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The World of the Battleship - The Design and Careers of Capital Ships of the World's Navies 1900-1950 (Hardcover)
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The World of the Battleship - The Design and Careers of Capital Ships of the World's Navies 1900-1950 (Hardcover)
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This new volume is intended to present a genuinely global vision of
the development of world's battleships. In a collection of chapters
by experts from around the world, the design, building and career
of a significant battleship from each of the world's navies is
explored in such a way as to illuminate not just the ships but also
the communities of officers and men that served in them and, more
broadly, the societies and nations that built them. While ships
from the Royal Navy, the US Navy, the Kriegsmarine, the Imperial
Japanese Navy, the Marine Nationale and the Regia Navale are given
significant coverage, so are those from the smaller navies, for
example, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey. Each chapter explains
the origins of a particular ship, her importance as a national
symbol and her place in the fleet. The genesis of her design along
with particulars of her protection, armament and propulsion are
covered and the construction process and launching described. The
ship's complement and organisation are detailed, and daily routine
and watch-keeping explained, and how this varied between peace and
war.Life onboard - eating and sleeping for officers and ratings,
discipline, pay, morale, pets and mascots - are covered as well as
a full account of the ship's career, so that the distinctive
character of each vessel and navy emerges. This is a highly
original and significant book on the great capital ships of the
world.
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