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Battlecruiser

The battlecruiser was designed to outrun and outshoot its opponents, its weakness was exposed at the Battle of Jutland: the armour could be pierced by a single enemy shell, and as Britain prepares to invade occupied Europe she must enter the conflagration.

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  • "When Captain Guy Sherbrooke joins HMS Reliant in 1943, he knows he may be her last Captain. Sister battleships have been destroyed, and Sherbrooke cannot alter the bitter truth that there will be no half measures for HMS Reliant."
  • ""Conceived as an invincible defence against enemy commerce raiders, the battlecruiser was hailed as a triumph. Designed to outrun and outshoot its opponents, its weakness was exposed at the Battle of Jutland: the armour could be pierced by a single enemy shell. At the outbreak of World War II, only four remain. In 1943, when Captain Guy Sherbrooke joins HMS Reliant, he knows he may be her last captain. As Britain prepares to invade occupied Europe she must enter the conflagration. And Sherbrooke cannot alter the bitter truth: only death or glory awaits HMS Reliant"--Container."
  • "HISTORICAL FICTION. When Captain Guy Sherbrooke joins the HMS Reliant in 1943, he knows he may be her last Captain. Sister battleships have been destroyed, and Sherbrooke cannot alter the bitter truth that there will be no half measures for the HMS Reliant."
  • "The battlecruiser was designed to outrun and outshoot its opponents, its weakness was exposed at the Battle of Jutland: the armour could be pierced by a single enemy shell, and as Britain prepares to invade occupied Europe she must enter the conflagration."@en

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  • "Naval history"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Downloadable audio books"
  • "MP3 (Audio coding standard)"
  • "War stories"
  • "War stories"@en
  • "Sea stories"

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  • "Battlecruiser"
  • "Battlecruiser"@en