British Town Class Cruisers
Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British "Town" class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when World War II began. and Japanese navies and primarily designed for the defense of trade, they saw arduous service in a wide ra… Celý popis ↓
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British Town Class Cruisers
Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British "Town" class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when World War II began. and Japanese navies and primarily designed for the defense of trade, they saw arduous service in a wide range of roles, playing a decisive part in victories such as the Battle of the Barents Sea and the destruction of the German Navy's Scharnhorst at the North Cape. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the U.S.
He outlines the class's origins in the context of interwar cruiser policy, explains the design and The cost was heavy: four of the ships were lost and the other six all survived heavy damage, in some cases on more than one occasion.In this major study, Conrad Waters makes extensive use of archive material to provide a technical evaluation of the "Town" class design and its subsequent performance.
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