Ships
The History and Specifications of 300 World-Famous Ships
Published on 14. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-78274-551-8 (ISBN)
Description
Fully illustrated in a striking landscape format, Ships contains 300 mercantile and military vessels arranged in chronological order, from ancient times to the present day. Every type of vessel from every part of the world is featured, from Phoenician war galleys from 1500BC, through the graceful trading clippers of the nineteenth century, to the sophisticated and heavily armed submarines of the nuclear era.
In these information-packed pages you will find out about ancient galleys, Viking longships, medieval cogs, galleasses, galleons, men-of-war sailing ships, coastal gunboats, iron-clad steam boats, dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. Many well-known ships are included, such as Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic, the infamous German World War II battlecruiser Bismarck and many, many more.
Each ship is illustrated with a colourful artwork, while lively text offers a concise service history of the ship and a specification box provides comprehensive technical data, including displacement, dimensions, machinery, armament, speed and complement.
In these information-packed pages you will find out about ancient galleys, Viking longships, medieval cogs, galleasses, galleons, men-of-war sailing ships, coastal gunboats, iron-clad steam boats, dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. Many well-known ships are included, such as Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic, the infamous German World War II battlecruiser Bismarck and many, many more.
Each ship is illustrated with a colourful artwork, while lively text offers a concise service history of the ship and a specification box provides comprehensive technical data, including displacement, dimensions, machinery, armament, speed and complement.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Amber Books Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 8 to 99 years
Product notice
Flexible plastic/vinyl cover
Illustrations
Index; Halftones, color; Halftones, black and white; Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 122 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78274-551-8 (9781782745518)
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Person
Chris Bishop was a specialist author writing many books on military history and military technology. He was the author of Kriegsmarine U-Boats 1939-45, The Rise of Hitler's Third Reich, the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II and The Military Atlas of World War II. He died in 2008.
Content
Introduction
Cheops ship/Egyptian warship
Phoenician cargo ship
Greek War Galley
Roman War Galley
Roman/Mediterranean cargo ship
Viking longship
English warship/Christopher
Hanseatic Cog
Chinese Junk
Nao
Caravel/Caravel
Redonda/Nina Carrack/Santa Maria
Great Harry
Galleon/San Martin
Mediterranean Galley
Ark Royal
Slave Carrack
St Louis
Sovereign of the Seas
Fluyt
Galleass
Dutch Frigate
Le Soleil Royal
Chebeck
Bucintoro
Boston
Endeavour
Victory
Santissima Trinidad
South Carolina
Turtle
Bounty
74-gun ship/Vanguard
Constitution
Essex
Fulton
Claremont
Astrolabe
Demologos
Morris
Sirius
Great Western
Jane Gifford
Congress
Great Britain
Bertha
Washington
Agamemnon
Powhatan
Bretagne
Gloire
Warrior
Alabama
Monitor/Monadnock
Banshee
Hope/Savannah
Parramatta
Adelaide
Canada
Friedrich Karl
Natchez
Devastation
City of Berlin
Collingwood
Dogali
Charleston
Gymnote
Lawhill
Texas
Havoc
Louisville/St. Louis
Esmerelda
Forban
Majestic
D'Entrecasteaux
Fuji
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Chateaurenault
