Handbook of the Fleet / Navy
WWII Kriegsmarine U-Boat Pocket Book
456 pages + 70 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, U-Boat, Minesweeper, Aircraft Carrier, Oil Tanker and all the other.
1105 sketch profile, photos & plans, illustrations & silhouettes.
4 pages of flags in colour. Index of all ships listed.
Published by House J. F. Lehm.
Approx/Measurements: 6-3/4" x 5" ~1.1 lb.
In good exterior and good interior condition!
Tips of spine and corners slightly frayed, faint foxing to edges, inner front hinge reinforced.
Name on front endpaper.
With 2 newspaper clippings included about an unknown warship
and british aircraft carrier HMS Theseus (R64).
Shipping Options
Airmail shipping with recorded delivery to any destination in the world: $13.95
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