The British 15-inch Gun
$114.44
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2027
Summary
The British 15-inch 42 calibre Mk1 gun was the most widely used heavy gun of the twentieth century. It armed twenty-two battleships, battlecruisers, large cruisers and monitors of the Royal Navy. It took part in over eighty naval engagements spanning both World Wars, including famous battles such as Jutland, Cape Matapan and the Denmark Strait.
In this new history, Chris Baker looks beyond the wars, campaigns and ships, to analyse in depth, for the first time, the part played by the g…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781048180053 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1048180050 |
| Author: | Chris Baker |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Seaforth Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Chris Baker
Chris Baker read Modern History at Oxford University, where he specialised in military history. He spent thirty-seven years as a civil servant in the UK Ministry of Defence, dealing with defence policy, programme and resource issues. Battleships have been a lifelong interest, and his study of them resulted in his first book, published by Seaforth, What Happened to the Battleship.
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