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Warship 6: Destroyer HMCS Haida by Rindert van Zinderen-Bakker
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61HMCS Haida was a destroyer of the Tribal-class serving in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943-1963. During World War II, Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship. In... -
Warship 3: Frigate HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck by Rindert van Zinderen-Bakker
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61The ships of the Jacob van Heemskerck class of the Royal Netherlands Navy were constructed as specialized air defense frigates. The two ships that were built served for about twenty years in the R.N... -
S-class destroyer Piet Hein (ex HMS Serapis) by Jantinus Mulder 9789464561920
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1941, the destroyers of the 5th Emergency Flotilla became known as S-class and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. In the last months of the war, three... -
Warplane 09: English Electric Canberra by Mick Gladwin
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61From 1949 to 2006 the English Electric Canberra has served in the frontline of the Royal Air Force around the world. The Canberra became the UK's first jet bomber, although that was not its only... -
S-frigate Jan van Brakel Jantinus Mulder 9789464565744
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25The Standard or S-frigate (relating to the Standard NATO Frigate concept which they were designed), the Kortenaer class, displayed functional, relatively compact lines. In functional terms. the ships... -
Warplane 08: Blackburn Buccaneer by Nico Braas 9789086161683
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61The Blackburn Buccaneer was the first jet aircraft that was especially designed for very low flying under the radar at high subsonic speeds. It was developed in the fifties and entered service at the... -
Warship 2: Frigate HMS Leander 2 by Jantinus Mulder
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61HMS Leander was completed in 1963 as the first ship of the Leander Class Improved Type 12 General Purpose Frigates. In 1974, she joined the 3rd Frigate Squadron, which included other Leander-class... -
Warplane 07: Weis WM.21 Sólyom by Edwin Hoogschagen
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61When Hungary got involved in World War II, the WM-21 Solyom (Falcon) was the only Hungarian designed and manufactured plane in service with the Hungarian Royal Airforce. It was in widespread service... -
Mitchell Masterpieces 3: An Illustrated History of B-25 Warbirds in Business by Wim Nijenhuis 9789464560664
RRP: €35.69Booksplease Price: €33.07This is the third and final book about the North American bomber B-25 Mitchell. Volumes 1 and 2 of the 'Mitchell Masterpieces' described B-25s in service with the U.S. Armed Forces and with other... -
Warship 7: Fast Combat Support Ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis by Jantinus Mulder
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61HNLMS Zuiderkruis (1975-2012) was the second Fast Combat Support Ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was primarily intended for Replenishment At Sea, fueling task groups and NATO units. As a... -
Warship 9: Type 42 destroyer Southampton by Jantinus Mulder
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.25The primary role of the Type 42 destroyers was providing air defense for the fleet. With their long-range sensors, the ships could also act as radar pickets, sailing ahead of a task group. HMS... -
Motor minesweepers: Ameland- en Duiveland klasse, de mickey's van de mijnendienst by Bob Roetering 9789086161546
RRP: €29.74Booksplease Price: €28.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789086161546Author Bob RoeteringFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint LanastaPublisher Lanasta -
Warship 4: Frigate USS Clark by Rindert van Zinderen-Bakker
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61The ships of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class were designed in the United States in the mid-1970's as general-purpose escort vessels. They were inexpensive enough to be bought in large quantities and... -
Warship 5: Protected Cruiser Gelderland by Jantinus Mulder
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61Protected cruiser (Pantserdekschip) HNLMS Gelderland was a Holland-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. This class, of six ships, was considered a modest, but well thought-out design. At a... -
Warship 1: Cruiser HNLMS Tromp by Jantinus Mulder
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61Trapped in the Far East by the over-run of the Netherlands and by the occupancy of the Netherlands East Indies, Tromp's destiny lay in the Indian Ocean and Pacific onslaughts. The ship became one of... -
Warship 10: Type 47B Destroyer Drenthe by Jantinus Mulder
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61After World War II, the Royal Netherlands Navy ordered new ships to counter the growing threat coming from the Soviet submarines. These ships were classified as ASW destroyers (onderzeebootjagers),... -
Warplane 10: Fiat G.91 by Arno Landewers
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61The Fiat G.91 was an Italian jet fighter aircraft. It was the winner of the NATO competition in 1953 for a light fighter as standard equipment for Allied air forces. It entered in operational service... -
SS Australis by Bert Lamers 9789464564761
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25The ss 'Australis' was a well known ocean liner which entered service in 1940 as the ss 'America' for the United States Lines. The ship was sold to the Greek Chandris Lines in 1964 and served until... -
Amsterdam 750 Years: A fascinating history of the city by Koen Kleijn 9789464565584
RRP: €47.59Booksplease Price: €43.53English edition Amsterdam 750 Years tells the city’s history as it has never been told before. Through hundreds of stories – about unknown Amsterdammers, remarkable places, and the many people who... -
Warplane 01: Martin Mariner by Nico Braas
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61In 1937 The Glen Martin company started with the design of the model I62. This was a design for a twin engine high-wing monoplane flying boat with an inverted gull wing. As power plant one of the... -
