Supported by official documents, personal accounts, official drawings and specially commissioned artwork, this volume is an informative history of the key class

The task of Germany's new Große Kreuzer at the beginning of the 20th century was to form an independent reconnaissance division that was able to perform specia

On September 1, 1910, France became the last great naval power to lay down a dreadnought battleship, the Courbet. The ensuing Courbet and Bretagne-class dreadno

Supported by official documents, personal accounts, official drawings and specially commissioned artwork, this volume is an informative history of the key class

Austria-Hungary did not have an overseas empire; its empire lay within its own boundaries and the primary purpose of its navy until the beginning of the twentie