Designed & built to challenge an aggressive French shipbuilding programme in the late 1850s, when commissioned the 40-gun steam-powered ironclad HMS Warrior was the largest warship in the world.

The revolutionary design housed the main guns, 10 boilers & steam engine inside an impregnable armoured box or citadel made from 41/2in thick wrought iron plates.

Warrior is the only surviving example of Britains Black Battlefleet
- the 45 iron hulls built for the Royal Navy between 1861 & 1877.

She was restored in the 1980s & is now on public display at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781785211065
• Format: Hardback
• Author: Richard May
• Publisher: Haynes
• Pages: 188
• Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 2cm














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The Inter-City 125 was the brand name of British Rail's High Speed Train (HST) fleet, which was built from 1975 to 1982 & was

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Throughout its 34-year Cold War career with the USAF & CIA, the top secret Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was the worlds fastest & highest-flying operational manned aircraft.

Dedicated to strategic reconnaissance, the Blackbird was so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. The co-authors are world authorities on the Blackbird & give rare insights into the secret world of the SR-71, its genesis, construction & anatomy (including its use of stealth technology), & its operation & maintenance in peace & war.

Amazing under-the-skin insights. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was one of the most secretive aerospace projects of all time. Rare & detailed photographs & technical illustrations. Acclaimed expert author team of Steve Davies & Paul F. Crickmore.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780857331564
• Author: Steve Davies & Paul Crickmore
• Publisher: Haynes
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 156
• Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 1.5cm











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The London Underground, or Tube, is an icon: it is the world's oldest underground rail network & remains one of its largest & busiest.

The Haynes London Underground Manual provides a detailed insight into its design, construction, operation & maintenance, featuring fascinating photographs & drawings from the archives along with essential technical details & an engaging narrative.

Lively presentation & an abundance of colour imagery make this book an essential read for all enthusiasts of the Underground, railways &, indeed, historic London.

This hardback book has 190 pages & measures: 27.6 x 21.7 x 1.6cm





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Covering everything us men ought to know about baking, this Mens Manual will have you baking like a pro in no time!

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The Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt Bf 109 single-seat fighter was the main combat adversary of the RAF's Hurricanes & Spitfires in

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The first operational orbiting laboratory successfully occupied & revisited by astronauts was Americas Skylab space station.

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Regarded by many as one of the greatest tanks ever built, the German Panther is probably the finest medium tank of the Second

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It is every school boy's dream to become a highly paid & successful Premier League star...

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