The Battleship Builders: Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships

Ian Johnston

ISBN 10: 1848320930 / ISBN 13: 9781848320932

Published by Seaforth Publishing, 2013

About this Item

256 pages. 10.24x7.95x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # zk1848320930

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Battleship Builders: Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships
• Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848320930
• ISBN 13: 9781848320932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.22 kilograms

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Synopsis

The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world's first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. This title charts the rise of the large industrial conglomerates that were key to this success, looks at their reaction to fast-moving technical changes, and analyses the politics of funding this vast national effort, both before and during the Great War.

About the Author

IAN JOHNSTON has had a lifelong interest in shipbuilding, and has written histories of both John Brown's and Beardmore's. His most recent book, Clydebank Battlecruisers, was published in 2011. IAN BUXTON, a retired naval architect, is an acknowledged expert on shipbuilding, and is perhaps best known for his book Big Gun Monitors.