Warship 8: Destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer by Rindert van Zinderen-Bakker
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61HNLMS Kortenaer was torpedoed by the Japanese cruiser Haguro in the Battle of the Java Sea on February 27, 1942. An eyewitness recorded that 'Kortenaer, about 700 yards bearing 80 Degrees relative,... -
MS Rotterdam Bert Lamers 9789464564853
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25Five weeks after the withdrawal of the legendary 'Rotterdam' (V), Holland America Line introduced the 'Rotterdam' (VI) in November 1997. With her gross tonnage of 59.652 she was and still is a... -
Cruiser De Ruyter 1953: Warship 18 by Uwe Smit 9789464565959
RRP: €140.42Booksplease Price: €124.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789464565959Author Uwe SmitFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint LanastaPublisher LanastaWeight(grams)... -
Warplane 06: Convair B-58 Hustler by Nico Braas 9789086161669
Booksplease Price: €19.21When the B-58 Hustler bomber entered service in 1958 it was a very futuristic looking delta wing bomber, creating a lot of sensation. Intended as a successor of the B-47 Stratojet it could reach... -
Warship 12: Guided Missile Frigate Tromp by Henk Visser
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.25Both Tromp-class frigates entered service in 1975/-76. Their primary task was area air defense. They acted as flagships for the COMNLTG (Commander Netherlands Task Group). Their large radome (which... -
Fokker C.11w by Edwin Hoogschagen 9789464561906
RRP: €23.74Booksplease Price: €22.26The sturdy Fokker C.XIw was designed and built for service in the Royal Netherlands Navy. Development started in early 1934. The biplane scout was the first Dutch aircraft which could be catapult... -
Warplane 12: Sopwith Triplane by Nico Braas 9789086162420
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61The Sopwith Triplane was a British single seat fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War. It has the distinction of being the first... -
Dutch Leander Frigate Van Speijk Jantinus Mulder 9789464560565
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25The Van Speijk class frigates were equipped with Dutch electronics/sensors. The British Leander design was chosen to enable rapid construction to replace elderly escorts for ASW duties and NATO... -
Warship 13: Tripartite Minehunter Haarlem by Bob Roetering 9789086164035
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61In the eighties, the Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 15 minehunters of the Alkmaar-class. They were deployed worldwide in conflicts (the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Libyan Sea). In all European... -
Warplane 13: CW-21 Interceptor by Edwin Hoogschagen 9789464561548
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25The CW-21 was designed during the late 1930s. It combined light weight construction with a powerful engine, which resulted in an excellent rate of climb and manoeuvrability, allowing the fighter to... -
Landing Platform Dock Intrepid: Warship 16 Jantinus Mulder 9789464565058
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25One of a two-ship class assault ships commissioned in 1967. Incorporating a large docking well aft, which could accommodate up to four medium landing craft, while four 30 troop light landing craft... -
Liners 03: Achille Lauro by Arne Zuidhoek
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.25The Italian cruise ship Willem Ruys was built between 1939 and 1947. When it was sold to the Italian Lauro Organization in 1966, it was renamed after the company owner Achille Lauro. After being... -
Warplane Plus 01: A17 - The Complete History of the Northrop Attack Planes and Its Export Derivatives by Santiago Rivas 9789086162710
RRP: €29.74Booksplease Price: €28.01The Northrop Corporation offered the single engined Gamma 2F attack plane to the US Army Air Corps in October 1934. After modification work this type evolved into the highly innovative A-17 attack... -
B-32 Dominator Edwin Hoogschagen 9789464565713
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25The Consolidated B-32 Dominator was a powerful American bomber used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Notably, it holds the distinction of being the last Allied aircraft to see combat... -
Warplane 02: Hawker Hunter by Sreco Bradic 9789086161621
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.25The most successful British jet fighter produced was without doubt the sleek and graceful Hawker Hunter. As usual for every new aircraft type it had its share of teething problems, but once these... -
Warship 11: PCE 1604 Series, Frigate Panter by Jantinus Mulder
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61The six Frigate Panters were all built in the USA with MDAP funds. They were designed to escort slow coastal convoys in the Channel and North Sea areas and were operated as a single squadron by the... -
Warplane 04: Brewster Buffalo by Nico Braas
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.25One of the lesser-known fighter aircraft of World War II was the Brewster Buffalo, or, using the U.S. Navy designation system, the F2A. By some historians the Buffalo is regarded as an outright... -
General Dynamics F111 Aardvark: Warplane 16 by Edwin Hoogschagen 9789464566444
RRP: €22.55Booksplease Price: €21.25Developed in the 1960s by General Dynamics, the F-111 pioneered variable-sweep wings, afterburning turbofan engines, and automated terrain-following radar for[-]low-level, high-speed flight. Its... -
The Legendary Douglas DC-3: A Pictorial Tribute Michael S. Prophet 9789464560640
RRP: €44.02Booksplease Price: €40.14Following on from the epoch-making DC-2 technology, the DC-3 is generally considered the greatest single commercial transport plane in history, and certainly the most famous. Indeed, the DC-3... -
Warplane 11: Boeing B-47 Stratojet by Nico Braas
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.61Built by Boeing, designated as B-47 and named the Stratojet, this plane was quantum leap in aircraft development. Initially Boeing entered the unknown when they started this project, but soon it...