Название: The Battlecruiser New Zealand: A Gift to Empire
Автор: Matthew Wright
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1526784033
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 288
Размер: 63,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
This book tells the story of HMS New Zealand, a battlecruiser paid for by the people of New Zealand in 1909, and when Japan was perceived as a threat in Australasia and the Pacific. Born of the collision between New Zealand's patriotic dreams and European politics, the tale of HMS New Zealand is further wrapped in the turbulent power-plays at the Admiralty in the years leading up to the World War I, not least because her design was already obsolescent when she was built. Nevertheless, she went on to have a distinguished World War I career when she was present in all three major naval battles–Heligoland, Dogger Bank, and Jutland–in the North Sea.