Town Class Destroyers - A Critical Assessment

Early in World War II, fifty obsolete US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy in return for a 99-year lease British bases in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Newfoundland. This is their complete story.

About the author

John Henshaw was educated at Wesley College and Melbourne University. Since creativity and the discipline of a naval career tend to be incompatible, he made a career choice he often regrets, to design and construct buildings for most of his working life and to compensate by keeping an interest in naval matters that started with the purchase with his pocket money of 'Jane's Fighting Ships'. As the Australian equivalent of a Chartered Surveyor, his business life was engaged in all aspects of property development, mainly self-employed. His 2008 essay, 'HMAS Albatross: White Elephant or Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?' won Second Prize in Australia's Navy League Essay Competition. He has had various articles published in yachting magazines and won a cruising yacht design competition.

Product details

• Authors: John Henshaw, Henshaw John
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781785004018
• ISBN: 978-1-78500-401-8
• Dimensions: 296 mm x 210 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 622 g
• Illustrations: 50 black & white photographs 28 specially drawn plans, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Schaubilder
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / Naval, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Military vehicles, Naval forces and warfare, Military & Naval Ships