Battleships [#990594]

Free Download Antony Preston - Battleships
Hamlyn | 1981 | ISBN: 060034942X | English | 200 pages | PDF | 131.69 MB
This lavishly illustrated book offers a concise history of the battleship from the end of the Age of Sail to the Iowa Class. Focusing on the world wars has been common in such books; this one also covers the pre-Dreadnaught era, and does it well. There are ample photos of the ships themselves, of scale models, and line drawings. The text was written by a lover of the big ships, as is evident in the section on H.M.S. Vanguard, the last British battleship, described as, "a magnificant sea boat," that handled beautifully, without the lumbering movements of less aquadynamic vessels. This is the good book for beginners who want a short, conplete history of ships the like of which we'll never see again.