Big Gun Monitors: Design, Construction and Operations 1914-1945
Big Gun Monitors: Design, Construction and Operations 1914-1945 by
Ian Buxton ISBN: 9781848321243
Published by Pen & Sword Books on January 1st 2012
Genres: History,
Military,
World War II,
World War I,
Naval Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Designed and built specifically to provide heavy, shore bombardment particularly along the Flanders coast, these ships were also employed in WWII. A revision and update of a 1978 work. // The Royal Navy designed the first of these unusual vessels in late 1914 to bombard German coastal emplacements in Flanders. The earliest models mounted Bethlehem Steel 14-inch inch guns and turrets.