| Black Swan Class Sloops: Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans Contributor(s): Brown, Les (Author) |
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ISBN: 1526765969 ISBN-13: 9781526765963 Publisher: US Naval Institute Press OUR PRICE: $45.86 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Crafts & Hobbies | Models - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - History | Military - Naval |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 9.8" W x 11.5" (2.38 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is devoted to the sloops of the Black Swan class and its improved derivatives, widely regarded as the 'Rolls-Royce' of World War II convoy escorts. Heavily armed and superbly equipped for their role, they were among the most effective anti-submarine ships of the battle in the Atlantic. The design was gradually improved and this book uses plans of four selected ships to chart that development. These comprise: Black Swan as built; Flamingo as modified later; Starling, the single most successful U-boat hunter of the war, as in 1943; and Amethyst, as refitted after her clash with Chinese communists on the Yangtze in 1949. |