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British Aircraft Carriers
David Hobbs
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Description for British Aircraft Carriers
Hardcover. The most comprehensive treatment of the subject ever published Authoritative text by a highly regarded expert Heavily illustrated, including colour plans Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 251 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2008.
This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each class, with full technical details, and there are extensive summaries of every ship's career. Apart from the obvious large-deck carriers, the book also includes seaplane carriers, escort carriers and MAC ships, the maintenance ships built on carrier hulls, unbuilt projects, and the modern LPH. It concludes with a look at the future of naval aviation, while numerous ... Read more
This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each class, with full technical details, and there are extensive summaries of every ship's career. Apart from the obvious large-deck carriers, the book also includes seaplane carriers, escort carriers and MAC ships, the maintenance ships built on carrier hulls, unbuilt projects, and the modern LPH. It concludes with a look at the future of naval aviation, while numerous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Seaforth Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
2013g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848321380
SKU
V9781848321380
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-14
About David Hobbs
DAVID HOBBS served 33 years as a RN pilot, and since retirement he has spent a period as Curator of the Fleet Air Arm Museum and become the author of many highly regarded books, including A Century of Naval Aviation (2009) and The British Pacific Fleet (2011).
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