Название: The Royal Netherlands Navy of World War II
Автор: Ryan K. Noppen, Paul Wright
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 285
ISBN: 9781472841919
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 49
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 7,8 MB
In the late 19th and early 20th century, a combination of coastal defence for the homeland and fleet defence for the East Indies became the established naval strategy for the Royal Dutch Navy and set the template for the world wars. Battleships were too expensive to build and maintain, so after World War I, there was significant investment in submarine development and construction. A handful of modern light cruisers and a new class of destroyers were also constructed during the interwar years to serve as a small Fleet-in-Being in the East Indies, as well as to support the actions of the navy's submarines. The light cruiser HNLMS De Ruyter and the Java-class light cruisers were the most powerful units of the new fleet whilst the backbone of the destroyer fleet was the Admiralen-class and the Tromp-class of destroyer leaders.