Angus Konstam

Ship Spotter's Guide (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A compact guide to 40 of the most iconic ships that have shaped warfare from the Ancient world to today.

Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, naval ships of all sizes have revolutionized warfare. From the Viking longship, pirate ships and super dreadnoughts to today's nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers, naval warfare has proved to be an essential component of military forces across the world.

The Ship Spotter's Guide provides essential information on 40 iconic ships, using detailed profile artwork to illustrate and aid recognition, as well as specification boxes to provide all the technical details.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472808707
• Artikelnr.: 44866778

Autorenporträt

Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Ancient Warships The Norse Longship Warships of the Far East
Tudor Warships The Spanish Galleon Warships of the Anglo-Dutch War Pirate
Ships Warships of the War of Independence Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line
Ironclads Union Monitors River Gunboats Commerce Raiders British
Dreadnoughts German Dreadnoughts Super Dreadnoughts Austro-Hungarian
Battleships Battlecruisers Destroyers Submarines Kriegsmarine U-boats
German Battleships British Coastal Forces German Cruisers German Destroyers
Japanese Carriers American Carriers Allied Submarines Japanese Battleships
British Battleships American Destroyers American Fast Battleships Japanese
Heavy Cruisers Italian Battleships British Cruisers Japanese Destroyers
Vietnam Riverine Craft American Cold War Carriers Nuclear Submarines
American Modern Super Carriers