Name: Battleship Duke of York: An Anatomy From Building to Breaking (en Inglés)
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Author: Ian Buxton; Ian Johnston
ISBN: 9781526777294

portada Battleship Duke of York: An Anatomy From Building to Breaking (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Seaforth Publishing

Autor

Ian Buxton; Ian Johnston

Año

2021

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

256

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781526777294

Categorías

Segunda guerra mundial - (c. 1939-c. 1945)
Segunda guerra mundial

Battleship Duke of York: An Anatomy From Building to Breaking (en Inglés)

Ian Buxton; Ian Johnston (Autor) · Seaforth Publishing · Tapa Dura

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Unlike the United States, which has preserved a number of battleships as museums or memorials, not a single British dreadnought survives in the country that invented them. This book is an ambitious attempt to achieve the next best thing--a level of documentation in plans, photographs and words that portrays every aspect of the ship, albeit in two dimensions. Although the ship was chosen primarily because of the wealth of source material, Duke of York enjoyed a distinguished wartime career that included sinking the German battleship Scharnhorst in 1943 and serving as the flagship of the British Pacific Fleet in 1945, so is a fitting subject for such in-depth treatment. The core of the book is the reproduction in full color of a complete set of as-fitted plans of the ship, including many details and close-ups. These are complemented by an unusually thorough set drawn after the ship's major refit in March 1945, showing all the modifications undertaken to prepare the ship for service alongside the US Navy in the Pacific. Photographic coverage begins with the stunning views taken by the builder's professional cameraman during every stage of construction, continues with many shots of the ship during her active service, and concludes with an illustrated chronology of the breaking up. This last is included not just for completeness but because photos of the ship at various stages of demolition demonstrate many aspects of the interior structure, compartments and their fittings that are otherwise invisible. While the emphasis may be primarily visual, the accompanying narrative and captions display the expertise and in-depth knowledge of the authors, making the text as enlightening as the illustration. The result is a uniquely comprehensive portrait of a great ship in all its complexity, and a book that no warship enthusiast will want to miss.