Warspite

Author : Iain Ballantyne
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783461284
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warspite written by Iain Ballantyne and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The dramatic career of the Queen Elizabeth class super-dreadnought, which fought with such distinction throughout two World Wars . . . a great story.” —White Ensign Association No warship name in British naval history has more battle honors than HMS Warspite. While this book looks at the lives of all eight vessels to bear the name (between 1596 and the 1990s), it concentrates on the truly epic story of the seventh vessel, a super-dreadnought battleship, conceived as the ultimate answer to German naval power, during the arms race that helped cause WW1. Warspite fought off the entire German fleet at Jutland, survived a mutiny between the wars and then covered herself in glory in action from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean during WW2. She was the flagship of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham when he mastered the Italian Navy in the Mediterranean, her guns inflicting devastating damage on the enemy at Calabria in 1940 and Matapan in 1941. She narrowly avoided destruction by the Japanese carrier force that devastated Pearl Harbor. She provided crucial fire support for Allied landings in Sicily, Italy, Normandy and Walcheren. A lucky ship in battle, she survived dive-bombers off Crete and glide bomb hits off Salerno. But this is not just the story of a warship. Wherever possible the voices of those men who fought aboard her speak directly to the reader about their experiences. Warspite is also the story of a great naval nation which constructed her as the ultimate symbol of its imperial power and then scrapped her when the sun set on that empire.

Author : V. E. Tarrant
Publisher : Naval Inst Press
ISBN 13 : 9781557500519
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battleship Warspite written by V. E. Tarrant and published by Naval Inst Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using previously unpublished material, the author presents the fullest and most accurate account to date of the British battleship Warspite and her valiant crews throughout two world wars.

Author : Iain Ballantyne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warspite written by Iain Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Nuttall
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517147068
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Small Colonial War written by Christopher Nuttall and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new war has broken out ... Indian ships have invaded three British-held systems and Indian troops have occupied British colonies, forcing Britain to choose between war and shame. The Royal Navy, battered by the fires of the First Interstellar War and desperately trying to recover from the terrifying casualties, must launch a counterattack and recover the colonies. For HMS Warspite - and a task force of British warships - the stakes have never been so high. If the Royal Navy loses, Britain will be humiliated and the global power system will shift catastrophically, but even victory may come with too high a price. Pushed to the limits, the Royal Navy must take the offensive and determine the outcome quickly ... ... Before the Indian gambit triggers off a civil war that will rip the human sphere apart.

Author : Ross Watton
Publisher : Conway
ISBN 13 : 9780851779218
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battleship Warspite written by Ross Watton and published by Conway. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anatomy of the Ship series provides documentation of individual ships and ship types. The books are illustrated with line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explantory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.

Author : Witold Koszela
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788362878925
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battleship HMS Warspite written by Witold Koszela and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battleship HMS Warspite is packed with countless drawing sheets and color profiles of the famous ship.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navy and Army Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Grehan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 147386268X
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Norway, 1940–1942 written by John Grehan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despatches in this volume include that on the first and second battles of Narvik in 1940; the despatch on operations in central Norway 1940, by Lieutenant General H.R.S. Massy, Commander-in-Chief, North West Expeditionary Force; Despatch on operations in Northern Norway between April and June 1940; the despatch on carrier-borne aircraft attacks on Kirkenes (Norway) and Petsamo (Finland) in 1941, by Admiral Sir John C. Tovey; the despatch on the raid on military and economic objectives in the Lofoten Islands (Norway) in March 1941, by Admiral Sir John C. Tovey, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet; and the despatch on the raid on military and economic objectives in the vicinity of Vaagso Island (Norway) in December 1941, by Admiral Sir John C. Tovey.This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an invaluable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British military history.

Author : R A Burt
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848321309
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Battleships 1919-1945 written by R A Burt and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superb reference book achieved the status of ‘classic’ soon after its first publication in 1993; it was soon out of print and is now one of the most sought-after naval reference books. And with good reason. Offering an unprecedented range of descriptive and illustrative detail, the author describes the evolution of the battleship classes through all their modifications and refits. As well as dealing with design features, armour, machinery and power plants and weaponry, he also examines the performance of the ships in battle and analyses their successes and failures; and as well as covering all the RN’s battleships and battlecruisers, he also looks in detail at the aircraft carrier conversions of the WWI battlecruisers Furious, Glorious and Courageous. British Battleships 1919-1939 is a masterpiece of research and the comprehensive text is accompanied by tabular detail and certainly the finest collection of photographs and line drawings ever offered in such a book. For this new edition the author has added some 75 new photographs, many of them having never appeared in print before, and the book has been completely redesigned to fully exploit the superb photo collection. A delight for the historian, enthusiast and ship modeller, it is a volume that is already regarded as an essential reference work for this most significant era in naval history and ship design.

Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783463074
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battleships: WWII Evolution of the Big Guns written by Philip Kaplan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with a pictorial essay on battleship construction in the 1930s and 1940s, this new book looks at the various design facets of the last great capital ships of the world's navies. Kaplan offers us a glimpse into those massive American and German navy yards and construction facilities that were put to use during this time, acquainting us with the arenas in which these final examples of battleship technology were laid down, built up, launched, fitted out, commissioned and taken out to sea. The book roots itself in a period of monumental change within the history of contemporary warfare. With the baton being passed from the battleship community to that of the aircraft carrier, the iconic battleship was gradually superseded by a new and even more threatening weapons system. It was destined to be consigned to the history books, whilst newer, slicker and more efficient fighting machines took precedence. This publication serves as a tribute to a lost legend of naval warfare. There is a look at some of modern history's most significant battleships, relaying their thrilling stories, defining characteristics and eventual fates. Ships featured include Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Warspite, Tirpitz and Yamato. The book is completed with 'Fast and Last', a visit on board the four final examples of battleship technology and design, the last serving battleships USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Wisconsin, and USS Missouri. Their Second World War careers are recounted, as are the qualities that made them special.