Book - Great naval blunders, Andre Deutsch, 2012

Physical description

Ill, p.271

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

Who was responsible for the design of the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight? Why did Lord Ansonset out to circumnavigate the world with a crew of Chelsea pensioners? And how did the British cruiser HMS Trinidad manage to torpedo itself in the Arctic?

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