Gradually evolving from sailing frigates, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but this book starts with the earliest steam paddle warships, covers the evolution of screw-driven frigates, corvettes and sloops, and then the succeeding iron, composite and steel-hulled classes down to the last armoured cruisers.
| ISBN: | 9781591140689 |
| Publication date: | 30th October 2012 |
| Author: | Norman Friedman |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: |
Military history |