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British Cruisers - Two World Wars and After (Paperback)
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British Cruisers - Two World Wars and After (Paperback)
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For most of the twentieth century Britain possessed both the worlds
largest merchant fleet and its most extensive overseas territories.
It is not surprising, therefore, that the Royal Navy always showed
a particular interest in the cruiser a multi-purpose warship needed
in large numbers to defend trade routes and police the empire.
Above all other types, the cruisers competing demands of quality
and quantity placed a heavy burden on designers, and for most of
the inter-war years Britain sought to square this circle through
international treaties restricting both size and numbers. In the
process she virtually invented the heavy cruiser and inspired the
large 6in-armed cruiser, neither of which, ironically, served her
best interests. For the first time this book seeks to comprehend
the full policy background, from which a different and entirely
original picture emerges of British cruiser development. After the
war the cruisers role was reconsidered and the final chapters of
the book cover modernisations, the plans for missile-armed ships
and the convoluted process that turned the through-deck cruiser
into the Invincible class light carriers. With detailed appendices
of ship data, and illustrated in depth with photos and A D Bakers
specially commissioned plans, British Cruisers truly matches the
lofty standards set by Friedmans previous books on British
destroyers. **'This is a sumptuous volume, providing a most
authoritative and comprehensive review of British cruisers in the
twentieth century. The book is beautifully laid out to Seaforth's
traditional high standard.'** _Scuttlebutt_
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