The period from 1860 to 1905 was one of remarkable technical development in ship design. In this book, David Brown brings his knowledge and experience as a warship designer to the story of the transformation of capital ships from the fully-rigged broadside ironclads of the mid-nineteenth century to the turbine-powered Dreadnought battleships and ...
H.M.S. Warrior, 'the black snake among rabbits' was Britain's first iron-clad warship. The author describes this most revolutionary warship of her time, perhaps of all time, explains why she fell into disuse and, in doing so, covers some of the wider issues relating to naval warfare during this important period of British history. The book has ...
HMS Warrior was launched in 1860 at a critical moment in the history of ship development -- a time when iron was taking over from wood, the turret gun from the broadside, and steam from sail. The most significant vessel of her generation, the Warrior offers a fleeting situation of the old and new side by side. In building a working model of this ...
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