Depth Charge : Royal Naval Mines, Depth Charges and Underwater Weapons 1914-1945

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henry, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Navy--Ordnance and ordnance stores.

Great Britain.

Ordnance--Research--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Ordnance, Naval--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Ordnance, Naval--History--20th century--Great Britain.

Ordnance, Naval.

Ordnance--Research--History--20th century--Great Britain.

Ordnance.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain. Royal Navy--Ordnance and ordnance stores.

Ordnance--Research--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Ordnance, Naval--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The history of weapons and warfare is usually written from the point of view of the battles fought and the tactics used. In naval warfare, in particular, the story of how these weapons were invented, designed and supplied is seldom told. Chris Henry, in this pioneering study, sets the record straight. He describes how, to counter the extraordinary threat posed by the U-boats in the world wars, the Royal Navy responded with weapons that kept open the vital supply routes of the Atlantic Ocean.He also celebrates the remarkable achievements of the engineers and inventors whose inspired work was es

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter One - Introduction""; ""Chapter Two - Herbert Taylor and the Experimental Mining School at HMS Vernon""; ""Chapter Three - Breakthrough! The invention of the depth charge""; ""Chapter Four - Depth charges, throwers and pistols""; ""The depth charge in service""; ""Drill""; ""On the receiving end""; ""Chapter Five - Mines and their complexities""; ""Independent minefields in home waters""; ""Dover area minefields""; ""The Folkestone � Cap Gris Nez barrage""; ""The Northern Barrage""

""The Heligoland Bight minefields""""Improvements in minesweeping""; ""After the First World War""; ""Chapter Six - Underwater weapons in other navies""; ""German use of mines""; ""Chapter Seven - Interest from across the Pond""; ""Chapter Eight - Between the wars""; ""Chapter Nine - Prima donnas, crackpots and misfits""; ""The magnetic mine incident""; ""New quarters""; ""Improvements in depth charges""; ""Aircraft-laid mines and depth charges""; ""Chapter Ten - Ahead-throwing weapons""; ""Squid and Hedgehog""; ""The long-range depth-charge thrower""; ""Cloak and dagger""

""Chapter Eleven - X-craft and their charges""""Chapter Twelve - Conclusion""; ""Appendix - Herbert Taylor�s inventions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

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ISBN:

9781783403141

1783403144

9781783460427

1783460423

OCLC:

854974734