British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War & After

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Pen and Sword, 2012/10/22 - 352 ページ
“A comprehensive survey of the design history and development of the Royal Navy's greyhounds of the sea.”—WARSHIPS Magazine
 
Since World War II, the old categories of destroyer and frigate have tended to merge, a process that this book traces back to the radically different “Tribal” class destroyers of 1936. It deals with the development of all the modern destroyer classes that fought the war, looks at the emergency programs that produced vast numbers of trade protection vessels—sloops, corvettes and frigates—then analyzes the pressures that shaped the post-war fleet, and continued to dominate design down to recent years.
 
Written by America's leading authority and featuring photos and ship plans, it is an objective but sympathetic view of the difficult economic and political environment in which British designers had to work, and benefits from the author's ability to compare and contrast the US Navy's experience. Norman Friedman is renowned for his ability to explain the policy and strategy changes that drive design decisions, and his latest book uses previously unpublished material to draw a new and convincing picture of British naval policy over the previous seventy years and more.
 
Includes photos
 

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Introduction
Beginning the Slide Towards
What Sort of Destroyer?
Defending Trade
The War Emergency Destroyers
New Destroyer Classes
Wartime Ocean Escorts
The Postwar Destroyer
The Search for Numbers
The General Purpose Frigate
The Second Postwar Generation
The PostCarrier Generation
The Future
Bibliography
Data Tables
List of Ships

ABCD
The Missile Destroyer
defence
The 1945 Frigate and Her Successors

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NORMAN FRIEDMAN is arguably America s most prominent naval analyst, and the author of more than thirty books covering a range of naval subjects, including Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns & Gunnery and Naval Weapons of World War One.

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