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Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906-1921 (Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, Vol 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Randal Gray
Creator: Robert Gardiner
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 767125
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 439
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.3
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 8.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0870219073
Dewey Decimal Number: 359.32509
EAN: 9780870219078
ASIN: 0870219073
Publication Date: May 1985
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A "must have" book! August 20, 2001
Pierluigi Malvezzi (MILANO Italy)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book, together with the other of the serie that cover the period from 1860 to the present, is an outstanding one, the ideal reference book for the person looking for informations about the evolution of the modern warships through the description of the ship themselves. The book is divided into sections, each dealing with one nation's navy; the ships of every nation are grouped by type and each class is described by a brief textual introduction, a tabular description with the main ships' detail (size, machinery, artillery, armour and so on) and, for each ship, the building dates and the fate. The textual description is, at least for the greater ship category (battleship, carriers and cruisers) quite detailed and reports a lot of interesting data about the building, the machinery, the operational career and some other interesting stuffs. There is a good number of very good drawings and photographs (not as detailed as a ship modeler would hope, but this book is not for the modeler) and you can find in the books every nation that ever possessed a warship. A "must have" for every naval enthusiast!
Conways 1906-1921 is great October 13, 2000
Larry Newcomb (Boulder, Colorado USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Conways has always been the most reliable of all the warship histories books. Including specifications, histories, and pictures/drawings of all the ships. A history of each countries navy (during the 1906-1921 era) at the beginning of each nationality listing gives you good reference to understand the type of ships each nation needed and used. This book is very interesting for the World War One expert and/or naval historian or simply a warship lover. I use this book to look at various ships for radio control warship combat. I love this book and look at it many times a week and will buy all the rest of the series of books (Conway All the Worlds Fighting Ships). If you are at all interested in naval warships, definitely buy this book.
Conways all way. March 30, 2007
Wolfgod (Minneapolis, MN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The best book of it's type. While Jane's for the same general period is a collection of period work, complete with incorrect data used at the time, Conway's is an accurate library of the warships of the day.
About what I expected January 18, 2003
It's very much like the 1922-1946 book in terms of coverage, and that's fine. What I wanted was a general survey like that, something to fill in the gaps in my knowledge for this period, and I learned many things here. There's only so much you can fit in a book like this, so I can't rate it down for lack of detail, other books can fill that gap.
Superb Reference March 19, 2008
Michael Dunham (SC Coast,USA)
Conways 1906-1922 volume does an excellent,comprehensive,yet well detailed look at the most intense period of warship development and construction ever seen.All classes of warships,major and minor,of all countries are well addressed,with an excellent text as well as photos and sketches.It will serve a prominent place in my early warship library,along with their 1860-1905 volume.I was pleased at the high quality paper used,not often found today.Well worth the price to any enthusiast,casual or devoted!
Mike Dunham
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