Handbook of the Fleet / Navy
WWII Kriegsmarine U-Boat Pocket Book
483 pages for vessel recognition + 91 pages of very interesting advertisements,
gilt on blue cloth, warship lists of all the major powers.
Used to identify shipping before engagement - helps to avoid scoring any own goals!!
Photographs and silhouettes of all known naval shipping worldwide.
It also gives other essential data like displacement - tonnage, speed in knots, armaments,
armour and depth of keel for any identified target- without which a torpedo firing solution could not be calculated.
An important book used on all German Warships and Submarine U-Boats throughout the war.
Depicted are Destroyer, Cruiser, Battleships, U-Boat, Minesweeper, aircraft carrier, oil tanker and all the other.
1157 sketch profile, photos & plans, illustrations & silhouettes.
4 pages of flags in colour. Index of all ships listed.
Published by J. F. Lehm. Publisher
Approx/Measurements: 6-3/4" x 5" 1 lb.
In very good exterior and very good interior condition.
Mild traces of use and age, otherwise ok.
With 3 newspaper clippings included about battleship of the Iron Duke class,
aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) and french battleship Richelieu.
All pages are complete and tight in the binding.
Shipping Options
Airmail shipping with recorded delivery to any destination in the world: $13.95
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