Destroyers And Torpedo Boats Of The Imperial Japanese Navy 1870-1945 Part1
The book covers the period from the purchase and assembly at the Japanese shipyards torpedo boat RN 100ft type project of the English engineer Sir Edward Reed to the destroyers of Fubuki-class. In her forty-eight years of service¸ the torpedo boat and destroyer has proved herself the most reliable¸ versatile and indispensable ship of the Navy. Ships of this class actively participated in the fighting during the First Sino-Japanese 1894-1895¸ the Russian-Japanese 1904-1905 and the First World War 1914-1918. The book is an excellent overview of the Japanese torpedo boats and destroyers complete with very informative pictures and drawings¸ the book a lot of good¸ concise information. Each class of vessel is a brief description; design and construction¸ number of ships in class¸ armament (plus modifications)¸ book explaineds each ship history and fighting capabilities. The author did not set a goal a complete technical description of the design of ships. If the reader is looking for in depth technical description of the ships and systems this book will likely be a bit of a disappointment. The book does not claim to be a scientific work¸ but is recommended to lovers of military history. A book of this sort¸ by its very nature¸ cannot be produced successfully without access to facts¸ records¸ photographs¸ and individual assistance from many sources. Although it stands by itself as a finished product¸ it must necessarily reflect a pooling of helpful efforts. In the book author used photographs from his personal archive.