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The Battlecruiser HMS Hood
Bruce Taylor
其他書名
An Illustrated Biography, 1916–1941
出版
Pen and Sword
, 2008-04-30
主題
History / Military / Naval
Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial
History / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
ISBN
1783469803
9781783469802
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zWKCAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
“
A wonderfully illustrated biography” of one of history’s greatest warships whose sinking “signaled the end of the surety that Britannia ruled the waves” (
War History Online
).
Unmatched for beauty, unequalled for size, for twenty years the HMS
Hood
was the glory ship of the Royal Navy, flying the flag across the world in the twilight years of the British Empire. Here, in words, photos and color illustrations, is the story of her life, her work and her people from keel-laying on the Clyde in 1916 to destruction at the hands of the
Bismarck
in 1941.
Among the eyecatching strengths of the book is a unique gallery of photos, including stills from a recently discovered piece of color footage of the ship, plus a spectacular set of computer-generated images of both the exterior and interior by the world’s leading exponent of the art—a man who worked with the film director James Cameron (of
Titanic
fame).
A wealth of new information on
Hood
’s structure and operation make it essential reading for the enthusiast, modeler and historian alike. Hugely successful from its first publication, this is the third printing of the ultimate book on the ultimate ship of the pre-war era.
“The most comprehensive study of a modern warship ever undertaken.”—Warship World