"This is the most comprehensive study yet in the English language of the German Imperial Navy's battlecruisers that served in the First World War. Known as Panzerkreuzer, literally 'armoured cruiser', the eight ships of the class were to be involved in several early North Sea sk…
This is the most comprehensive study yet in the English language of the German Imperial Navy's battlecruisers that served in the First World War. Known as Panzerkreuzer, literally 'armoured cruiser', the eight ships of the class were to be involved in several early North Sea ski…
Traces the development of Admiral Sir John Fisher's original idea into the first battlecruiser Invincible of 1908, through to the "Splendid Cats" of the Lion class, and culminating in the HMS Hood in 1918, the largest warship in the world for the next 20 years. Also covers the o…
Showcases the evolution of twentieth-century British battleship classes until the end of World War II, discussing design features, armor, machinery, power plants, and weaponry while analyzing the performance of the ships in battle.
"Unmatched for elegance and unequalled for size, for twenty years the battlecruiser Hood was the glory of the Royal Navy, flying the flag across the world in the twilight years of the British empire." "Here - in words, photographs and colour illustrations - is the story of her l…
This book discusses the concept of the Battlekreuzer. The German Gro'erkreuzers, as they were known, were built to strict financial limits, and therefore the German designs were always a compromise between the factors listed under design philosophy. Individual ship histories are…