BATTLESHIP HMS DREADNOUGHT revolutionary ship in Royal Navy history pictures

Description: ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ BATTLESHIP HMS DREADNOUGHT revolutionary ship in Royal Navy history pictures ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ The book refers to HMS Dreadnought, a battleship built for the Royal Navy that revolutionized naval power. Her name and the type of the entire class of warships that was named after her stems from archaic English in which "dreadnought" means "a fearless person" or "a heavy overcoat for stormy weather". Dreadnought's entry into service in 1906 represented such an advance in naval technology that its name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the "dreadnoughts", as well as the class of ships named after it. Dreadnought was the first battleship of her era to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a few large guns complemented by a heavy secondary armament of smaller guns. She was also the first capital ship to be powered by steam turbines, making her the fastest battleship in the world at the time of her completion. Her launch helped spark a naval arms race as navies around the world, particularly the German Imperial Navy, rushed to match it in the build-up to World War I. Ironically for a vessel designed to engage enemy battleships, her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29, becoming the only battleship confirmed to have sunk a submarine. Dreadnought did not participate in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as she was being refitted. Nor did Dreadnought participate in any of the other World War I naval battles. In May 1916 she was relegated to coastal defense duties in the English Channel, not rejoining the Grand Fleet until 1918. The ship was reduced to reserve in 1919 and sold for scrap two years later, b/w and color photos and plates. /#/ THE ITEM DETAILS: AUTHOR: Grzegorz Nowak BOOK TITLE: Battleship HMS Dreadnought BINDING: Paperback PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017 PAGES: 66 LANGUAGE: Polish SIZE: 7.30 x 10.00 in. [18.50 x 25.00 cm]CONDITION: This paperback first printing is like brand new, a great addition to your military collection. What you see is what you'll get incl. a similar bookmark as a bonus to the order. /#/ SHIPMENT DETAILS: Free worldwide shipping, packaging in ecological, very solid recycled cardboard and delivery time about 20-30 days. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Most of my books are in Polish (unless the auction description says otherwise) but the history enthusiasts buy these books mainly for the unique pictures, plates and graphics that are not found in Western editions of similar books. The text is in Polish but in the times of Google Translator it's not a problem and more fun - for sure. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER AUCTIONS OF RARE ITEMS

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