Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen

Author : Vincent Ohara
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591148722
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen written by Vincent Ohara and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a remarkable vessel by any standard. She was arguably one of the most handsome major warships ever constructed. The third ship of the Admiral Hipper-class and named for a French hero of the Austrian Empire, the ship represented the spirit and tradition of the old Austro-Hungarian Royal and Imperial navy. She participated in some of the most interesting naval actions of World War II in European waters including the Battle of the Denmark Strait where she helped the German battleship Bismarck sink the British battlecruiser Hood, and the Channel Dash ten months later when she sailed through the English Channel in broad daylight, successfully repelling British sea and air attacks along the way. She fought the Russians in the Baltic and was the largest German warship to survive the war"--

Author : Waldemar Goralski
Publisher : Topdrawings
ISBN 13 : 9788366148734
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen written by Waldemar Goralski and published by Topdrawings. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN was an enlarged version of the Admiral Hipper class ships. The keel was laid on 23 April 1936, she was launched on 22 August 1938, and commissioned on 1 August 1940. She took part in the first mission of the battleship BISMARCK, during which they sank the British battlecruiser HMS HOOD. Having split with BISMARCK, PRINZ EUGEN was supposed to commence hunting the Allied convoys, but due to engine failure she sailed back to France. Once repaired, she participated in Operation "Cerberus" - the passage of German ships from France to Germany through English Channel.

Author : Waldemar Góralski
Publisher : Kagero
ISBN 13 : 9788362878864
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen written by Waldemar Góralski and published by Kagero. This book was released on 2014-01-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the defeat in the World War I, the Treaty of Versailles limited the tonnage of the German Navy to 144 thousand tons. Moreover, the treaty stipulated that new warships could only be built to replace the decommissioned ones. In 1921 a new law was enacted which brought about the creation of the Reichsmarine. The few warships that Germany was allowed to keep were modernized and new ones were being built to replace the obsolete ones. Construction of light cruisers was a priority and the first of those, built to replace the Niobe launched in the 19th century, was the Emden. In 1927, during the disarmament conference in Geneva, Germany demanded equal right as far as the expansion of the navy was concerned. Those demands were rejected, therefore, the Reichsmarine drew up the "expansion plan". It stipulated construction of new warships within the coming years, including submarines, which were forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles...

Author : Mirosław Skwiot
Publisher : Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza
ISBN 13 : 9788361220671
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper and the Prinz Eugen Class written by Mirosław Skwiot and published by Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza. This book was released on 2010 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exceptional reference guide for modelers and historians This lavishly illustrated volume in the War Camera Photobooks series presents a detailed photo history of the heavy cruisers which served with the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, during World War II. The heavy cruiser was a type of naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 203mm caliber (8 inches). The heavy cruiser can be seen as a lineage of ship design from 1915 until 1945, although the term 'heavy cruiser' only came into formal use in 1930. The heavy cruiser's immediate precursors were the light cruiser designs of the 1900s and 1910s, rather than the armored cruisers of before 1905. With numerous aerial, close-up, profile and in action photographs, this book is an exceptional reference guide for both modelers and historians alike. About the Series This lavishly illustrated new series presents a detailed photo history of the key machines used during warfare. With aerial, close-up, plan view and profile photography, War Camera Photobooks are dedicated tributes to the supreme machinery of military technology.

Author : Gerhard Koop
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147385010X
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class written by Gerhard Koop and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise, authoritative, heavily illustrated summary of this class of German WWII-era warships, covering their design histories and careers. The Admiral Hipper class was among the largest heavy cruisers to serve in World War II. Intended to be a class of five, they enjoyed contrasting fortunes: Seydlitz and Lützow were never completed; Blücher was the first major German warship sunk in action; Admiral Hipper became one of the most successful commerce raiders of the war; while the Prinz Eugen survived to be expended as a target in one of the first American nuclear tests in 1946. Part of a six-volume series on the German Navy’s WWII-era warships written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke, this book contains an account of the development of the Admiral Hipper class, a detailed description of the ships with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps, and a substantial collection of photographs.

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147284307X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II. The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy engaged in a global game of cat and mouse during the opening years of World War II. This was a period in which the heavy cruiser still reigned supreme in open waters, with the opposing sides reluctant to risk their battleships, and aircraft yet to dominate the seas. These swift vessels fought each other in the South Atlantic, North Atlantic, the frigid waters of the Denmark Strait and the Arctic approaches to Russia, capturing the public imagination in the process. This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book examines the design, development and technical performance of these opposing warships, and explores the clashes between them at the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939, the Christmas Day Battle 1940 and the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941. The ships examined include the Deutschland-class Panzerschiffe and Admiral Hipper-class cruisers, and the Royal Navy County- and York-class heavy cruisers.

Author : Friz-Otto Busch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781841450612
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prinz Eugen written by Friz-Otto Busch and published by . This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launched in 1938...commissioned in 1940...sunk in 1946...famed for her beauty, speed and grace of line...The Prinz Eugen was Germany's most modern heavy cruiser. She took part in the sinking of the Hood. She made the notorious Channel dash with the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. From Norway, threatened by invasion, to the Baltic in 1945, where Hitler's hard-pressed troops fought for survival: through four long years of war the Prinz Eugen and her crew endured the ceaseless pounding of enemy bomber and torpedo and the relentless savagery of the sea. This is the story of those years.

Author : Gerhard Koop
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1473850096
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Light Cruisers of World War II written by Gerhard Koop and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An immensely interesting look” at the Emden, Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, and Nürnbergships “from drawing board to destiny” (War History Online). The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed. This volume is devoted to the six ships from Emden to Nürnberg that were built between the wars. They were primarily intended for commerce-raiding, but the war gave them few opportunities for such employment, although they did provide useful support for key naval operations in the Baltic and North Sea. Two were lost in the 1940 Norway campaign, but the remainder survived for most of the conflict. “A ship-by-ship history of the cruisers. The text is supported by an excellent collection of plans and photographs. Overall this is a very impressive history of a fairly unimpressive set of warships.”—HistoryOfWar.org

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966199
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Heavy Cruisers 1939–45 written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of this excellent and successful class of warship only became possible after the Anglo-German naval agreement of 1935 eased restrictions on the types of ship Germany could build; even then only five of the class were permitted: the Admiral Hipper, the Blücher, the Prinz Eugen, the Seydlitz and the Lützow. These Cruisers were designed for Atlantic operations and had eight 8 inch guns, 12 10.5 cm heavy anti-aircraft guns and 17 smaller calibre anti aircraft guns as well as twelve torpedo tubes and their own compliment of up to six aircraft. This title covers the design, development and operational history of the Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper class.

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147284310X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II. The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy engaged in a global game of cat and mouse during the opening years of World War II. This was a period in which the heavy cruiser still reigned supreme in open waters, with the opposing sides reluctant to risk their battleships, and aircraft yet to dominate the seas. These swift vessels fought each other in the South Atlantic, North Atlantic, the frigid waters of the Denmark Strait and the Arctic approaches to Russia, capturing the public imagination in the process. This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book examines the design, development and technical performance of these opposing warships, and explores the clashes between them at the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939, the Christmas Day Battle 1940 and the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941. The ships examined include the Deutschland-class Panzerschiffe and Admiral Hipper-class cruisers, and the Royal Navy County- and York-class heavy cruisers.