Full Description
From the dawn of civilization man has held a fascination with the sea, and over the centuries has built myriad ships and sailing craft for an equally diverse range of purposes. Encyclopedia of Warships provides a fascinating at-a-glance guide to more than 400 of the most important ships from ancient times to the present day. The book provides compact coverage of some of the most famous sailing ships, including San Martin, the flagship of the Spanish Armada; the steam frigate USS Powhatan, aboard which Commodore Matthew Perry negotiated the United States' first trade treaty with Japan in 1854; the Japanese World War II I-400-class carrier submarine, which was uniquely equipped with floatplanes; and the nuclear-powered supercarriers USS Enterprise and USS Nimitz, that dominated the world's oceans during the Cold War era. Each ship is illustrated with one or two accurate artworks - some of them cutaways - a photograph, an authoritative history on its development, production and service history and a box panel of essential specifications. Featuring more than 400 entries, from the Viking longship through the 16th-century galleon to the supercarriers and nuclear submarines of the 21st century, Encyclopedia of Warships includes every conceivable type of warship.
Contents
CONTENTS:
Introduction AGE OF SAIL Ancient War galleys Viking long boat Medieval Cog Henry Grace á Dieu San Martin Vasa Sovereign of the Seas Le Soleil Royal Venus HMS Southampton Mortar ketch (Royal Navy) HMS Victory Santísima Trinidad The Turtle USS Hancock Santa Ana Montañes USS Constitution USS Essex Chasse-marée Dhow Pirate junk Xebec Bucentaure HDMS Christian VII HMS Shannon USS Oneida Montebello USS Java USRC Morris
AGE OF STEAM USS Mississippi USS Powhatan USS Brooklyn HMS Victoria Gloire HMS Warrior USS Housatonic CSS Manassas USS Commodore Perry CSS Pioneer CSS Virginia USS Merrimack CSS Alabama Magenta USS New Ironsides USS Intelligent Whale (USA) SMS Kaiser Max USS Choctaw CSS Hunley CSS Tennessee HMS Research HMS Achilles CSS Stonewall HMS Bellerophon HMS Hercules SMS König Wilhelm HMS Devastation HMS Alexandra Redoutable HMS Cerberus Koning der Nederlanden Petr Veliki Fuso Italia HMS Inflexible Ting Yuen Aquidaban HMS Collingwood Formidable HMS Victoria Royal Sovereign SMS Worth Re Unberto Gustave Zede (France) USS Maine USS Indiana USS Oregon Jaureguiberry HMS Renown Charles Martel USS Iowa Fuji Argonaut (USA) USS Holland Kaiser Friedrich III Charlemagne Canopus USS Kearsarge Shikishima Peresviet HMS London Mikasa Herzogin Cecilie Protector (USA) Preussen Tsessarevitch Kniaz Potemkin HMS Dominion Schwaben B class (UK)
FROM DREADNOUGHT to WWI Dreadnought Republique Schleswig-Holstein Indomitable Vittorio Emanuele HMS Lord Nelson Nassau Satsuma U9 (Germany) Minas Gerais South Carolina Hercules Von der Tann USS Utah Lion Wyoming Viribus Unitis Derfflinger Kongo Courbet Dante Alighieri HMS Iron Duke Royal Oak Texas HMS E-11 (UK) UC-11 class (UC-25, Germany) Andrea Doria Queen Elizabeth Warspite Canada Fuso Provence Deutschland (Germany) Nevada Bayern HMS Royal Sovereign K-4 (USN) HMS Courageous Ise Mississippi HMS Furious U-139 (Germany) HMS Walker HMS Argus
INTERWAR Hood Nagato Jaime I Chacal (Jaguar class) destroyer HMS Eagle V-boats Rodney Chervonia Ukraina Akagi USS Lexington Argonaute '600' and '630' classes Oberon and Odin class Pisani and Mameli classes Kaga Koln Surcouf USS Pensacola HMS Glorious HMS Exeter Akatsuki class Alberto di Giussano class Leander class Giovanni delle Bande Nere River class S-class Leninets class HMS Porpoise and Grampus class Krasny Kavkaz USS Indianapolis Pola Lützow Graf Spee Algerie Type IA Type II Type VIIB Type VIIC Brooklyn class light cruiser New Orleans class cruiser De Ruyter Town class HMS Penelope Duca degli Abruzzi class Zuiho Salmon class Type IX U-class submarine Hiryu Soryu USS Yorktown Type 34 (Leberecht Maas) HMS Cossack Dunkerque Adua class Type C-1 HMS Eskimo Brooklyn class Z20 Karl Galster Type B-1 Kirov USS Enterprise HMS Ark Royal Gneisenau Marconi and Cagni classes
