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SUPERB book!

Wow - what a fantastic book this is. I\'m an aircraft / armour modeller, rather than a ship modeller. However, even I can appreciate how valuable a resource this book will be to the interested maritime fan in general.

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The launch in 1606 of HMS Dreadnought, the worlds\'s first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the Royal Navy\'s numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. Already locked in the same arms race with Germany, Britain urgently needed to build an entirely new battle fleet of these larger, more complex and more costly vessels In this she succeeded spectacularly; in little over a decade fifty such ships were completed, almost exactly double that of what Germany achieved It was only made possible by the company’s vast industrial nexus of shipbuilders, engine manufacturers, armament fleets and specialist armour producers, whose contribution to the Grand Feet is too often ignored. This heroic achievement, and how it was done, is the subject of this book. It charts the rise of the large industrial conglomerates that were key to this success, looks at the reaction to fast-moving technical changes, and analyses the politics of funding this vast national effort, both before and beyond the Great War. It also attempts to assess the true cost- and value- of the Grand Fleet in terms of the resources consumed. And finally, by way of contrast, it describes the effects of the post-war recession, industrial contraction, and the very different responses to rearmament in the run up to the Second World War.

There are many glowing reviews online - here\'s one from an Amazon customer (2013) which gives the book 5 out of 5 stars: the words are NOT my own and are used for descriptive purposes only

I have not read any of Buxton\'s books, but have Johnston\'s earlier book \"Clydebank Battlecruisers\", and anyone expecting a similar type of book will be surprised and delighted. \"The Battleship Builders\" is less a book about ships and more a book about the industries, builders, and technologies required to build these ships. After an introduction and brief historical overview from 1860 to 1945, the book has chapters on the builders, building the ships, the facilities required, power plants, armaments, and armour and steel production. It finishes with chapters on exports, financing, and the work force and skills required to construct the ships.

Each chapter is fairly technical or technical enough for a non-naval engineer such as myself. However, they give a fair idea of the sophistication and at times difficulties encountered in building these warships. My favourite chapters were on power plants, armaments, and armour production, but even reading about the ancillary equipment required to build these ships was interesting. As you would expect there are numerous photographs, tables, and diagrams - some of which I have seen before. Sadly, some of the diagrams such as those of HMS Agincourt\'s 12-inch turret on page 192 are too small to make out the fine detail. However, this should not put anyone off buying the book

Nevertheless, this book is a fine addition to the library of anyone interested in these ships, and well worth the price.

320 page hardcover published 2013

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