A superbly illustrated history of the Royal Navyâ s World War II monitors â gunboats armed with a single, large-calibre gun turret â and their roles and battles around the world.
A superbly illustrated history of the Royal Navyâ s World War II monitors â gunboats armed with a single, large-calibre gun turret â and their roles and battles around the world.
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, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
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INTRODUCTION DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT The monitors of World War I The Erebus class The Roberts class OPERATIONAL HISTORY HMS Erebus HMS Terror HMS Roberts HMS Abercrombie The harbour monitors NAVAL GUNFIRE SUPPORT BIG-GUN CAPABILITIES MONITORS IN ACTION Operation Neptune Operation Infatuate SPECIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS FURTHER READING INDEX
INTRODUCTION DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT The monitors of World War I The Erebus class The Roberts class OPERATIONAL HISTORY HMS Erebus HMS Terror HMS Roberts HMS Abercrombie The harbour monitors NAVAL GUNFIRE SUPPORT BIG-GUN CAPABILITIES MONITORS IN ACTION Operation Neptune Operation Infatuate SPECIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS FURTHER READING INDEX
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