River-class Frigates and the Battle of the Atlantic

A Technical and Social History

• Author(s): Brian Lavery,
• Publisher: National Maritime Museum
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 0948065737
  ISBN_13: 9780948065736
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , History / Military / United States , History / Military / Naval , History / Military / Vehicles / Sea , Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History ,

Description:... River-class frigates have been sadly overlooked by historians, despite playing a crucial role in anti-submarine warfare and in the transatlantic convoys of the Second World War. Lavery, a National Maritime Museum Curator Emeritus, seeks to reinstate the reputation of these important ships.