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Battlecruiser HMS Hood: An Illustrated Biography 1916-1941

4 reviews
Bruce Taylor

Naval Institute Press, 2008

HMS Hood: An Illustrated History
This book is one of the best technical naval books I have come across in a long time. The author has done an immense amount of research and it shows! He is also an excellent writer and the information is presented in a most informative and interesting manner. The photographs are very inclusive and many have not been published before. The technical detail is wonderful: there are full ...

BATTLE-CRUISER HMS RENOWN 1916-48, THE
Peter Smith

Pen and Sword, 2008

This is the story of the Royal Navy battle-cruiser H.M.S. Renown, a famous ship with a long and distinguished operational career. Originally built for the First World War she subsequently served in the post-war fleet and took royalty around the world. Modernized just in time for World War Two, she re-joined the fleet in September, 1939 and for the first two years of the war her speed and heavy gun armament made her one of the most important ...

German Battlecruisers 1914-18 (New Vanguard)

2 reviews
Gary Staff

Osprey Publishing, 2006

Excellent with much detail
Osprey's two new volumes in British and German battlecruisers in the First World War present fresh insight into this important class of warships and their contributions to naval operations. German Battlecruisers 1914-18, New Vanguard 124, covers the seven German battlecruisers that operated during the First World. Unlike the volume on British battlecruisers, this volume focuses more on technical ...

Battleships and Battlecruisers

1 review
Richard Humble

Chartwell Books, 1983

Best of the "Coffee Table" books
The problem with finding this book today, is that it was printed in Spain. An American publisher should pick up its rights and afford the author an opportunity to get it up to date to include the last reactivations of the IOWA class Battleships and their premature inactivations. Mr. Humble lays his book out in an excellent outline of the development of Battleships from the days when heavily ...

Battlecruiser Invincible: The History of the First Battlecruiser, 1909-16 (Warship Design Histories)

2 reviews
V. E. Tarrant

Naval Inst Pr, 1987

Excellent Overview of the Career of the First Battlecruiser
Excellent History of the first ship of the battlecruiser type. These accounts tend to be colored by the popular dismisal of the battlecruiser as a flawed concept. This account gives insite into the other issues surrounding the implementation and the failure of the concept, rather than just dismissing the ship out of hand. Recommended

BATTLECRUISER HOOD: Revised Edition (Anatomy of the Ship)

4 reviews
John Roberts

Conway Maritime Press, 2003

The first of the "Anatomy of the Ship" series
This was the first book in the 36 books of the Anatomy of the ship series, published by Conway Maritime Press and the Naval Institute Press. Each book depicts an historical vessel. The Hood was the pride of the Royal Navy, and like the Titanic, unsinkable. Until it was sunk by the by the Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen. Why, because the deck armour was too thin. Anyway, this book was a revolution ...

Kongo Class Battlecruisers (Shipcraft, #9)
Steve Wiper

Classic Warship Books, 2007

64 pages. Includes scale plans, color profiles/plan views, model makers' showcase and in-depth model kit and accessory reviews. Illustrated with more than 110 photos and 10 pages of configuration and detail drawings.

British Battlecruisers 1914- 1918 (New Vanguard)

4 reviews
Lawrence Burr

Osprey Publishing, 2006

A Cut Above the Rest in New Vanguard
Naval aficionado Lawrence Burr has done something fairly unusual in an Osprey New Vanguard volume - he has introduced an original thesis and used the slim 48-page format to defend it, as well as to describe the actual subject in some detail. There is nothing stale or rehashed in this volume, but rather, a fresh look at a well-known story. Burr begins by stating that the standard view of British ...

Iowa Class Battleships and Alaska Class Large Cruisers Conversion Projects 1942-1964: An Illustrated ...

