The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of
plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known
as the 'as fitted' general arrangements, these drawings represented
the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service.
Intended to provide a permanent reference for the Admiralty and the
dockyards, these highly detailed plans were drawn with exquisite
skill in multi-coloured inks and washes that represent the acme of
the draughtsman's art. Today they form part of the incomparable
collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, which is
using the latest scanning technology to make digital copies of the
highest quality. This book is one of a series based entirely on
these draughts which depict famous warships in an unprecedented
degree of detail-complete sets in full colour, with many close-ups
and enlargements that make every aspect clear and comprehensible.
Extensive captions point the reader to important features to be
found in the plans, and an introduction covers the background to
the design. HMS _Victorious_ was a ship with two almost separate
incarnations-as built in 1941 she was one of a new type of armoured
carrier which saw strenuous wartime service; post-war the ship
underwent a massive reconstruction lasting nearly eight years that
saw her recommission in1958 as one of the best equipped carriers in
the world, ready for another decade of duty. Both these phases of
the ship's life are fully documented, which allows this novel form
of anatomy to cover two generations of carrier design.
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