FRENCH ARMOURED CRUISERS 1887-1932
Written by John Jordan, Philippe Caresse
Published by Seaforth Publishing
in 2019
ISBN: 9781526741189
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- MILITARY
- MARITIME
- NAVY
- WORLD WAR I
- WARSHIP
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FRENCH ARMOURED CRUISERS 1887-1932
Written by John Jordan, Philippe Caresse.
Stock no. 1828103
1st.
2019.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
This book has as its subject the French armoured cruisers built from the late 1880s until shortly before the outbreak of the Great War, beginning with the revolutionary Dupuy-de-Lome, the world's first modern armoured cruiser, and ending with the impressive six-funnelled Edgar Quinet and Waldeck-Rousseau. The primary focus is on the tgechnical characterstics of the ships. Large format. Blue boarfds, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781526741189. Light rubbing to corners else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean and bright.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Conversion Tables
- PART 1: TECHNICAL SECTION
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: First Steps: Dupuy-De-Lome and the Amiral Charner Class
- Chapter 2: The Cruiser Flagships Pothuau and D'Entrecasteaux
- Chapter 3: The Fast Armoured Cruiser Jeanne d'Arc
- Chapter 4: The Station Cruisers of the Dupliex Class
- Chapter 5: The Fleet Cruisers of the Gueydon Class
- Chapter 6: The Fleet Cruisers of the Gloire Class
- Chapter 7: The Large Fleet Cruisers of the Leon Gambetta Class
- Chapter 8: The Quest for Speed: Jules Michelet and Ernest Renan
- Chapter 9: The Last Armoured Cruisers: Edgar Quinet and Waldeck-Rousseau
- Chapter 10: Organisation
- PART II: HISTORICAL SECTION
- Chapter 11: The Great War 1914-1918 and its Aftermath
- Chapter 12: Postscript
- Sources
- Index