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A history of fighting ships / Richard Hough.
Record no.:
1884
Author:
Hough, Richard, 1922-1999.;
Edition:
Abridged ed.
Publisher:
London :: Octopus Books,
Year:
1975.
Description:
144 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps, col. ports ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Naval history.;
Warships - History.;
Naval art and science - History.;
Notes:
Nagle Library copy ex dono Adrian Diethelm, Rector. Includes index.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0706403037 :;
Abstract:
Includes ships from the Nile craft of 3000 B.C. to the modern American aircraft carrier. Emphasizes that the fighting ship has always been not merely a weapon of war but a beautiful and intensely personal creation, possessing a supreme combination of
functional and decorative qualities.
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