8 reviews
Wayne Scarpaci

Nimble Books LLC, 2008

OUTSIDE THE BOX
This is a new departure in warship history. Rather that reviewing the "what if" scenarios in text or in two dimentional line drawings, this author has utilized his artistic talents to bring to life these design concepts of alternate ideas for use of these warships. Especially interesting is the artwork for the Iowa Class Battleships converted to missile ships similar to the Albany class ...

Battlecruiser

3 reviews
Douglas Reeman

Arrow, 2004

Authentic WWII naval yarn with a human side
This is a fast-paced, entertaining story of the war at sea, and one of the few to be set on board a capital ship. Gunnery duels with a German heavy cruiser and an Italian battleship are both shown to be less one-sided than they might seem: a single 8-inch shell could pierce the battlecruiser's flimsy armour, while the battleship's greater strength may be outweighed by superior gunnery. As always ...

Battlecruisers (Shipshape)

2 reviews
John Roberts

Caxton Editions, 2004

Good book for the naval history buff
_Battlecruisers_ is, first and foremost, a design history of the British battlecruisers developed immediately before and after the First World War. As any student of naval history knows, battelcruisers combined large guns with high speed (and, consequently, light armor) in a package which some felt would eventually replace the battleship. This, of course, did not happen, and even 80 years ...

ShipCraft (Shipcraft 7) British Battlecruisers of the Second World War

1 review
Steve Backer

Seaforth Publishing, 2007

Great British Battlecruiser modellor reference
2007, paper covers, 8 1/2 x 11, 64 pages, prof illustrated., 32 color pages, , B&W and line drawings/ ....The latest in this series covers the three ships of this First World War type, Hood, Repulse and Renown, which survived to fight in the Second World War. Still the fastest capital ships in the world in 1939, their protection was not up to contemporary standards and two were famously ...

Battlecruiser VII: Death of a Dynasty
David Schleifer

AuthorHouse, 2008

THE FINAL BATTLE: Join Commander Janice Daria and the Battlecruiser Pegasus as they are recalled to assemble in the final conflict against the Drazakians. This is the last battle for the aged battlecruiser and the fate of peace lays with them. Enter a new Drazakian warlord, a traitous Admiral and the entry of the Skarrn War-fleet, all of it poised to vanquish a peace initiative to end the war. The Pegasus must not only fight against ...

Anatomy of the Ship. The Battlecruiser Hood

1 review
John Roberts

Conway Maritime Press, 1982

Everything you need to know about the Hood.
There was a time when the Battlecruiser Hood was the largest, fastest and most handsome capital ship in the world. She was also adored by the British public and in many ways came to symbolise everything that was supremely good about the Royal Navy. On 24 May 1941 the Hood was famously sunk by the Bismarck with only three of her crew of 1,419 surviving. It was an act which resulted in Churchill ...

Battleships of World War I: A Fully Illustrated Country-By-Country Directory Of Dreadnoughts, Including ...

2 reviews
Peter Hore

Southwater, 2007

Battleships of World War 1
An outstanding book!!!! Written very well with great pictures. Peter Hore knows his stuff!!! I highly recommend it.

British Battlecruisers 1939-45 (New Vanguard)

3 reviews
Angus Konstam

Osprey Publishing, 2003

Less Bang for the Buck
At first glance, Osprey New Vanguard #88, British Battle cruisers 1939-1945, is an attractively packaged and interesting summary about a very controversial class of warships. The back of the volume and the title suggests that this volume will provide detailed information about the three British battlecruisers - the Hood, Repulse and Renown - which served in the Second World War. Unfortunately, ...

Illustrated Guide to Battleships and Battlecruisers (Illustrated Guides Series)

1 review
John Jordan

Arco Pub, 1985

A Solid Reference Book
I must say that this book is a very precise and great reference book for anyone interested in World War II, US Navy battleships that fought hard. This book is very excellent in providing an clear picture of each class of ship and provides excellent statistics on each class, from the "Arkansas" to the "Wyoming", this book really helps you to understand these majestic ships and their lesser known ...

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