Admiralty Charts, and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Royal Geographical Society. John is the author of the acclaimed Bloomsbury publications The Sea Chart (2003) and Sea Charts of the British Isles (2005). His research interests span the maritime world, from nautical charts and surveying to merchant shipping.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1 Operational Overview Chapter 2 Hitler's Ships
Chapter 3 Coastal And Other Vessels Chapter 4 Service In Hitler's Navy
Conclusion Further Reading German Naval Ranks And Equivalents Index About
The Author