{"product_id":"9781782741534","title":"Warships from the Golden Age of Steam: An Illustrated Guide to Great Warships from 1860 to 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great era of the steam warship was from the mid-1860s to the mid-1940s—an 80-year period in which a huge variety of large ships was built, ever-greater in size, fire-power, and technical sophistication. Capital ships were the most expensive and destructive weaponry prior to the atomic bomb, and their development can be traced decade by decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArranged in chronological order, Warships from the Golden Age of Steam provides concise coverage of the most famous warships of the period, including HMS Devastation, the first seagoing turreted ship; the Chinese Ting Yuen, sunk at the Battle of Wei-Hai-Wei in 1894; Mikasa and Retvizan, which fought each other at the Battle of the Yellow Sea in 1904; HMS Indomitable, Nassau, and HMS Lion, which all fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916; HMS Prince of Wales, which took part in the hunt for the Bismarck, and was eventually sunk by Japanese air attack off the coast of Malaya in December 1941; and the Tirpitz, which remained a constant threat to Allied shipping in the North Atlantic until it was sunk by aerial bombers in a Norwegian fjord in late 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with colorful artworks, expertly-written background text, and useful specifications of 100 warships, Warships from the Golden Age of Steam is a visually lavish guide to major fighting ships from 1860 to 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amber Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050856890608,"sku":"9781782741534","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782741534_p0.jpg?v=1763721036","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782741534","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}