The Falklands Factor: The Battle That Changed the Shape of Ships - Couverture rigide

Giles, David Laurent

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1739164075 ISBN 13 : 9781739164072

Editeur : Unicorn Press Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

After the failure of Britain’s latest air-defence destroyers in the 1982 Falklands War, a public controversy began over an alternative: The S90 ‘Short Fat’ frigate designed and proposed by Peter Thornycroft and David Giles. This is the almost incredible but well-documented story of the author’s 40-year-long hard-fought battle with naval authorities and governments on both sides of the Atlantic, to prove the virtues of his designs which they had rejected on the basis of theory rather than fact, and then eventually to win substantial compensation after they covertly infringed his patents in two new classes of warship. With a Foreword by the late Admiral Lord Hill-Norton, Former Chief of the Defence Staff; Technical Appendices; Glossary and Dramatis Personae.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Giles, son of the famous yacht designer, Jack Laurent Giles, first discovered the possible benefi ts of a hull's 'lift ing' properties in a racing dinghy, and from his father's explanation with a teaspoon dangled under an open tap. After National Service as a submarine off icer, he learnt the principles of advanced wing design for increasing the size and speed of jet airliners while working for the de Havilland Aircraft Company. Then in 1976, he formed a partnership with the naval architect Peter Thornycroft, whose success with the design of small lift ing hulls convinced him that these could be scaled up and applied to larger, faster vessels, as had been proved with aircraft .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Unicorn Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1739164075
• ISBN 13: 9781739164072
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible