Battleship "Jeanne d'Arc". Six-tube "heroine" of the French Republic
19.99 €
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This innovative six-tube ship, built in a single copy and named in honor of the French national heroine, became the first large armored cruiser of the fleet of the French Republic. For its time, "Joan of Arc" organically combined excellent seaworthiness with powerful armor. It was this cruiser in the main features defined the image of the French armored cruiser of the second generation, the British response to it, and the reaction of other maritime powers. Nevertheless, the speed of the "Joan of Arc", despite the best efforts of the designers, was below the design speed, which did not give the desired French Maritime Ministry superiority over the ships of the Royal Navy. The conclusion of an arrangement with Great Britain, a few years after the "Jeanne" entered service, devalued the numerous French armored cruisers, as they proved too large and expensive for the Adriatic Sea. On the eve of the First World War, Jeanne was used as a training cruiser (for example, she served as a navigation instructor for François Darlan, the future admiral and minister of the sea of the collaborationist Vichy government), and in 1915 she covered the landing in the Dardanelles operation, operated in the Levantine Sea, where she fired on Turkish and German targets in Alexandretta and Haifa. The new book by the leading expert on the history of the French Navy in all details restores the history of creation, service and combat application of six-tube armored cruiser "Joan of Arc". The edition is illustrated with exclusive drawings and photographs.
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