Battleships /

Preston, Antony, 1938-

Battleships / Antony Preston. - New York : Crescent Books, 1981. - 192 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Includes index.

Wooden walls and ironclads --
Sovereigns of the seas --
Gunnery and the dreadnought --
Ready for war --
Line of battle --
The Washington Treaty --
Atlantic and Mediterranean --
Vulnerable giants --
The end of an era?

Profusely illustrated text describes the development of the battleship and its role in naval history

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Battleships--History.
Acorazados --Historia
Buque de guerra

V 815 / P937b 1981

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