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Bayan
Mikasa
Deutschland
Blucher
Discovery
Bainbridge
Thomas W Lawson
Archibald Russel
Lusitania
Chester class
Dreadnought
Scharnhorst (Gneisenau)
Invincible
Emden
Wyoming
Michigan/Delaware class
Titanic
Courbet class
Gangut/Octyabr Revolutskya
Cap Trafalgar
E-class submarine
Kongo class/Haruna
Queen Elizabeth class
Fuso
Nevada class
U-21
Baden
Pennsylvania/Arizona
R class/Royal Oak
Courageous class
Furious
M1/M2
New Mexico class/Idaho
Eagle
Hood
Hermes
Java
Akagi/Kaga
William G Mather
Lexington class
Nelson class
Takao class (Myoko)
Koln
Infanta Beatriz
Ardent/A class
Exeter/York
Amerigo Vespucci
Zara
Conte di Savoia
Rex
Indianapolis
Achilles/Leander Class
Astoria
Fantasque class
Town class/Belfast
Queen Mary
Graf Spee/Deutschland class
Mogami
Normandie
Condottiere class
Dunkerque
La Galissonniere/Gloire
Brooklyn class
Scharnhorst class
Type II
Type VII
Yorktown class
Giulio Cesare (modernised)
Tromp
Ark Royal
Soryu/Hiryu
Tribal class
Vittorio Veneto
Niew Amsterdam
Atlantis
Hipper class
K, J and N classes/Kelly
T-class subs
T-class (German)
Z class
Shokaku/Zuikaku
Audacity
Bismarck class
Hunt class/Atherstone
Illustrious/Indomitable class
Kagero class/Hamakaze
Marconi class
Renown 2nd mod
Richelieu
S boote
Flower class/Acanthus
King George V class/Howe
Wasp
North Carolina/Washington
Ognevoi class
PC class
Type IX
V and W classes (modernised)/Walker
Yamato class
J, O and P classes
Akitsuki
Gato class
RO class
South Dakota class
Baltimore class
Bogue class
Essex class
Fletcher class
Independence class
Iowa class
S-class subs/Seraph
S-W classes
Ashland LSD
Artemis attack transport
Allen M Sumner class
Taiho
Esso Manchester
C class destroyer
Colossus class
Gearing class/Duncan
Shinano
Type XXI
Type XXIII
Midway class/Coral Sea
Daring class
Ark Royal/Eagle
Neutrashimyy
United States
Albacore
Trieste
Forrestal
Endurance
November class
Hermes/Viraat
Farragut
Skipjack class
Savannah
Osa/Komar class
Foxtrot
George Washington class
Long Beach/Bainbridge/Truxton
Oberon/Porpoise class
County class
Dreadnought/Valiant
Enterprise
Iwo Jima
Kitty Hawk class/JFK
Kruppnyy class
Canberra
France/Norway
Leander Class
Galileo Galei
Kashin class
Alligator
Moskva
Fearless/Intrepid
Queen Elizabeth 2
Sturgeon class
Kresta class
Resolution
Type 201/206/209 Yankee class
Gus class
Vittorio Veneto
Han class
Knox/Baleares
California/Virginia class
Le Redoutable
A class/Amazon class
Kiev class
Nanuchka
Tango Class
Type 42 class
Charlie class
Sparviero
Agosta/Daphne
Los Angeles
Tachikaze
Nimitz class
Spruance
Broadsword class
Delta class
Lupo/Maestrale
Oliver Hazard Perry Class
Tarawa
Ivan Rogov
Kirov class
Invincible class
Nacken class
Sovremenny
Typhoon/Akula
Victor III
MEKO series frigates
Udaloy
AP .1-88
CG47 class/Ticonderoga
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Sierra class
Slava class
T class submarines
Aster Minehunter
Whidbey Island
Xia
Jakob van Heemskerk
Vastergotland
Index
Halifax
Neutrashimyy
Club Med
Arleigh Burke
Floreal
Kongo
Jervis Bay
Futura
Type 123 Brandenburg
Le Triomphant
Vanguard
Murasame class
Chakri Naruebet
Oyashio
Ferry
Lavender
Voyager of the Seas
Cheops ship/Egyptian warship
Phoenician cargo ship
Greek War Galley
Roman War Galley
Roman/Mediterranean cargo ship
Viking longship
English warship/Christopher
Hanseatic Cog
Chinese Junk
Nao
Caravel/Caravel
Redonda/Nina Carrack/Santa Maria
Great Harry
Galleon/San Martin
Mediterranean Galley
Ark Royal
Slave Carrack
St Louis
Sovereign of the Seas
Fluyt
Galleass
Dutch Frigate
Le Soleil Royal
Chebeck
Bucintoro
Boston
Endeavour
Victory
Santissima Trinidad
South Carolina
Turtle
Bounty
