Friday, August 29, 2014

British Battleships 1889-1904 New Revised Edition, R A Burt.

British Battleships 1889-1904 New Revised Edition, R A Burt.

Magnificent study of the Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought battleships, amongst the most powerful ships in the world when built, but seen as obsolete by the outbreak of war in 1914. Traces the development of the 'classic' pre-dreadnought design and the slow increase in the power of the secondary armament, leading up to the all-big gun ships that followed.
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