River Gunboats: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591146143 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
ROGER BRANFILL-COOK is a qualified battlefield guide, a professional translator from French, and a writer on military subjects. His most recent book wasTorpedo: The Complete History of the World’s Most Revolutionary Naval Weapon.
His most recent book wasTorpedo: The Complete History of the World’s Most Revolutionary Naval Weapon.. About the AuthorROGER BRANFILL-COOK is a qualified battlefield guide, a professional translator from French, and a writer on military subjects
Their story is brought up-to-date with data on current riverine combat vessels in service today.. The first recorded engagement by a steam-powered warship took place on a river, when in 1824 the Honorable East India Company’s gunboat Diana went into action on the Irrawaddy in Burma. In the 150 years that followed, river gunboats played a significant part in over forty campaigns and individual actions.This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia describes vessels of every nation designed as river gunboats, plus those converted river steamers which took part in combat