Britain's Future Navy

by Childs, Nick; Slater, Jock, Sir

• ISBN13: 9781848842915
• ISBN10: 1848842910
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-06-19
• Publisher: Pen & Sword

Summary

This is a practical guide To The many offshore ferry services that sail from English and Scottish ports to destinations on continental Europe, Ireland and Britain's many islands. Details will include the ferries in current service, a description of the routes, car and truck capacity, destinations, on-board facilities, terminals, access and roads, contact details and finally a short history of each ferry line.The Routes planned for inclusion are:Penzance - Scilly IslesPlymouth - Roscoff - SantanderWeymouth - Cherbourg - Channel IslandsPoole - CherbourgLymington - Yarmouth (IoW)Southampton - CowesPortsmouth - Le Havre - Cherbourg - St Malo - Channel Isles - Isle of Wight Wooton Creek & RydeNewhaven - DieppeDover - Boulogne - Calais - Dunkirk - ZeebruggeRamsgate - DunkirkPembroke - RosslareHarwich - Esbjerg - Hamburg - Hook - ZeebruggeHolyhead - Dun LaoghaireLiverpool - Belfast - DublinDouglas IoM - Heysham - Dublin - Belfast - ArdrossanStranraer - LarneTynemouth - Esbjerg - Gothenburg - Stavanger - BergenTarbert - Islay - Jura - North UistGourock - DunoonArdrossan - ArranOban - Tiree - Coll - Lochhoisdale - Castlebay - Islay - Jura - South UistSkye - North Uist - TarbertAberdeen - Shetland IslesUllapool - Stornoway

Table of Contents

List of Plates	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Troubled Waters	p. 1
Britain, the Navy, and the World	p. 18
What are Navies for?	p. 31
A Maritime Century?	p. 42
New Ship Shapes and Technology Horizons	p. 55
The Carrier Question	p. 68
The Nuclear Equation	p. 85
The Tale of the Type 45	p. 100
Defining a Frigate	p. 112
The Balance of the Fleet	p. 124
A British Maritime Case	p. 137
In Line Ahead	p. 148
Conclusions	p. 159
Notes	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 165
Index	p. 166
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