Description
| Product ID: | 9781472825803 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | New Vanguard |
| Title: | British Destroyers 1939–45 |
| Subtitle: | Wartime-built classes |
| Authors: | Author: Angus Konstam, Tony Bryan |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, Second World War, Naval forces and warfare, Military vehicles, Second World War, Naval forces & warfare, Military & naval ships, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Packed with photos and stunning new artwork, this is a concise history of the Royal Navy''s wartime-built destroyers, the backbone of the fleet. As the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the British Admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete with the new ships being built by Germany and Japan, resulting in the commissioning of the powerful Tribal-class. These were followed by the designing of the first of several slightly smaller ships, which carried fewer guns than the Tribals, but were armed with a greatly enlarged suite of torpedoes. The first of these, the "J/K/M class" was followed by a number of wartime variants, with slight changes to their weaponry to suit different wartime roles. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-11-30 |
