Daring Class Destroyers by Mccart Neil (5 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. Well illustrated histories of all the members of this significant class of early post-war Royal Navy Destroyers and their Australian sisters. 229pp. VG clean copy in dust wrapper. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Format is approximately 8 inches by 9.75 inches. x, 230 pages. Illustrated endpaper. Illustrations. Appendix. This work has separate Parts on HMS's Daring, Diamond, Duchess, Defender, Dainty, Decoy, Delight, and Diana and HMAS's, Voyager, Vendetta, Vampire, and Duchess. Neil McCart joined the Royal Navy and served for eleven years, including the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. He is the author of over 30 books on British passenger liners and warships of the Royal Navy. The Daring class was a class of eleven destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed after World War II, and entering service during the 1950s, eight ships were constructed for the RN, and three ships for the RAN. Two of the RN destroyers were subsequently sold to and served in the Peruvian Navy (MGP). A further eight ships were planned for the RN but were canceled before construction commenced, while a fourth RAN vessel was begun but was canceled before launch and broken up on the slipway. The Daring-class ships were both the largest and most heavily armed ships serving in Commonwealth navies to be classified as destroyers. They were intended to fill some of the duties of Cruisers, which post WW2 were considered both expensive and obsolete by Naval Planners, and were briefly officially considered a hybrid type (Darings) before being rated as destroyers. They were also the last destroyers of the RN and RAN to possess guns as their main armament (instead of guided missiles), which saw use during the Indonesian Confrontation and the Vietnam War. The Daring-class destroyers were in service in the RN and RAN from the 1950s to the 1980s. Following decommissioning, two RN Darings were sold to Peru, which operated one ship until 1993 and the other until 2007. One ship of the class is preserved: HMAS Vampire as a museum ship at the Australian National Maritime Museum. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.