The Battlecruiser HMS Hood - Softcover

Bruce Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848322488 ISBN 13: 9781848322486

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

The battlecruiser HMS Hood is one of the great warships of history. Unmatched for beauty and charisma, unequalled for size, for 20 years the she was the glory ship of the Royal Navy, flying the flag across the world in the twilight years of the British Empire. Here, in words, photos and colour artwork, is the story of her life, her work and her people, from the laying of her keel on the Clyde in 1916 to her awful destruction at the hands of the Bismarck in 1941. Among the eyecatching strengths of the book is a unique gallery of photographs, including stills from a recently discovered piece of colour footage of the ship, plus a spectacular set of computer-generated images of both the exterior and interior by the worlds leading exponent of the art - a man who worked with the film director James Cameron (of Titanic fame). A wealth of new information on Hoods structure and operation make it essential reading for the enthusiast, modeller and historian alike. Hugely successful from its first publication, this is the forth printing of the ultimate book on the ultimate ship of the pre-war era, and is now presented in a new, smaller and affordable softback format.

About this title

About the Author:

BRUCE TAYLOR was born in Chile in 1967 and educated at the University of Manchester and at Oxford where he received a doctorate in Modern History in 1996. The book represents more than five years research and has achieved the status of classic. He is also the co-auther of U-Boat Attack Logs, another major reference book, published by Seaforth in 2011.

About this edition

• Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1848322488
• ISBN 13: 9781848322486
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277