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Thursday, October 07, 2004

"an Oldie but a Goodie" book on Naval Architecture

Edward L. Atwood was the head of the Battleship Section, working for Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt, the Director of Naval Construction from 1912 to 1923. Edward L. Atwood lead the design of the battlecruiser Hood and the cancelled 1921 ships. He was also a prolific writer. I have a copy of four of his books (including multiple editions of one).

Theoretical Naval Architecture is a fine little book. I have an edition printed in March 1943. It is readily available at a moderate cost.

Another is War-Ships: A Text-Book. I am have a copy of the Sixth Edition from 1917 open, looking at a photograph of the battleship Orion.

Then, there is the book The Modern Warship from 1913. The picture opposite the cover page is a photograph of a large model of the battlecruiser Queen Mary (lost at Jutland). This book is odd, in that it is very small, but it has many small gems, such as the breakdown of the costs for the battleships Neptune, Hercules, and Colossus.

The fourth book is A Textbook of Laying Off. I have a copy printed in February 1943.

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