The Design and Construction of British Warships, 1939-1945 Volume 1: Major Surface Vessels; Volume 2: the Official Records Submarines, Escorts and Coastal Forces; Volume 3: Amphibious Warfare Vessels & Auxiliaries

E-379: Conway Maritime Press. Very Good. 1996. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1996. 3 Volumes. 159, 158, 168 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Set consists of: Volume 1: Major Surface Vessels, Volume 2: The Official Records, Submarines, Escorts and Coastal Forces, Volume 3: Amphibious Warfare Vessels & Auxiliaries At the end of the Second World War the Director of Naval Construction set the various design teams within his department the task of recording their wartime activities. All types were covered from the largest fleet carrier to the humblest tug, and the short summaries described the principal achievements of each design and distilled the lessons of combat. By a quirk of history these essays were never published. The contemporary illustrations intended for inclusion have been lost but a fine new selection is here incorporated, and the editor of the series, D. K. Brown, has added footnotes to explain obscure references and technical jargon. This volume includes submarines, corvettes and frigates, fleet mine sweepers and motor torpedo boats, and for those interested in the rationale of design and the performance of warships in battle it unlocks a vast source of fascinating and authentic original material upon which so much of postwar interpretation and analysis has been based. EB; 203 X 254 X 47 millimeters; 168 pages .