HUNT-CLASS DESTROYERS IN POLISH NAVY SERVICE -- EXCELLENT BOOK !

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HUNT-CLASS DESTROYERS
IN POLISH NAVY SERVICE
By
Mariusz Borowiak
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The late 1930s saw a rapid development and modernization of the
Royal Navy.
His Majesty's government decided to build new classes of battleships,
aircraft carriers, light cruisers which were distinctly better suited for
fighting surface combatants than escorting merchants or hunting down and
sinking submarines.
The destroyers were no exception and by the outbreak of the war in 1939, the
British navy had commissioned subsequent medium and large-size destroyers
classes, but the British needed a large number of universal destroyers of a
smaller displacement, but versatile enough to perform various wartime duties.
A new type of destroyer, according to its design’s creators would perform
the “fleet work” duties, which included escorting task forces of larger ships
and offensive gunnery and torpedo missions.
The escort vessels forsook the heavy armament and some of the speed of
the fleet type to reduce unit cost and better suit mass production and the
conditions. These new "fast escort vessel" were later classified as
"escort destroyers".
Eighty-six Hunts were completed, of which three were transferred to
the Polish Navy.
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Published on glossy stock,
240   Pages
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