Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860-1905

Warship Development from 1860-1905. Full accounts are given of the famous events of the period, such as the loss of the turret ship "Captain", the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, the ramming of the "Victoria" by the "Camperdown" in 1893, the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. Illustrated throughout with many rare contemporary photographs, this is an indispensable study of one of the most exiting periods in warship development.