Hunt Class Destroyers (15 results)

Condition: New. Tooby, Adam (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Waldemar Goralski (3D visualisation) (illustrator). First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and the tiniest of bumps to upper rear corner. 240pp. This study covers the 1941-1945 wartime careers of the escort destroyers OORP Krakowiak, Kujawiak and Slazak. They were transferred on loan by the British. The wreck of the Kujawiak was investigated during 2015-2018 and then filmed what was found. Very well illustrated. Included are four separate large folded (2 of 58 x 40 cm, 2 of 38 x 28 cm) double sided computer generated images of all three Polish escort destroyers and the British HMS Badsworth. All text in both English and Polish. . We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 12 x 8.25 inches.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 56p. Photos. Line drawings: Two Folding pages of camouflage schemes in color. Wraps. Fine Copy. Book.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Volume 4. (navy, history, hunt class) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: as new. as new - NIEUWSTAAT.

card covers. 56 pages. well illustrated with photos and plans. very good condition. small adhesive label to front cover. small hand-written note to inside front cover [postage will be reduced when this order is processed].

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Man o' War No. 4. Size: Wide Large Octavo.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Printing. [2], 56, [2] pages, including covers. Illustrations. Tables/Technical Data. Fold-outs. Some cover wear. Because they were such small modern ships and almost entirely gun oriented, modifications to the Hunts were few and straightforward. The very first addition was radar. It had been planned in 1939 to fit out one in very five of the class with an early form of warning radar (type unknown), but the first ships completed without, mainly due to a general shortage of a type suitable for fitting in small ships. When the first primitive equipment did arrive in the late summer of 1940, it was in the form of weak sets capable of only poor performance and lacking any form of sophistication such as aerial rotation or beam switching. Apart from these initial fittings, the only radar modifications made during the war was the installation at the foremast head of a small set, Type 268. This was a navigation set capable of operating in the surface search mode. Alan Raven is a naval historian, illustrator, and professional ship-model builder whose work frequently appears in magazines. He is the well-known co-author of British Battleships of World War Two and British Cruisers of World War Two, both classic works in the field. He was also the leading light in the publication of warship monographs in the Ensign and Man'o'War series. John Roberts has over ten years' service, including Secretary Defence Operations Staff during the Falklands War and Board Secretary during the first Gulf War. Ten years at sea in three frigates, the cruiser TIGER, flagship during the Tiger Talks and two carriers, CENTAUR and INVINCIBLE. The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyer of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in the Second World War, particularly on the British east coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts. The modern Hunt-class GRP hulled mine countermeasure vessels maintain the Hunt names lineage in the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy had identified the need for two types of destroyer: larger vessels with heavy gun and torpedo armaments for fleet work and another type for escort duties. Although old fleet destroyers could be allocated to escort work, they were unsuitable for the task and new construction replaced them. Fleet destroyers were designed for speed and their machinery was inefficient at convoy speeds, reducing their range. Their shape made them poor sea boats at low speed, also exacerbated by additional equipment on the superstructure. Modifications were needed to ease these problems. The escort vessels forsook the heavy armament and some of the speed of the fleet type to reduce unit cost and better suit mass production and the conditions. This new "fast escort vessel" was later classified as an "escort destroyer". Eighty-six Hunts were completed, of which 72 were commissioned into the Royal Navy and the remaining 14 were transferred to allied navies; Bolebrooke, Border, Catterick, Hatherleigh, Modbury, Bramham and Hursley to the Greek Royal Hellenic Navy, Bedale, Oakley and Silverton to the Free Polish Navy, Glaisdale, Eskdale and Badsworth to the Royal Norwegian Navy and Haldon to the Free French Navy.

1st edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy quarto 54pp., col. & b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Man O' War 4. Scarce, especially in this condition.

7 vols., 4to., First Edition, each volume with large double-page gatefold coloured plates (bearing numerous detailed line diagrams), and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; original pictorial wrappers, laminated as issued, covers a little browned else a near fine set. The series comprises: 1: County Class Cruisers (Raven & Roberts, 1979); 2: V and W Class Destroyers (Raven and Roberts, 1979); 3: Battleships Rodney and Nelson (Raven and Roberts, 1979); 4: Hunt Class Escort Destroyers (Raven and Roberts, 1981); 5: Town Class Cruisers (Raven and Roberts, 1980); 6: Hood (Northcott, 1981); 7: Flower Class Corvettes (Preston and Raven, 1982). Full set of this outstanding series compiled and illustrated by some the leading warship historians of their generation. Each volume provides a detailed technical and operational history with valuable photographs and excellent illustrations depicting camouflage and colour schemes. Essentially a successor to Bivouac's Ensign series and forerunner of Conway's later 'Anatomy of the Ship' series. No. 5 was first published as Ensign 5 (1975); No. 6 as an Ensign Special (1975); No. 7 as Ensign 3 (1973). ALL VOLUMES ARE INCREASINGLY UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE. Law, 1029, 1070, 1000, 1069, 1030, 0986, 1011 respectively.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 40 pp. Englisch.