River Gunboats

Roger Branfill-Cook (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2016
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
978-1-59114-614-8 (ISBN)

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The first recorded engagement by a steam-powered warship took place on a river, when in 1824 the Honorable East India Company's gunboat Diana went into action on the Irrawaddy in Burma. In the 150 years that followed, river gunboats played a significant part in over forty campaigns and individual actions.

This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia describes vessels of every nation designed as river gunboats, plus those converted river steamers which took part in combat. Their story is brought up-to-date with data on current riverine combat vessels in service today.

ROGER BRANFILL-COOK is a qualified battlefield guide, a professional translator from French, and a writer on military subjects. His most recent book was Torpedo: The Complete History of the World's Most Revolutionary Naval Weapon.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.07.2017
Zusatzinfo	900 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Annopolis
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-59114-614-3 / 1591146143
ISBN-13	978-1-59114-614-8 / 9781591146148
Zustand	Neuware