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British battlecruisers : 1905-1920

Roberts, John, 1945 January 16- author

Overview

\"The brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. Conceived as \"super-cruisers\" whose job it was to hunt down and destroy commerce raiders, their size and gun-power led to their inclusion in the battlefleet as a fast squadron of capital ships. This book traces in detail the development of Fisher's original idea into the first battlecruiser Invincible of 1908, through to the \"Splendid Cats\" of the Lion class, and culminating in HMS Hood in 1920, the largest warship in the world for the next twenty years. The origins of the unusual \"light battlecruisers\" of the Courageous type are also covered.\" - publisher

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Subject: Battle cruisers Great Britain. / Cruisers (Warships) Great Britain History 20th century. / World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations, British.
• ISBN: 9781591149156, 1591149150

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
V820.5.G7 R5998 2016B	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE