V & W Destroyers

“A very interesting book tracing the development and service of . . . one of the iconic destroyers of the Second World War.” — Australian Naval Institute In this book John Henshaw takes the reader through all the developmental stages of the V & W Class with a detailed history of the step-by-step lessons that were learned, not all of which were fortuitous. In one package the Royal Navy finally acquired a hull that possessed not just good sea-keeping capability but one that was able to carry h