1.

Record Nr.

UNICASRML0236270

Autore

EATWELL, John

Titolo

MARXIAN economics / edited by John Eatwell ; Murray Milgrate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : MacMillan, 1990

Descrizione fisica

xii,383 p. : fig. ; 24 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In testa al front. : The New Palgrave

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962332503321

Autore

Crossley F. Jim

Titolo

The hidden threat : the story of mines and minesweeping by the Royal Navy in World War I / / by Jim Crossley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Barnsley, : Pen & Sword Maritime, 2011

ISBN

9781781597903

1781597901

9781783371228

1783371226

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations

Classificazione

8

Disciplina

940.45941

Soggetti

Ordnance, Naval - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Ordnance - Research - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""List of Figures""; ""The Minesweepers by Rudyard Kipling""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter  1:  Origins ""; ""Chapter  2:  Mines and the Royal Navy""; ""Chapter  3:  German Minelaying and the British Response""; ""Chapter  4:  The Gallipoli Campaign""; ""Chapter  5:  The



British Mine-Laying Offensive""; ""Chapter 6:  Clearing Up""; ""Chapter  7:  Conclusion""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

It is not widely remembered that mines were by far the most effective weapon deployed against the British Royal Navy in WW1, costing them 5 battleships, 3 cruisers, 22 destroyers, 4 submarines and a host of other vessels. They were in the main combated by a civilian force using fishing boats and paddle steamers recruited from holiday resorts. This unlikely armada saved the day for Britain and her allies. After 1916, submarine attacks on merchant ships became an even more serious threat to Allied communications but submarines were far less damaging to British warships than mines.This book contains the following: Mines in WWIMain cause of ship losses; The Konigin Louise; Loss of Amphion; The Berlin; Loss of Audacity; Losses in the Dardanelles; The Meteor; German mines and how they worked; Minefields - British and German; Fast minelayers; Submarine minelayers.Formation of RNMRPersonnel and discipline; Sweeping technique and gear; Trawlers and drifters; Paddlers; Fleet minesweepers; Sloops.ActionsEast Coast and the Scarborough Raid; Dardanelles; Dover Straight; Mine ClearanceSome Typical IncidentsMine strikes and Mine sweeping.StatisticsMines swept; Ships lost; Minesweepers lost.