French Cruisers 1922-1956 John Jordan

French Cruisers 1922-1956 John Jordan

French Cruisers 1922-1956
John Jordan, Jean Moulin
Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing 2013
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1848321333
ISBN-13: 9781848321335

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The French produced some of the most striking and innovatory interwar cruiser designs. A large amount of new information about these ships has become available over the past twenty years in France, but this book is the first to make this accessible to an English-speaking readership. Part I explains the design philosophy behind each of the classes built after 1922, and outlines the characteristics of each type, accompanied by detailed data tables and a comprehensive set of specially-drawn plans based on official documents, as well as carefully-selected photographs. Coverage includes the De Grasse, laid down in August 1939 and completed postwar as an AA cruiser, and also the heavy cruisers of the Saint Louis class intended to follow her, about which