Dreadnought gunnery and the Battle of Jutland : the question of fire control /

This new book reviews critically recent studies of fire control, and describes the essentials of naval gunnery in the dreadnought era.With a foreword by Professor Andrew Lambert, it shows how, in 1913, the Admiralty rejected Arthur Pollen's Argo system for the Dreyer fire control tables. Many n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brooks, John, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Colección:Cass series--naval policy and history ; 32.
Temas:
Pollen, Arthur Joseph Hungerford, > 1866-1937.
Pollen, Arthur Joseph Hungerford, > 1866-1937
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Ordnance and ordnance stores > History > 20th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy.
1900-1999
Fire control (Naval gunnery) > History > 20th century.
Jutland, Battle of, 1916.
Battleships > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Battleships > Germany > History > 20th century.
Conduite de tir (Marine) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Bataille du Jutland, 1916.
Cuirassés > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cuirassés > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Battleships.
Fire control (Naval gunnery)
Armed Forces > Ordnance and ordnance stores.
Atlantic Ocean > North Sea
Germany.
Great Britain.
Electronic book.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1 OLD CONTROVERSIES, NEW HISTORIES; 2 LONG-RANGE NAVAL GUNNERY; 3 PROGRESS IN GUNNERY; 4 A.C. AND ARGO; 5 THE DREYER TABLES; 6 INFLUENCES AND CHOICES; 7 INTO BATTLE; 8 JUTLAND AND AFTER; 9 AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE; APPENDIX; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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