British Battlecruisers 1905-1920

by John Arthur Roberts

The brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. Conceived as "super-cruisers" whose job it was to hunt down and destroy commerce raiders, their size and gun-power led to their inclusion in the battlefleet as a fast squadron of capital ships. This book traces in detail the development of Fisher's original idea into the first battlecruiser Invincible of 1908, through to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591149150
• ISBN13: 9781591149156
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.7" x 11.5"