74-gun ship/Vanguard
Constitution
Essex
Fulton
Claremont
Astrolabe
Demologos
Morris
Sirius
Great Western
Jane Gifford
Congress
Great Britain
Bertha
Washington
Agamemnon
Powhatan
Bretagne
Gloire
Warrior
Alabama
Monitor/Monadnock
Banshee
Hope/Savannah
Parramatta
Adelaide
Canada
Friedrich Karl
Natchez
Devastation
City of Berlin
Collingwood
Dogali
Charleston
Gymnote
Lawhill
Texas
Havoc
Louisville/St. Louis
Esmerelda
Forban
Majestic
D'Entrecasteaux
Fuji
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Chateaurenault
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Bayan
Mikasa
Deutschland
Blucher
Discovery
Bainbridge
Thomas W Lawson
Archibald Russel
Lusitania
Chester class
Dreadnought
Scharnhorst (Gneisenau)
Invincible
Emden
Wyoming
Michigan/Delaware class
Titanic
Courbet class
Gangut/Octyabr Revolutskya
Cap Trafalgar
E-class submarine
Kongo class/Haruna
Queen Elizabeth class
Fuso
Nevada class
U-21
Baden
Pennsylvania/Arizona
R class/Royal Oak
Courageous class
Furious
M1/M2
New Mexico class/Idaho
Eagle
Hood
Hermes
Java
Akagi/Kaga
William G Mather
Lexington class
Nelson class
Takao class (Myoko)
Koln
Infanta Beatriz
Ardent/A class
Exeter/York
Amerigo Vespucci
Zara
Conte di Savoia
Rex
Indianapolis
Achilles/Leander Class
Astoria
Fantasque class
Town class/Belfast
Queen Mary
Graf Spee/Deutschland class
Mogami
Normandie
Condottiere class
Dunkerque
La Galissonniere/Gloire
Brooklyn class
Scharnhorst class
Type II
Type VII
Yorktown class
Giulio Cesare (modernised)
Tromp
Ark Royal
Soryu/Hiryu
Tribal class
Vittorio Veneto
Niew Amsterdam
Atlantis
Hipper class
K, J and N classes/Kelly
T-class subs
T-class (German)
Z class
Shokaku/Zuikaku
Audacity
Bismarck class
Hunt class/Atherstone
Illustrious/Indomitable class
Kagero class/Hamakaze
Marconi class
Renown 2nd mod
Richelieu
S boote
Flower class/Acanthus
King George V class/Howe
Wasp
North Carolina/Washington
Ognevoi class
PC class
Type IX
V and W classes (modernised)/Walker
Yamato class
J, O and P classes
Akitsuki
Gato class
RO class
South Dakota class
Baltimore class
Bogue class
Essex class
Fletcher class
Independence class
Iowa class
S-class subs/Seraph
S-W classes
Ashland LSD
Artemis attack transport
Allen M Sumner class
Taiho
Esso Manchester
C class destroyer
Colossus class
Gearing class/Duncan
Shinano
Type XXI
Type XXIII
Midway class/Coral Sea
Daring class
Ark Royal/Eagle
Neutrashimyy
United States
Albacore
Trieste
Forrestal
Endurance
November class
Hermes/Viraat
Farragut
Skipjack class
Savannah
Osa/Komar class
Foxtrot
George Washington class
Long Beach/Bainbridge/Truxton
Oberon/Porpoise class
County class
Dreadnought/Valiant
Enterprise
Iwo Jima
Kitty Hawk class/JFK
Kruppnyy class
Canberra
France/Norway
Leander Class
Galileo Galei
Kashin class
Alligator
Moskva
Fearless/Intrepid
Queen Elizabeth 2
Sturgeon class
Kresta class
Resolution
Type 201/206/209 Yankee class
Gus class
Vittorio Veneto
Han class
Knox/Baleares
California/Virginia class
Le Redoutable
A class/Amazon class
Kiev class
Nanuchka
Tango Class
Type 42 class
Charlie class
Sparviero
Agosta/Daphne
Los Angeles
Tachikaze
Nimitz class
Spruance
Broadsword class
Delta class
Lupo/Maestrale
Oliver Hazard Perry Class
Tarawa
Ivan Rogov
Kirov class
Invincible class
Nacken class
Sovremenny
Typhoon/Akula
Victor III
MEKO series frigates
Udaloy
AP .1-88
CG47 class/Ticonderoga
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Sierra class
Slava class
T class submarines
Aster Minehunter
Whidbey Island
Xia
Jakob van Heemskerk
Vastergotland
Index
Halifax
Neutrashimyy
Club Med
Arleigh Burke
Floreal
Kongo
Jervis Bay
Futura
Type 123 Brandenburg
Le Triomphant
Vanguard
Murasame class
Chakri Naruebet
Oyashio
Ferry
Lavender
Voyager of the Seas