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: | 9781612519562 |
| Publication date: | 15th November 2012 |
| Author: | Friedman, Norman |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |