The Falklands Factor: The Battle That Changed the Shape of Ships by Giles, David Laurent

The Falklands Factor: The Battle That Changed the Shape of Ships (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781739164072)

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The Falklands Factor: The Battle That Changed the Shape of Ships by Giles, David Laurent

The Falklands Factor: The Battle That Changed the Shape of Ships

$40.00
The Falklands Factor: The Battle That Changed the Shape of Ships by Giles, David Laurent

The Falklands Factor: The Battle That Changed the Shape of Ships

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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After the failure of Britain's latest air-defence destroyers in the 1982 Falklands War, a public controversy began over an alternative: the S90 'Short Fat' frigate designed and proposed by Peter Thornycroft and David Giles. This is the almost incredible but well-documented story of the author's forty-year hard-fought batt le with naval authorities and governments on both sides of the Atlantic to prove the virtues of his designs, which they had rejected on the basis of theory rather than fact, and then eventually to win substantial compensation aft er they covertly infringed his patents in two new classes of warship. With a Foreword by the late Admiral Lord Hill-Norton, former Chief of the Defence Staff; Technical Appendices; Glossary and Dramatis Personae.

Author: David Laurent Giles
ISBN-10: 1739164075
ISBN-13: 9781739164072
Publisher: Unicorn Press (CA)
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2025
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.06w x 1.18d
By David Laurent Giles
By David Laurent Giles
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David Giles, son of the famous yacht designer, Jack Laurent Giles, first discovered the possible benefi ts of a hull's 'lifting' properties in a racing dinghy, and from his father's explanation with a teaspoon dangled under an open tap. Aft er National Service as a submarine officer, he learnt the principles of advanced wing design for increasing the size and speed of jet airliners while working for the de Havilland Aircraft Company. Then in 1976, he formed a partnership with the naval architect Peter Thornycroft, whose success with the design of small lifting hulls convinced him that these could be scaled up and applied to larger, faster vessels, as had been proved with aircraft .

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