This superb reference book achieved the status of ‘classic’ soon
after its first publication in 1993; it was soon out of print and is now one of
the most sought-after naval reference books.
And with good reason. Offering an unprecedented range of descriptive
and illustrative detail, the author describes the evolution of the battleship
classes through all their modifications and refits. As well as dealing with
design features, armour, machinery and power plants and weaponry, he also
examines the performance of the ships in battle and analyses their successes and
failures; and as well as covering all the RN’s battleships and battlecruisers,
he also looks in detail at the aircraft carrier conversions of the WWI
battlecruisers Furious, Glorious and Courageous.
British Battleships 1919-1939 is a masterpiece of research and the
comprehensive text is accompanied by tabular detail and certainly the finest
collection of photographs and line drawings ever offered in such a book. For
this new edition the author has added some 75 new photographs, many of them
having never appeared in print before, and the book has been completely
redesigned to fully exploit the superb photo collection.
A delight for the historian, enthusiast and ship modeller, it is a
volume that is already regarded as an essential reference work for this most
significant era in naval history and ship design.
