Richard Perkins

British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identification Albums (eBook, PDF)

Volume III: Cruisers 1865-1939, Part 1

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manuscript artefact in the care of the National Maritime Museum, so despite its value it is rarely seen by anyone besides the museum's curators, for whom it is a precious resource, used on an almost daily basis. In collaboration with the Museum, Seaforth is undertaking the first publication of this monumental work in a superbly produced multi-volume edition that captures all the qualities of the original. Every page is reproduced at full size, making the extensive hand-written annotation readable, while the fine-line drawings retain all the colours that Perkins used to denote appearance differences and alterations. Following the Museum's binding arrangement, the third volume of the series is the first half of the coverage of all cruisers from the Amazon class corvettes of 1865 to the Belfast class of 1939; the second half constitutes Volume IV. Highlights of this first part include armoured cruisers, the so-called large light cruisers, and the cruisers of the inter-war period. This is a publishing event of the utmost importance for every enthusiast and ship modeller, who for the first time will be able to own a copy of a unique and invaluable reference work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Seaforth Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473891487
• Artikelnr.: 47995074

Autorenporträt

RICHARD PERKINS originally produced what he called his "Historical Identification Book" to help identify and date photos in his monumental collection. ANDREW CHOONG's introduction highlights the wider significance of this edition. Choong is a curator at the National Maritime Museum for whom the albums are an indispensable reference.