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Item Category 1: Adult Non-Fiction
Record 254 of 51942

Imprint:
United Kingdom : Blandford Press, 1976
Collation:
Hardback
Notes:
After a hundred years of crude experiment in underwater propulsion, the submarine in 1875 was mated with the self-propelled torpedo and in World War 1 emerged as an offensive weapon capable of exerting a major influence on naval and economic warfare. In both World Wars, the submarine if at times held on a tight rein was more often allowed to range freely. By 1945, several revolutions had taken place: the submarine at one time described by an English admiral as a 'damned un-English weapon', afforded no mercy to the enemy and sank all kinds of ships; a dramatic improvement had been obtained in submerged speeds of underwater craft; but new and effective ways had also been devised of locating and destroying them.
ISBN:
0713707801
Dewey Class:
623.8257
Language:
English
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BRN:
2913686
Bookmark Link:
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