British warship recognition. Volume III, Cruisers 1865-1939, Part 1 : the Perkins identification albums / Richard Perkins ; introduction by Andrew Choong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, Richard, author.

Contributor:

Choong, Andrew, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Warships--Great Britain--History.

Warships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, England : Seaforth Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manuscript artifact in the care of the National Maritime Museum, so despite its value it is rarely seen by anyone besides the museum's curators, for whom it is a precious resource, used on an almost daily basis. In collaboration with the Museum, Seaforth is undertaking the first publication of this monumental work in a superbly produced multi-volume edition that captures all the qualities of the original. Every page is reproduced at full size, making the extensive handwritten annotation readable, while the fine-line drawings retain all the colors that Perkins used to denote appearance differences and alterations. Following the Museum's binding arrangement, the third volume of the series is the first half of the coverage of all cruisers from the Amazon class corvettes of 1865 to the Belfast class of 1939; the second half constitutes Volume IV. Highlights of this first part include armored cruisers, the so-called large light cruisers, and the cruisers of the inter-war period. This is a publishing event of the utmost importance for every enthusiast and ship modeler, who for the first time will be able to own a copy of a unique and invaluable reference work.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 16, 2017).

ISBN:

9781473891487

1473891485

9781473891470

1473891477

9781473891463

1473891469