"Tiger", "Lion" and "Blake", 1942-1986

From the dust jacket. For 20 years between 1959 and 1979 the cruisers Tiger, Lion and Blake took their place in the fleet as the last big gun warships. This is the first book to tell the full stories of all three ships in detail.\nIn depth research has allowed the author to cover their careers through each of their operational service, and the story is enlivened by memories from ex-members of their ships' companies from senior officers to junior seamen.\nThere are 125 photographs covering the careers of the three cruisers from their early days at the shipbuilding yards, to their departure for the breakers' yards, including seven in full colour.