HMS Cavalier: Destroyer 1944 (Seaforth Historic Ships)

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Автор: Richard Johnstone-Bryden

Название: HMS Cavalier: Destroyer 1944 (Seaforth Historic Ships)

Издательство: Seaforth Publishing

Год: 2015

Формат: EPUB

Страниц: 128

Размер: 172 Mb

Язык: English

HMS Cavalier is a C -Class destroyer, one of 96 War Emergency Programme destroyers that were ordered between 1940 and 1942. She saw action on convoy duty off Russia, and later, in 1945, was sent to the Far East where she provided naval gunfire support during the battle of Surabaya. She continued with the British Pacific Fleet until May 1946. Now designated as a war memorial to the 142 RN destroyers and 11,000 men lost during WWII, she is on display at Chatham Historic Dockyard. As is the case for many museum ships there is a surprising shortage of informative and well illustrated guides, for reference during a visit or for research by enthusiasts - ship modellers, naval buffs, historians or students.