British Guided Missile Destroyers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Guided Missile Destroyers write by Edward Hampshire. This book was released on 2016-05-19. British Guided Missile Destroyers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the years after World War II, new guided missile technology offered surface ships the chance to destroy airborne threats from afar, thereby preserving their role in naval warfare. This book examines the technology and combat performance of Britain's guided missile destroyers over half a century. Uniquely among modern destroyers, three of these classes have been tested in battle against the aircraft and missiles of another modern navy - in the Falklands War - as well as being deployed during the Gulf War. Written by an expert on British naval technology, this book assess the changing technology of the Royal Navy's destroyers over half a century, including an examination of the Royal Navy's newest and most capable warship, the Type 45.
Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer Manual - 2010 onward
Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer Manual - 2010 onward - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer Manual - 2010 onward write by Jonathan Gates. This book was released on 2014-12-01. Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer Manual - 2010 onward available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Haynes Manual on the Type 45 'Daring' is the first modern warship to be covered within manual form. It includes the story of the development, trials and entry into Royal Navy service of the Type 45, the anatomy of the Type 45, its propulsion system, radar command and control systems, weapons systems, and the captain and executive officer's views. The Type 45 'Daring' class is the largest and most powerful air defense destroyer class ever operated by the Royal Navy and the largest general purpose surface warship (excluding aircraft carriers and amphibious ships) to join the fleet since the Second World War cruisers. Author Jonathan Gates describes the development, trials and entry into Royal Navy service of the Type 45, the anatomy of the vessel, its propulsion system, radar command and control systems, weapons systems, and how the ship is operated at sea. The book is officially licensed with the Royal Navy.
British Cruisers
British Cruisers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Cruisers write by Norman Friedman. This book was released on 2011-01-24. British Cruisers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “An extraordinarily detailed account of the development of Royal Navy cruisers . . . a towering work” from the author of Fighting the Great War at Sea (Warship 2012). For most of the twentieth century, Britain possessed both the world’s largest merchant fleet and its most extensive overseas territories. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Royal Navy always showed a particular interest in the cruiser—a multipurpose warship needed in large numbers to defend trade routes and police the empire. Above all other types, the cruiser’s competing demands of quality and quantity placed a heavy burden on designers, and for most of the interwar period, Britain sought to square this circle through international treaties restricting both size and numbers. In the process, she virtually invented the heavy cruiser and inspired the large 6in-armed cruiser, neither of which, ironically, served her best interests. This book seeks to comprehend, for the first time, the full policy background—from which a different and entirely original picture of British cruiser development emerges. After the war, the cruiser’s role was reconsidered, and the final chapters of the book cover modernizations, the plans for missile-armed ships, and the convoluted process that turned the “through-deck cruiser” into the Invincible class light carriers. With detailed appendices of ship data, and illustrated in depth with photos and A.D. Baker’s specially commissioned plans, British Cruisers truly matches the lofty standards set by Friedman’s previous books on British destroyers. “Wow! . . . Lavishly illustrated with a photograph or line plan on almost every page. The text is packed with technical information, detail, and description of design, construction and application of these important ships.” —Clash of Steel
US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers
US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers write by Mark Stille. This book was released on 2020-02-20. US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN placed a great priority on developing air defence cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980. The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN's largest-ever missile cruiser. Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN's 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment.
Destroyers At Normandy: Naval Gunfire Support At Omaha Beach [Illustrated Edition]
Destroyers At Normandy: Naval Gunfire Support At Omaha Beach [Illustrated Edition] - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Destroyers At Normandy: Naval Gunfire Support At Omaha Beach [Illustrated Edition] write by William B. Kirkland. This book was released on 2015-11-06. Destroyers At Normandy: Naval Gunfire Support At Omaha Beach [Illustrated Edition] available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Includes numerous maps and illustrations. This monograph provides first-hand accounts of Destroyer Squadron 18 during this critical battle upon which so much of the success of our campaign in Europe would depend. Their experience at Omaha Beach can be looked upon as typical of most U.S. warships engaged at Normandy. On the other hand, from the author’s research it appears evident that this destroyer squadron, with their British counterparts, may have had a more pivotal influence on the breakout from the beachhead and the success of the subsequent campaign than was heretofore realized. Its contributions certainly provide a basis for discussion among veterans and research by historians, as well as a solid, professional account of naval action in support of the Normandy landings.
