The Windfall Battleships. Agincourt, Canada, Erin, Eagle, and the Balkan and Latin American Arms Race
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The Windfall Battleships. Agincourt, Canada, Erin, Eagle, and the Balkan and Latin American Arms Race

ISBN 9781399063227 £10.99 18 Aug 2026
Seaforth Publishing an imprint of Pen & Sword , Barnsley, South Yorks (2023)
This book explores, for the first time, the full story of how two Turkish and two Chilean battleships, at the end of their build programme in British Yards, were transferred to the Royal Navy after the outbreak of the war. These ships became Agincourt, Canada and Erin (which saw action at Jutland) and Eagle, which became a pioneering aircraft carrier. The book tells the whole story here, including what happened to the ships after the war.