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Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century (Jane's)
 
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Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century (Jane's) (Hardcover)

by Bernard Ireland (Author), Tony Gibbons (Illustrator)
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Product details

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Collins (21 Oct 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0004709977
  • ISBN-13: 978-0004709970
  • Product Dimensions: 27.5 x 24.2 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 409,762 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Synopsis
This guide to the battleships of the 20th century includes every battleship launched after 1890, from the revolutionary "Dreadnought" to the warships of World War II, "Bismarck", "Hood" and the "New Jersey" class that survived to take part in the Vietnam and Gulf wars.

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Battleships
With its great guns, massive protection and imposing 'presence', the battleship occupies a dominant role in any consideration of yesterday's naval power. By World War I, the measure of maritime strength was based effectively on the number of a fleet's deployable capital ships, yet just twenty years later - it's numbers already greatly reduced, the battleship's crown was assumed by the aircraft carrier in a new style of maritime war. This volume deals, class by class, with the capital ships of all the leading powers, commen