British town class cruisers
Waters, Conrad2019
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Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British 'Town' class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when the Second World War began. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the US and Japanese Navies and primarily designed for the defence of trade, they saw arduous service in a wide range of roles, playing a decisive part in victories such as the Battle of the Barents Sea and the destruction of the German Scharnhorst at the North Cape. The cost was heavy: four of the ships were lost and the other six all survived heavy damage, in some cases on more than one occasion. In this major study, Conrad Waters makes extensive use of archive material to provide a technical evaluation of the 'Town' class design and its subsequent performance.
Main title:
British town class cruisers / Conrad Waters.
Author:
Waters, Conrad, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Seaforth Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
320 pages
ISBN:
9781526718853 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1185330
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