The First Destroyers

David Lyon

ISBN 10: 1840673648 / ISBN 13: 9781840673647

Published by Caxton Editions, 2001

About this Item

Drawing on Admiralty documents and plans, Lyon has compiled a collection of data on the early development of the Torpedo Boat Destroyers of the 1890s, up to the River class of 1900, used by the Royal Navy against their traditional enemy, the French.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Destroyers
• Publisher: Caxton Editions
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840673648
• ISBN 13: 9781840673647
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The Torpedo Boat Destroyers of the 1890s were among the most glamorous naval vessels ever built. With its superb plans and drawings this book is essential reference for all naval historians, enthusiasts and model-makers.

About the Author

DAVID LYON spent his working life at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, where for over twenty years he looked after the huge ships’ plans collection before becoming Curator of Naval Ordnance, then Head of Enquiries and finally Chief of Research of the Maritime Information Centre. He served in the Royal Navy Reserve and having qualified as a diving officer, was instrumental in the development of underwater archaeology in Britain, diving on the Mary Rose amongst others. He is a member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research and of the Nautical Museums Trust. He has written and lectured extensively both in Britain and abroad an his many publications include The Sailing Navy List, The Denny List, Steam, Steel and Torpedoes, and Sea Battles in Close-up: The Nelson Era. He has first-hand experience of all manner of craft and now shares with his wife a double-ended yole which they sail in the Thames estuary.