The battleships of the worlds navies in the 1820s were descended directly in line from the Revenge of 1577: they were wooden-built, sail-powered and mounted gun

“Outstanding . . . covers the major units starting with the Deutschland Class, through the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, to the Bismarck and Tirpitz.” —WW2 C

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them.

Written by a leading naval authority, this book provides comprehensive details on all battleships built since 1905, and the large pre-dreadnoughts built that ye