Angus Konstam

British Ironclads 1860-75

HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet'
Illustrator: Wright, Paul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The story of the greatest technological revolution in naval history - the birth of the steam-powered, iron-hulled warship, and the Royal Navy's battle to remain the most powerful in the world.

Produktdetails

• New Vanguard
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 182mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 180g
• ISBN-13: 9781472826893
• ISBN-10: 1472826892
• Artikelnr.: 50857190

Autorenporträt

Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney. Paul Wright has painted ships of all kinds for most of his career, specializing in steel and steam warships from the late 19th century to the present day. He is a Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and has illustrated the works of Patrick O'Brian, Dudley Pope and C.S. Forester amongst others.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Design & Development
Tactical Requirements
Armour
Ordnance
Propulsion
Life on Board
Ironclads in Action
Specifications
Bibliography