Nelson to Vanguard: Warship Design and Development, 1923–1945An illustrated history and analysis of the Royal Navy’s warships before and during WWII—their design, development, and adaptation to new threats. Nelson to Vanguard, the third volume in D.K. Brown’s bestselling series on warship design and development, looks at the Royal Navy’s response to the restrictions placed on it by the Washington Naval Treaties in the interwar years, and analyzes the fleet that was constructed to fight the Second World War. The author focuses on the principal prewar developments, such as the first purpose-built aircraft carriers and the growing perception of the threat of air attack to warships. All the wartime construction programs are covered, such as the massive expansion in escort ships to counter the U-boat menace, and the development of the amphibious warfare fleet for the D-Day landings in 1944. Full analysis is also provided of the experience of wartime damage, as well as the once top secret pre- and postwar damage trials. Illustrated throughout with a superb collection of contemporary photographs and numerous line drawings, this now classic work is an essential read for naval historians and enthusiasts. |
Contents
One Battleships | |
Three Smaller and Cheaper Carriers | |
The London Treaty 1936 | |
Four Cruisers | |
Six Submarines | |
Seven Escorts | |
Nine Modernisations Updates and Scrapping | |
Shore Bombardment | |
Admiral Sir Reginald G H Henderson | |
The Strength of Ships | |
Damage to RN Armoured Hangar Carriers | |
Wartime Cruiser Building | |
Quality Steel | |
AntiAircraft Warfare between the Wars | |
USN Destroyer Machinery | |
Ten Wartime Damage | |
Eleven Production and Repair | |
Twelve What is a Good Design? | |
Appendices | |
Underwater Explosions | |
AntiDestroyer Guns | |
Docks | |
Submarine Stability | |
Seakeeping | |
The Fleet Train | |
Review of Principal Sources | |
Glossary and Abbreviations | |
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