Very Special Ships

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Very Special Ships

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Author: Arthur Nicholson

Type: Hardback

ISBN: 9781848322356

Date: 31st December, 2015

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

  1. Categories

  2. History and Archaeology
  3. Specific Events And Topics
  4. Military History

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A full-length book about the six Abdiel-class fast minelayers, the fastest and most versatile ships to serve in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. The author details the origins and history of mines, minelayers, and minelaying; covers the origins and design of the class; describes the construction of each of the six ships, and the modified design of the last two; tells in detail of the operational careers of the ships in the Second World War, when they played vital roles in the battle of Crete and the siege of Malta, plied the hazardous route to Tobruk, and laid mines off the Italian coast.

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