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Royal Naval Submarines 1901 to 2008
£11.60£14.20 (-18%)
This is a must-buy for the Royal Navy and Submarine enthusiast, being a complete directory of RN submarines from the outset to the present day. There is a wealth of detail on each class. Every entry contains the specification, launch dates of individual boats, details of evolving construction and armament and other salient information in a compact form. The high quality of the drawings of the majority of classes adds to the value of this work which includes the very latest Astute submarines currently coming into service. This book is a complete directory of submarines and will be widely welcomed by all with an interest, professional or lay, in the subject.
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| Publisher | Pen & Sword Maritime (30 Oct. 2020) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 136 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1526791900 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1526791900 |
| Dimensions | 18.42 x 1.27 x 23.5 cm |
by kenneth.j.cox
Absolute rubbish, not worth a fraction of its cost. Photos grainy, like old press pictures. I should have known better , I went by the publishing date on Amazon page. Surprised senior Naval Officers put their names to such a rip off.This is typical of a lot of obvious reprinted military history books these days. It will be straight to the charity shop when they open again.
by Mr. Guy Chappell
Some of the submarines I served in are ‘missing’. Not as comprehensive as I would have liked. pppp ppppp pppp
by Mr. Robert White
I bought this book hoping to learn something new, despite having read a review that was a bit off putting.
I am sorry but I have to agree with the other reviewer.
Basically this is just a reprint and a poor one at that.
The photo quality is pretty poor as is the layout of some of the drawings, which are not comprehensive.
Many of the photos and drawings are spoilt by being spread over two pages.
Landscape rather that portrait format could have cured this
For a book of this type to be taken seriously, there needs to be detail 2/3 of a page to cover over a century’s types of armaments is frankly pretty pathetic. A bibliography of 16 entries,( no entries of memoirs)- need I say more.
It’s sad, this could have been a really good book – yes it would have been dearer as well but that would have been a worthy exercise.