China’s shipbuilding industry has grown more rapidly than any other in modern history. Commercial shipbuilding output jumped thirteen-fold from 2002–12, ensuring that Beijing has largely reached its goal of becoming the world’s leading shipbuilder. Yet progress is uneven, with military shipbuilding leading overall but with significant weakness in propulsion and electronics for military and civilian applications. It has never been ...
This new book explores for the first time the full story of how two Turkish and two Chilean battleships became British capital ships after the outbreak of World War I. Under construction by the shipbuilding giants of Armstrong and Vickers in August 1914, Sultan Osman I, Reșadiye, Almirante Latorre and Almirante Cochrane became HM Ships Agincourt, Erin, Canada and Eagle ...
The Pen and The Sword is the history of the U.S. Naval Institute from its founding in 1873 to present, a history marking the Sesquicentennial of the Naval Institute. The work captures the writings and contributions of the young, the unknowns, the famous Flag and General Officers – Navy Marine Corps, Coast Guard, civilian authors and foreign authors works published ...