British Light Cruisers of the First World War
Arethusa to Enterprise: design, development and service history, 1912-1948
$100.24
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2026
Summary
A wholly new kind of cruiser for the Royal Navy, intended to work with the fleet, was developed in 1912. With its first units completed during 1914–15 as the Arethusa class, the concept was developed during the war years through the ‘C’ and ’D’ classes, culminating in the ‘E’ class, ordered in 1918, and which would be the fastest and most heavily torpedo-armed cruisers ever built for the Navy. Although intended for North Sea service, during the postwar years the survivors would be de…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036133702 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036133702 |
| Author: | Aidan Dodson |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 650g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 210mm x 297mm |
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Aidan Dodson
Aidan Dodson has taught at the University of Bristol since 1996, combining the disparate academic fields of naval history and Egyptology, being honorary Professor of the latter subject. He holds a BA from the University of Liverpool, and an MPhil and a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003. He is the author of some thirty books, covering both his academic disciplines, the present volume forming a companion to The British Hawkins class Cruisers, published in 2024.
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