{"product_id":"9781472826893","title":"British Ironclads 1860–75 : HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet'","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBritish Ironclads 1860–75\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Angus Konstam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn November 1859, the French warship \u003ci\u003eLa Gloire\u003c\/i\u003e was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad--a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year--HMS \u003ci\u003eWarrior--\u003c\/i\u003ewhich, when she entered service, became the most powerful warship in the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust like the \u003ci\u003eDreadnought \u003c\/i\u003ehalf a century later, this ship changed the nature of naval warfare forever, and sparked a frantic arms race. The elegant but powerful \u003ci\u003eWarrior\u003c\/i\u003e embodied the technological advances of the early Victorian era, and the spirit of this new age of steam, iron, and firepower. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully illustrated with detailed cutaway artwork, this book covers the British ironclad from its inception and emergence in 1860, to 1875, a watershed year which saw the building of a new generation of recognizably modern turreted battleships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Provides a concise summary of the ships that were a transition between the wooden walls of Lord Nelson and the battleships of the late nineteenth, early twentieth centuries. It was a critical time period in naval architecture and this New Vanguard release provides a nice entry point to the topic.\" - \u003ci\u003eIPMS \/ USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472826893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Osprey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40678726140110,"sku":"9781472826893","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472826893","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}