Great Naval Blunders
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781781774755
- Categories BX, BXOS, History, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities
- Author(s) Geoffrey Regan
- Publisher Seven Oaks
- Pages 271
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 13.0cm x 1.3cm x 19.5cm
- Weight 0.25 kg
product description
From the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight, to the HMS Trinidad, a British cruiser that managed to torpedo itself, this copiously illustrated collection of incompetence on the high seas takes a serious if often entertaining look at the misjudgments of captains, fleet commanders, and ship designers from Roman times to the present day. Full of jaw-dropping anecdotes, Great Naval Blunders proves the old adage, "Worse things happen at sea.