Tag: Frigates

Free Download Patrick Boniface – Loch Class Frigates
Maritime Books | 2013 | ISBN: 1904459544 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 203.75 MB
The Loch class was to prove to be amongst the best A/S frigates produced by Great Britain during the war, although most of the class only entered service from 1944 onwards. 110 ships were projected, but with the end of the war only 28 were completed as such. This volume records the design and service record of these vessels.

Free Download US Navy Frigates of the Cold War (New Vanguard, 297) by Mark Stille, Paul Wright
English | July 27, 2021 | ISBN: 1472840518 | 48 pages | MOBI | 17 Mb
A fresh, new study on the overlooked history of the backbone of the Cold War US Navy, the go-anywhere, do-anything frigate.

Free Download US Navy Frigates of the Cold War (New Vanguard) by Mark Stille
English | June 24th, 2021 | ISBN: 1472840518 | 48 pages | True EPUB | 14.47 MB
Though they were never the most glamorous of warships, found US Navy frigates were frequently found on the frontlines of the Cold War at sea. These warships were the descendants of World War II’s destroyer escorts, designed primarily to escort convoys. They specialized in anti-submarine warfare, but were intended to be numerous, tough, versatile, and well-armed enough to show US naval power around the world, performing roles that varied from intercepting drug-smugglers to defending aircraft carriers.

Free Download Donald Collingwood – The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War
Leo Cooper | 1998 | ISBN: 0850526159 | English | 250 pages | PDF | 73.09 MB
An Operational History of the American-Built Destroyer Escorts Serving Under the White Ensign from 1943-46.

Free Download Robert Jackson – Destroyers, Frigates and Corvettes
Prospero Books | 2000 | ISBN: 1552673464 | English | 328 pages | PDF | 155.21 MB
300 of the world’s greatest destroyers and escorts. Each ship illustrated with a full colour side view. Detailed specifications tables.