Empire Cruise: The Special Service Squadron, 1923-24

by Daniel Knowles

In 1923, the Royal Navy's Special Service Squadron embarked on a ten-month empire tour to strengthen ties and assert British naval power.

In November 1923, the Royal Navy dispatched what was named the Special Service Squadron on a ten-month tour around the British Empire. Led by the battlecruiser HMS Hood--the pride of the Royal Navy and the largest ship in the world at the time--and comprising of the battlecruiser Renown and the First...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781558981
• ISBN13: 9781781558980
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Fonthill Media
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.8"