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| 1982 | YOUNG, John. A Dictionary of Royal Navy Ships of the Second World War. 92p., bibliog., illus. Cambridge: PSL, 1975. ISBN: 0850591856.
Covers ships built, bought, leased, or otherwise acquired by the RN, but not those merchant ships temporarily requisitioned. Ships completed after 15 August 1945 are also excluded. It does include ships built for the RN, but transferred to other Navies. Each entry gives brief details of size, class, armament, and fate. |
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| 1983 | Formidable Commission: Written by the Wardroom Officers of H.M. Aircraft Carrier Formidable.159p., illus., index. London: Seeley Service, 1948.
An account of the second commission of the carrier from May 1944 until the end of 1945. She served first with the Home Fleet and then moved to the Pacific where she operated until the end of the war. |
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| 1984 | History of HMS Speaker. 32p., illus. Sydney: Pinnacle, 1946.
A rare pamphlet published for the ship and recording her war from 1943 to 1945 in diary form. She served mainly as a transport and training carrier. |
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| 1985 | APPS, Michael. The Four Ark Royals. 256p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1976. ISBN: 071830344X.
A history of each of the four vessels bearing this famous name, which gives a straightforward account of the third of name. |
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| 1986 | APPS, Michael. Send Her Victorious. 270p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1971. ISBN: 0718301021.
Victorious began life in 1941 hunting the Bismarck and from then served in every theatre, including operating with the Americans in the Pacific and surviving three hits by kamikazes. The story is continued until her eventual scrapping postwar. |
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| 1987 | BARKER, Ray. Victorious the World Over. 219p., illus. Worcester: Square One, 1991. ISBN: 1872017371.
An enjoyable memoir of the ship by a member of her lower deck crew from 1941-45. A second edition was published in 1998. |
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| 1988 | BEAVER, Paul. The British Aircraft Carrier. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Cambridge: PSL, 1982. ISBN: 0850594936.
A well-researched, well-illustrated, general history with a great deal on WWII. A second edition was published in 1984. |
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| 1989 | BLUNDELL, Walter D. G. British Aircraft Carriers. 103p., illus. Hemel Hempstead: MAP, 1969. ISBN: 0853440158.
A heavily illustrated book which concentrates on the fleet carriers, in chronological order, with details of their operational careers. |
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| 1990 | BONNEY, Peter, & BRIGGS, Bill. HMS Indefatigable Fleet Aircraft Carrier. 2 vols., bibliog. London: [author], 1995. ISBN: 0952627604 (V.1) 0952627612 (V.2).
A cheaply produced but fact packed chronology. |
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| 1991 | BROWN, David. HMS Eagle (Profile Warship 35). 249–272pp., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1973.
Largely an operational history. |
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| 1992 | BROWN, David. HMS Illustrious (Profile Warship 11). 241–264pp., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1971.
An operational history. |
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| 1993 | BROWN, John L. Diary of a Matelot 1942–1945. 172p., illus. Worcester: Square One, 1991. ISBN: 1872017401.
The author served on the lower deck of Formidable in the Supply Branch. Largely a rather dry wartime diary, the contrast with the Wardroom view is marked. |
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| 1994 | CHAPPLE, Ann Grace. Good Fellows All: A Simple Chronicle of the White Ensign Club, Portland, Oregon, November 1942 to July 1945. [xi], 108p., illus. Portland: [author, 1946].
A record of the club set up to entertain members of the RN serving in Portland while their escort carriers were being built by the Willamette Iron & Steel Corporation and the Commercial Iron Works. |
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| 1995 | FRIEDMAN, Norman. British Carrier Aviation: The Evolution of the Ships and Their Aircraft. 384p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway, 1988. ISBN: 0851774881.
A detailed and comprehensive account of all aspects of naval aviation from its beginnings to date. |
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| 1996 | GIBBINGS, Peter. Weep for Me Comrade. 160p., illus. London: Minerva, 1997. ISBN: 1861064373.
The author's father was lost in Courageous. The book tells the story of the events surrounding her sinking and the trials of the bereaved family. An amateurish account. |
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| 1997 | GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Information. Ark Royal. 64p., illus. London: HMSO; New York: Macmillan, 1942.
The official story of her career, for popular consumption. |
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| 1998 | HIBBERT, Edgar. The Versatile Air Repair Ship HMS Unicorn. 312p., illus. Ilfracombe: Stockwell, 2006. ISBN: 0722337094.
An autobiography which enjoyably recounts working up and service in the Atlantic and Pacific. |
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| 1999 | HOBBS, David. Aircraft Carriers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies: The Complete Illustrated Encyclopaedia from World War I to the Present. 264p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Greenhill, 1996. ISBN: 1853672521.
An alphabetical list where brief details are followed by extensive service summaries. |
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| 2000 | HOBBS, David. RN Aircraft Carriers in Focus. 152p., illus., index. Liskeard, Maritime Books, 2008. ISBN: 190445934X.
Part of the excellent series of photo books. |
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| 2001 | HOBBS, David. Royal Navy Escort Carriers. 232p., bibliog., illus. Liskeard, Maritime Books, 2003. ISBN: 0907771998.
An alphabetical set of individual ship histories. |
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