The Illustrated Directory of Warships From 1860 to the Present Day
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Book Overview
Covering every major warship type from the American ironclads of the 1860s through today's super-sophisticated aircraft carriers, this fact-filled directory describes more than 200 fighting vessels,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1840652608
ISBN13:9781840652604
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:Salamander Books Limited
Length:480 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A Compact and useful guide to warships from 1860 to the early 2000s.
Published by Boskov01 , 1 day ago
This book is a handy reference guide covering various battleships, carriers, destroyers, and cruisers for 140 years. It's mostly photographs over illustrations like in other books of the series, but it's still fairly comprehensive in its listing. It doesn't dive too deeply into most ships, giving a paragraph or two covering their history and notable conflicts, while also providing some useful stats and data. Perhaps one of the most useful bits of data is how the book lists the armaments using both inches and millimeters instead of just one or the other.
In terms of size, the book should fit on just about any shelf too.
Fantastic book for the size and price
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Fantastic directory! I have many naval books (about 200) and this is the first one that covers 141 years and I can take with me where ever I go! Imagine doing this with Conway's All the Worlds Fighting Ships (this is a 4 book series covering the same period, and big books at that).It doesn't cover every ship of the period but for its size and price its superb! As for the missing classes Mr. Corwin notes, I agree but its O.K., except for one, the Talwar class entered service in 2003, the book was published in 2001. In mine oppinion there is only one serious mistake: the Hydra class where battleships not cruisers, I know I am Greek!
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