British Battleships 1914-1918 (2) (Osprey New Vanguard 204)

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Автор: Angus Konstam

Название: British Battleships 1914-1918 (2): The Super Dreadnoughts

Издательство: Osprey Publishing

Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 204

ISBN: 1780961707

Год: 2013

Формат: PDF (e-book)

Страниц: 50

Размер: 3 Mb

Язык: English

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In 1906, the Germans began building their own dreadnought fleet armed with larger guns, word of which soon reached the British Admiralty. This raised the spectre that the British dreadnought fleet would be outgunned, and prompted the Admiralty to order the building of their own “super dreadnoughts”. The first of these new dreadnoughts were laid down in 1909, and entered service three years later. The British public supported this programme, and the slogan “we want eight and cannot wait” became popular, a reference to the building of eight of these super dreadnoughts. Four more super dreadnoughts entered service in 1914. By then the Admiralty had developed a new programme of “fast battleships”, armed with 15-inch guns.