Full Description
The evolution of the battleship through centuries of war, told by a nautical expert and author of The Mighty Hood.
During its reign from the sixteenth century to the mid-twentieth, the battleship was the most powerful weapon of war known to man. Strategically, it determined a war's outcome. Tactically, it dominated every sea battle. But at the Battle of Taranto in 1940 and the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, carrier-borne aircraft made a decisive display of superiority over the once-mighty battleship. Thus World War II heralded the end of the era of The Great Ship.
In The Great Ship, noted naval historian Ernle Bradford traces the evolution of battleships through centuries of conflict and innovation. Selecting one or two ships from each period, Bradford illustrates their use in action and the significant roles they played in the course of history.
Contents
Foreword
Chapter
Chapter Two - The King and the new Navy
Chapter Three - The Great Conflict
Chapter Four - Tactics and the Armada Campaign
Chapter Five - The Seventeenth Century
Chapter Six - The Ship of the Line and Frigates
Chapter Seven - The Great Change
Chapter Eight - The Age of Experiment
Chapter Nine - The New Era Begins
Chapter Ten - Onward-to Stalemate
Chapter Eleven - Sunset Years
Chapter Twelve - The End of the Great Ship
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