The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of the First World War, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Treaty on naval armament. The pre-Great War concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their stead the Admiralty saw a place for powerful cruisers, able to patrol the sea lanes of the British Empire, and which were well-enough armed that they could destroy enemy commerce cruisers of the kind used by the Germans in the last war.The result was a group of British warships which were collectively known as the "Washington Treaty Cruisers", which did everything the Admiralty wanted, but which fitted within the limits imposed by
🗹 Auteur: Angus Konstam
🗹 Langue: Français
🗹 ISBN-13: 9781849086868
🗹 Date de publication: 22 mai 2012
🗹 Format ebook : PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML et MOBI
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