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British Aircraft Carriers - Design, Development & Service Histories

A meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each class, with full technical details, and there are extensive summaries of every ship's career.

Apart from the obvious large-deck carriers, the book also includes seaplane carriers, escort carriers and MAC ships, the maintenance ships built on carrier hulls, unbuilt projects, and the modern LPH.
It concludes with a look at the future of naval aviation, while numerous appendices summarise related subjects like naval aircraft, recognition markings and the circumstances surrounding the loss of every British carrier.

As befits such an important reference work, it is heavily illustrated with a magnificent gallery of photos and plans, including the first publication of original plans in full colour, one on a magnificent gatefold.
Written by the leading historian of British carrier aviation, himself a retired Fleet Air Arm pilot, it displays the authority of a lifetime's research combined with a practical understanding of the issues surrounding the design and operation of aircraft carriers. As such "British Aircraft Carriers" is certain to become the standard work on the subject.

Autor:	David Hobbs
Szczegóły:	384 strony, 29 x 24.5 cm, twarda oprawa
Ilustracje:	bogato ilustrowana
Wydawca:	Seaforth Publishing (GB, 2013)
EAN:	9781848321380

British Aircraft Carriers 1939-45 (Osprey)

With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s. In 1938, the Royal Navy launched the HMS Ark Royal, its first-ever purpose-built aircraft carrier. This was quickly followed by others, including the highly-successful Illustrious class.
Smaller and tougher than their American cousins, the British carriers were designed to fight in the tight confines of the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Over the next six years, these carriers battled the Axis powers in every theatre, attacking Italian naval bases, hunting the Bismark, and even joining the fight in the Pacific.

This book tells the story of the small, but resilient, carriers and the crucial role they played in the British war effort.

Autor:	Angus Konstam
Szczegóły:	48 strony, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.4 cm, miękka oprawa
Ilustracje:	bogato ilustrowane, zdjęcia i rysunki (z/w i kleur)
Wydawca:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2010)
Seria:	New Vanguard (168)
EAN:	9781849080798

British Escort Carriers 1941-45 (Osprey)

In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain's maritime lifeline. Facing a shortage of traditional aircraft carriers and shore-based aircraft, the Royal Navy, as a stopgap measure, converted merchant ships into small 'escort carriers'. These were later joined by a growing number of American-built escort carriers, sent as part of the Lend-Lease agreement.

The typical Escort Carrier was small, slow and vulnerable, but it could carry about 18 aircraft, which gave the convoys a real chance to detect and sink dangerous U-Boats. Collectively, their contribution to an Allied victory was immense, particularly in the long and gruelling campaigns fought in the Atlantic and Arctic.

Illustrated throughout with detailed full-colour artwork and contemporary photographs, this fascinating study explores in detail how these adaptable ships had such an enormous impact on the outcome of World War II's European Theatre.

Autor:	Angus Konstam
Szczegóły:	48 strony, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm, miękka oprawa
Ilustracje:	zdjęcia czarno-białe, rysunki kolorowe
Wydawca:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2019)
Seria:	New Vanguard
EAN:	9781472836250

Geleitflugzeugträger - USA, England, Japan 1939-1945 (Typenkompass)

Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges ergänzte ein kleiner Hilfsflugzeugträger die bestehenden Trägerflotten. Dieser wurde als Geleitflugzeugträger oder kurz als Geleitträger bezeichnet.
Die bei weitem größte Anzahl bauten die USA, aber auch England und Japan wandelten vorhandene Schiffe - oftmals Handelsschiffe - in Geleit- und Hilfsträger um.

Jedes Schiff wird mit Hilfe eines Fotos, einer historischen Beschreibung und technische Daten dargestellt.

Autor:	Ingo Bauernfeind
Szczegóły:	112 strony, 20.5 x 14 cm, miękka oprawa
Ilustracje:	153 zdjęć czarno-białych i 5 kolorowych, 8 rysunki
Wydawca:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2013)
Seria:	Typenkompass
EAN:	9783613035973