Warships from 1860 to the Present Day

This book tells the story of the modern warship from the first armoured ships of the iron and steam period to the sophisticated nuclear-powered submarines of the 1960s. Coverage is international, the main developments in armament, protection and machinery and the changes in function which affected designs are traced through capital ships, carriers, cruisers, torpedo boats and destroyers, submarines and sloops and gunboats.

Some creasing to spine, pages clean and tight