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British battlecruisers : 1905-1920
- Title
- British battlecruisers : 1905-1920 / John Roberts.
- Author
- Roberts, John, 1945 January 16-
- Publication
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2016.
- ©2016
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFG 17-163 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Mezzanine |
Details
- Description
- 128 pages : illustrations, charts, plans; 30 cm +
- Summary
- "The brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. Conceived as "super-cruisers" whose job it was to hunt down and destroy commerce raiders, their size and gun-power led to their inclusion in the battlefleet as a fast squadron of capital ships. This book traces in detail the development of Fisher's original idea into the first battlecruiser Invincible of 1908, through to the "Splendid Cats" of the Lion class, and culminating in HMS Hood in 1920, the largest warship in the world for the next twenty years. The origins of the unusual "light battlecruisers" of the Courageous type are also covered."--Book jacket.
- Subject
- Note
- One folded plan of HMS Queen Mary 1913 in pocket.
- "First published in Great Britain in 1997 by Chatham Publishing"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index.
- Call Number
- JFG 17-163
- ISBN
- 9781591149156
- 1591149150
- LCCN
- 2016942807
- OCLC
- 945951255
- Author
- Roberts, John, 1945 January 16- author.
- Title
- British battlecruisers : 1905-1920 / John Roberts.
- Publisher
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Edition
- Revised edition.
- Type of Content
- still imagetext
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 17-163