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British Destroyers 1939β45
Wartime-built classes
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See morePacked with photos and stunning new artwork, this is a concise history of the Royal Navy's wartime-built destroyers, the backbone of the fleet.
Packed with photos and stunning new artwork, this is a concise history of the Royal Navy's wartime-built destroyers, the backbone of the fleet.
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As the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the British Admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete with the new ships being built by Germany and Japan, resulting in the commissioning of the powerful Tribal-class.
These were followed by the designing of the first of several slightly smaller ships, which carried fewer guns than the Tribals, but were armed with a greatly enlarged suite of torpedoes. The first of these, the J/K/M class, was followed by a number of wartime variants, with slight changes to their weaponry to suit different wartime roles.
Designed to combat enemy surface warships, aircraft, and U-boats, the British built these destroyers to face off against anything the enemy could throw at them. Using a collection of contemporary photographs and beautiful colour artwork, this is a fascinating new study of the ships that formed the backbone of the Royal Navy during World War II.
British Destroyers 1939β45 by Angus Konstam delves into this pivotal aspect of naval history with engaging detail and vivid imagery.
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ISBN: 9781472825803
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 November 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Illustration: Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of colour illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 182.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 184g
Pages: 48
About the Author
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.]
Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years' experience who lives and works in Dorset. He worked for a number of years in Military Research and Development, and has a keen interest in military hardware. Tony has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the New Vanguard series.
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