- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: US Naval Institute Press (January 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1591147050
- ISBN-13: 978-1591147053
- Product Dimensions: 29 x 23.6 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 Kg
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,381,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fascinating, but don't let this be your first book about modern warships, Oct 24 2005
By With Favourable Winds - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rebuilding the Royal Navy, Volume 4: Warship Design Since 1945 (Hardcover)
The consummately experienced D. K. Brown herein offers an enrapturing look into the design and construction of postwar ships for the Royal Navy. It is not a history of the ships by any means; rather, it is a history of their design. Brown offers insight into designers' minds, discussing why decisions were made and weighing their merit. For example, many wonder why two classes of similarly-sized escorts (Types 42 & 22) were built simultaneously. Brown explains that because of the different roles the ships were designed for, and hence different equipment and other requirements, a common hull would probably have proven less efficient. He also describes in detail the evolution of strategic thinking and design philosophy that came about after the cancellation of the CVA-01 large carrier cancelled in 1966. Together with the politics and economics of modern warship building, Brown reviews some of the advances to the art of naval architecture made by Royal Navy constructors since the last world war, and looks ahead to some new developments on the horizon.
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Very good indeed, April 12 2010
By Reader #6 - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Rebuilding the Royal Navy, Volume 4: Warship Design Since 1945 (Hardcover)
AS with any book on this sort of subject the text is very technical in places and often very dry. However I found it worth every penny and would recommend this to any serious scholar of the subject of the post 1945 Royal Navy.
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