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Naval Guns
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Author : Hans Mehl
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2002
Naval Guns written by Hans Mehl and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The history of naval artillery is a long and complex one and this highly-illustrated, single-volume work sets out to present a coherent story which will appeal both to the enthusiast as well as to the scholar and expert. It starts with the earliest guns, the bronze-cast cannon, which were cast employing the same technology as used for making church bells. A plethora of guns were soon to develop and along with them a multiplicity of names: basilisk, bombard, culverin, drake, minion, saker, passavolante, serpentine, and many others. By the end of the seventeenth century this muzzle-loading, smoothbore weapon had pretty well reached the zenith of its development and not until the introduction of armour and the explosive shell in the nineteenth century was there any fundamental change. With the development of breech loading and rifled barrels the rate of fire, range and accuracy improved dramatically. Today the navies of the world have fully automatic guns which load, train, lay and fire themselves with deadly accuracy.
Shells And Shell Guns
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Author : John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856
Shells And Shell Guns written by John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with Crimean War, 1853-1856 categories.
Ships Of Oak Guns Of Iron
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Author : Ronald Utt
language : en
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Release Date : 2012-12-04
Ships Of Oak Guns Of Iron written by Ronald Utt and has been published by Regnery Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-04 with History categories.
Chronicles the naval history of the War of 1812 and the birth of the United States Navy, when a small American force stunningly defeated the powerful British Navy in a series of battles.
The 50 Gun Ship
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Author : Rif Winfield
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 1997
The 50 Gun Ship written by Rif Winfield and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fiction categories.
By the end of the sailing era the 50-gun ship had become regarded as a hybrid, too small to stand in the line of battle, and lacking the speed and hardiness of the frigate, so it has often been dismissed as a naval architectural dinosaur left over from an earlier age. This book aims to reveal the crucial role of the 50-gun ship in the development of both the battleship and the frigate, and explains the enduring role which ensured the survival of the type into the 19th century. Charting its origins in the pre-Commonwealth frigates, the author follows the development of the type in the 18th century and its gradual transition from battlefleet to heavy cruiser role, highlighting its revival for the special conditions of colonial warfare during the American Revolution. Thereafter they were employed as peacetime flagships for distant stations, achieving final glory leading small craft in anti-invasion operations during the Napoleonic War. The Leopard is the subject of the cutaway drawings.
Guns At Sea
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Author : Peter Padfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Guns At Sea written by Peter Padfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with History categories.
A boy's devotion to soup leads to a position in Le Ritz restaurant in Paris.
Papers And Discussions On Ships Guns And Armor
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Author : United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Papers And Discussions On Ships Guns And Armor written by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Armored vessels categories.
The Gun Ram And Torpedo
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Author : Sir Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
The Gun Ram And Torpedo written by Sir Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Gunnery categories.
The Eclipse Of The Big Gun
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Author : Robert Gardiner
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1992
The Eclipse Of The Big Gun written by Robert Gardiner and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Consulting editor David K. Brown. Chronicles the battleship from its reign as arbiter of sea power in the early twentieth century to its defeat at the hands of air power in World War II.
Naval Anti Aircraft Guns Gunnery
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Author : Norman Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-21
Naval Anti Aircraft Guns Gunnery written by Norman Friedman and has been published by Seaforth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-21 with History categories.
A winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature gives “an excellent overview of the problems involved in shooting at airplanes from ships.” (Coast Defense Journal). This book does for naval anti-aircraft defense what the author’s Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery—it makes a highly complex but historically crucial subject accessible to the layman. It chronicles the growing aerial threat from its inception in the First World War, and the response of each of the major navies down to the end of the Second, highlighting in particular the widely underestimated danger from dive-bombing. Central to this discussion is an analysis of what effective AA fire-control required, and how well each navy's systems actually worked. It also takes in the weapons themselves, how they were placed on ships, and how this reflected the tactical concepts of naval AA defense. Renowned military historian Norman Friedman offers striking insights he argues, for example, that the Royal Navy, so often criticized for lack of “air-mindedness,” was actually the most alert to the threat, but that its systems were inadequate—not because they were too primitive but because they tried to achieve too much. The book summarizes the experience of WW2, particularly in theaters where the aerial danger was greatest, and a concluding chapter looks at post-1945 developments that drew on wartime lessons. All important guns, directors and electronics are represented in close-up photos and drawings, and lengthy appendices detail their technical data. It is, simply, another superb contribution to naval technical history by its leading exponent.
The 100 Gun Ship Victory
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Author : John McKay
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2000
The 100 Gun Ship Victory written by John McKay and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Forever associated with Nelson's last battle at Trafalgar, Victory is one of the most famous ships of all time. An example of the ultimate sailing warship--the three-decker First Rate--Victory was the most popular and successful 100-gun ship of the period, the flagship of half a dozen famous admirals. First published in 1987 in the Anatomy of the Ship series and now updated, this volume provides the most detailed description and illustrations of the Victory available anywhere. A pictorial section contains numerous clear photographs emphasizing close-up and on-board views of ship equipment and spaces. Three hundred perspective and three-view drawings, with fully descriptive keys, illustrate every detail of the ship, including hull construction, masts and yards, armament, rigging, decoration and fittings. These accurate and totally comprehensive drawings offer ship buffs, historians, and model makers a full view of the ship and her position in the development of the First Rate.