Aircraft Carrier Victorious

Detailed in the Original Builders� Plans

By David Hobbs
Hardcover $10.59
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The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the “as fitted” general arrangements, these drawings represented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service. Intended to provide a permanent reference for the Admiralty and the dockyards, these highly detailed plans were drawn with exquisite skill in multi-colored inks and washes that represent the acme of the draughtsman’s art. HMS Victorious was a ship with two almost separate incarnations. As built in 1941 she was one of a new type of armored aircraft carrier during which times he saw arduous wartime service; post-war the ship underwent a massive reconstruction lasting nearly eight years that saw her recommission in 1958 as one of the best-equipped carriers in the world. 

About the Author

David Hobbs

David Hobbs served in the Royal Navy as a pilot, and later became the Curator of the Fleet Air Arm Museum. He has since established himself as an authoritative writer on naval aviation topics, with more than a dozen highly regarded books to his name. Of particular note is his series of Fleet Air Arm operational narratives covering the complete history of the service, in order of chronology from The Royal Navy’s Air Service in the Great War to The British Carrier Strike Fleet after 1945, all published since 2011. His latest work, The Fleet Air Arm and the War in Europe 1939–1945, has received particular critical acclaim.

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Editorial Reviews

An especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, community, college, and university library 20th Century British Naval History collections and supplemental studies lists. ùMidwest Book Review
“Aircraft Carrier Victorious offers many valuable lessons for those working in naval aviation today. In a small way, it may even help to close the intellectual gap that often exists in visualizing how fleet carriers were designed and built to conduct air operations at sea. Once again it is highly recommended for naval professionals and interested naval enthusiasts.” —The Australian Naval Institute
“This is a valuable addition to the material available concerning this very important British carrier.” —Nautical Research Journal
“The gatefold plans and the enlargements … which depict the ship post-modernisation are beautifully drawn and reproduced with exceptional clarity.” —Warship