The Falklands Factor
the battle that changed the shape of ships
$87.98
- Hardcover
360 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2025
Summary
The Short Fat Frigate: A Forty-Year Fight for Innovation
After the disappointing performance of British air-defence destroyers in the 1982 Falklands War, a debate ignited over the S90 ‘Short Fat’ frigate, a design conceived by Peter Thornycroft and David Giles.
This is the remarkable and meticulously documented account of one man’s four-decade-long struggle against naval establishments and governments on both sides of the Atlantic. He fought to demonstrate the advantages of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781739164072 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1739164075 |
| Author: | David Laurent Giles |
| Publisher: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Unicorn Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.01kg |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
About The Author
David Laurent Giles
David Giles, son of the famous yacht designer, Jack Laurent Giles, first discovered the possible benefits of a hull’s ‘lifting’ properties in a racing dinghy, and from his father’s explanation with a teaspoon dangled under an open tap. After National Service as a submarine officer, he learnt the principles of advanced wing design for increasing the size and speed of jet airliners while working for the de Havilland Aircraft Company. Then in 1976, he formed a partnership with the naval architect, Peter Thornycroft, whose success with the design of small lifting hulls convinced him that these could be scaled up and applied to larger faster vessels as had been proved with aircraft.
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