Elizabeth’s Navy

Seventy Years of the Postwar Royal Navy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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With over 260 images, this is a highly illustrated history of the ships and operations of the Royal Navy during the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II.During the 70 years spanned by the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Navy changed out of all recognition. Its status as a superpower navy with worldwide bases and operations has been eclipsed, but it remains a powerful force because of its potency if not its size. Maritime history author Paul Brown takes us through each decade in turn, outlining the key events and developments, and charting the changes to the size, structure and capabilities of the Navy. Fully illustrated with over 260 colour and black and white images, this book also provides a stunning visual record of the ships and operations that featured most prominently in each decade.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-04-13
Mått:260 x 246 x 28 mm
Vikt:1 660 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781472854971

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Dr Paul Brown is a maritime history author and speaker whose recent publications include Britain’s Historic Ships (Conway), Historic Sail, Maritime Portsmouth, and Abandon Ship (Osprey). A member of the Society for Nautical Research and the Britannia Naval Research Association, and Secretary of the Naval Dockyards Society, he is also a consultant to National Historic Ships, the UK’s authority on the preservation of historic ships and boats. He was previously a university lecturer and senior university manager, and has lectured at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

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Introduction1. The Big Navy: 1952–19592. Rebuilding the Navy: 1960–19693. Eastern Atlantic Focus: 1970–19794. The Falklands Decade: 1980–19895. Peace and War: 1990–19996. Millennium Retrenchment: 2000–20097. Broadening Horizons: 2010–2022Appendix 1: Organisation of the Fleets, May 1952Appendix 2: Fleet Organisation, 10 March 1964GlossaryEndnotesSelect BibliographyIndex