Clydebank Battlecruisers

Product Description

Between 1906 & 1920 the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers each one bigger than the last culminating in the mighty Hood the largest warship of her day. If Tiger is regarded as a modification of the Lion class design this represents every step in the evolution of these charismatic & controversial ships. Like most shipyards of the time Clydebank employed professional photographers to record the whole process of construction using large-plate cameras that produced pictures of stunning clarity & detail; but unlike most shipyard photography Clydebanks collection has survived although very few of the images have ever been published. For this book some two hundred of the most telling of these were carefully selected & scanned to the highest standards depicting in unprecedented detail every aspect of the building & fitting out of Inflexible Australia Tiger Repulse & Hood. Probably more has been written about battlecruisers than any other warship type & as modelmaking subjects they have a devoted following so any new book has to make a real contribution. This pictorial collection with its lengthy & informative captions & an authoritative introduction by Ian Johnston offers ship modellers & enthusiasts a wealth of visual information simply unobtainable elsewhere.