Clydebank Battlecruisers

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Автор: ian johnston

Название: Clydebank Battlecruisers

Издательство: Seaforth Publishing

Год: 2011

Формат: EPUB

Страниц: 192

Размер: 70 Mb

Язык: English

Between 1906 and 1920 the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers, each one bigger than the last, culminating in the mighty Hood, the largest warship of her day. If Tiger is regarded as a modification of the Lion class design, this represents every step in the evolution of these charismatic, and controversial, ships. Like most shipyards of the time, Clydebank employed professional photographers to record the whole process of construction, using large-plate cameras that produced pictures of stunning clarity and detail; but unlike most shipyard photography, Clydebank s collection has survived, although very few of the images have ever been published.