Название: Invincible Class
Автор: John A.Roberts
Издательство: Conway Maritime Press
Серия: Warship Monographs
ISBN: 0851770517
Год издания: 1972
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 54
Формат: PDF
Размер: 80,7 MB
Since the latter part of the 19th century the duties of cruisers, although many and varied, have been reasonably well defined. The design of the ships themselves, however, has been in a constant state of flux depending upon the naval policy of the period and until 1914, the policy on cruiser design was seriously hampered by lack of war experience By the 1890s cruisers had developed into 1st, 2nd and 3rd class protected cruisers, designed for commerce protection. In 1899 the armoured cruiser was reintroduced and from this type the battlecruiser was evolved. At much the same time the smaller cruisers developed into the Town classes and the light cruisers of the Arethusa class. In 1914 all the old protected cruisers and the armoured cruisers were obsolete, leaving two basic types, the battlecruiser and the light cruiser, to be tested in action.