WWII Scharnhorst Yukikaze destroyer USS Sangamon HMS Kelly Yukikaze (Kagero class) Katori class Marconi and Cagni classes Type XB Type XIV Z30 destroyer Prinz Eugen HMS Howe HMS Jervis Bay Tashkent Littorio Gato class Bismarck Richelieu Yamato Vittorio Veneto Type KD6 & KD7 USS Wasp Type KS Ro 100 USS Washington HMS Prince of Wales Tirpitz Ariete HMS Anchusa (Flower class) Fairmile Type C CAM and MAC Ships HMS Audacity Shokaku HMS Indomitable CB-class midget submarine (Italy) Akitsuki (destroyer) Jun'yo USS Bogue HMS Jamaica USS Indiana Balao class X-class midget submarines Fletcher Class USS The Sullivans Fletcher Class USS Johnston Matsu class River class USS Wasp USS Iowa Landing Ship Tank, Mk III USS Independence USS Princeton USS Lexington USS Intrepid Unryu Type XXI Type XXIII Taiho Shinano Tench class Type I-400 Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) USS Missouri USS Guam Type I-201 USS Midway
COLD WAR HMS Vanguard HMS Eagle Quebec class USS Nautilus (SSN-571) USS Forrestal Romeo Class (Project 633) USS Skate Project 641 Foxtrot class (Soviet) Duperre class frigate Tribal class frigates USS Long Beach HMS Hermes/INS Viraat Project 659 Echo Class (Soviet) Clemenceau USS Enterprise HMS Dreadnought Project 58/Kynda-class missile cruiser County class destroyer HMS Fearless Suffren missile destroyer HMS Resolution (S22) (UK) Sturgeon class (USA) Leander class frigate Dedalo (Spanish carrier) Moskva class carrier Enrico Totti Project 671 Shchuka class Victor class Sjoormen Veinticinco de Mayo USS California Type 21 Amazon Krivak-class frigate Type 209 Sheffield class missile destroyer Swiftsure class (UK) Delta class submarine Tromp Jiangdong class frigate (Type 053) USS Virginia F76 Type Tourville-class frigate Spruance class Kiev USS Nimitz USS Tarawa Type 22 Broadsword class Kortenaer USS Los Angeles Kirov Sovremenny Project 705 Alfa Class (Soviet) Oliver Hazzard Perry class Ivan Rogov HMS Invincible USS Ohio Yuushio Tripartite Minehunter Natya Ticonderoga class Project 941 Akula class Slava class cruiser USS Carl Vinson Project 971 Shchuka-B class Rubis class Project 945A Kondor class Giuseppi Garibaldi Duke Type 23 Vastergotland Walrus class (Zeeleeuw) Duke class Type 26 frigate Wasp class LHD Principe de Asturias Ulla class Nazario Sauro class (Giuliano Prini)
MODERN ERA HMS Triumph (Trafalgar class) Arleigh Burke destroyer Vanguard class Project 949A - Kursk Admiral Kuznetsov La Fayette class frigate Collins class Improved Kilo (Project 636.3) / Orzel HTMS Chakri Naruebet Le Triomphant USS Seawolf HMS Ocean Dolphin class Luhai class (China) Victoria (ex-Upholder) class Fregate modulaire 400 FM400 Visby USS Virginia Astute Type 039G Song Charles de Gaulle USS Ronald R. Reagan Scorpène class Type 212A Mistral HMS Daring (Type 45) Type 039C / Yuan class Type 093 Shang Type 094 Type 214 (Papanikolis)/Dolphin II Cavour Type 054 frigate (China) America class amphibious assault ship USS Freedom (LCS-1) Soryu Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer Juan Carlos I Lada (Project 677) San Antonio class amphibious Liaoning Borei class (Project 955 and 955A) Project 885 Granei (Yasen class) HMAS Canberra Izumo Invincible class (Type 218SG) Zumwalt class destroyer Sea Hunter Medium Displacement USV (MDUSV) INS Arihant USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) HMS Queen Elizabeth USS Gerald R. Ford INS Vikrant Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate / Project 22350 F125 Baden-Württemberg-class frigate Belgorod Barracuda class (Suffren) Type 002 Shandong Type 055 Renhai class cruiser (China) Dokdo (South Korea) Type 075 landing helicopter dock KSS-III (Dosan Ahn Changho) Thaon di Revel-class (PPA) offshore patrol vessel Taigei-class submarines (29SS) Mogami class frigate Isaac Peral TCG Anadolu (L-400) Type 003 Fujian Trieste Constellation class frigate Project 17A Nilgiri-class frigate
Glossary
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