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| 2062 | BREYER, Siegfried. Battleships and Battlecruisers, 1905–1970. 480p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macdonald and Jane's; New York: Doubleday, 1973. ISBN: 0356041913.
A useful summary of previously published data. There are almost 1,000 illustrations and the plans are beautifully drawn. |
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| 2063 | CAMPBELL, John. Queen Elizabeth Class (Warship Monographs, Monograph 2). 50p., bibliog., illus. Greenwich: Conway, 1972. ISBN: 0851770525.
A largely technical account of this famous class, and more concerned with WWI than WWII. Brief operational histories are given. |
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| 2064 | CARELESS, Ronald. Battleship Nelson: the Story of HMS Nelson. 160p., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1985; Annapolis: NIP, 1986. ISBN: 0853687269.
Almost entirely concerned with WWII, when she was mined and torpedoed, but saw service with the Home Fleet, on Club Runs with Force H, at D-Day, and finally in the Far East. |
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| 2065 | FRANKLIN, Alan G. C., & FRANKLIN, Gordon. One Year of Life: The Story of HMS Prince of Wales. 93, [2]p., illus. London: Blackwood, 1944.
One of the junior officers of Prince of Wales, assisted by his father, gives a personal account of the short life of the ill-starred battleship. |
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| 2066 | JONES, Geoffrey P. Battleship Barham. 272p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1979. ISBN: 0718304160.
A biography of the ill-fated battleship sunk with heavy loss of life in the Mediterranean in 1941. She saw 25 years of very active service, from Jutland to Matapan. |
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| 2067 | KENT, Bart. Memories: Life Aboard King George V. iv, 74p., illus. Brentwood: Wayletts Books, 2002.
Over forty brief reminiscences from the lower deck in an economically produced book from the ships association members. |
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| 2068 | PARKES, Oscar. British Battleship: Warrior 1860 to Vanguard 1950. A History of Design Construction and Armament. xv, 701p., illus., index. London: Seeley Service, 1957.
For many years the standard technical work on this subject. A second edition was published in 1966. |
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| 2069 | PEARS, Randolph. British Battleships 1892–1957: The Great Days of the Fleets. xiii, 201p., illus., index. London: Putnam, 1957. ISBN: 0906223148 A description of the various classes of ship and their careers. Reprinted in 1979 by Cave Associates. |
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| 2070 | PLEVY, Harry Battleship Sailors: The Fighting Career of HMS Warspite Recalled by Her Men. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 2001. ISBN: 1861761511.
The 'Old Lady' was arguably the most famous British capital ship of the two world wars. This well-crafted account includes valuable personal reminiscences from the men who served on her. |
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| 2071 | RAVEN, Alan. Battleships Rodney and Nelson (Man o' War, 3). ISBN: 0853682631.
57p., illus. London: Arms & Armour; New York: RSV, 1979. A technical and operational history of these two distinctive ships. Profusely illustrated. |
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| 2072 | RAVEN, Alan. King George the Fifth Class Battleships (Ensign 1). [41]p., illus. London: Bivouac Books, 1972. ISBN: 0856800023.
A well-illustrated volume with good descriptions and brief operational details. |
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| 2073 | RAVEN, Alan, & ROBERTS, John. British Battleships of World War II: The Development and Technical History of RN Battleships and Battlecruisers 1911–46. 436p., illus. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1976. ISBN: 0853681414. A comprehensive and lavishly produced work which went through several impressions. It includes many designs which never left the drawing board. Gives details of each occasion when ships saw action. An excellent work. |
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| 2074 | RAVEN, Alan, & ROBERTS, John. Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships (Ensign 4). 53p., illus. London: Bivouac Books,1975. ISBN: 0856800058.
The usual mixture of technical and operational details. |
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| 2075 | ROSKILL, S. W. HMS Warspite: The Story of a Famous Battleship. 319p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins, 1957.
Roskill served on Warspite and this full history covers her entire career which envelops almost the entire gamut of Royal Navy experience for half a century. She saw action from Jutland to Walcheren via Narvik and Matapan and witnessed the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in 1918 and the Italian Fleet in 1943. The author packs a great deal into a relatively small space. |
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| 2076 | SMITH, Peter C. Battleship Royal Sovereign and Her Sister Ships. 207p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1988. ISBN: 0718307046.
The author's usual mix of fact and reminiscence, concentrating on WWII. Apart from Royal Oak, sunk in 1939, they all saw active and arduous service but survived the war. A routine, workmanlike study. |
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| 2077 | TARRANT, V. E. Battleship Warspite. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1990. ISBN: 0853689717.
A mainly operational history, well-illustrated and full of statistics in a spare style. |
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| 2078 | TARRANT, V.E. King George V Class Battleships. 286p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1991. ISBN: 1854090267.
A handsomely produced and illustrated volume which is a straightforward operational narrative. |
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| 2079 | THOMPSON, Kenneth. HMS Rodney at War: Being an Account of the Part Played in the War from 1939 to 1945. 180p., illus. London: Hollis & Carter, 1946.
"A friendly description rather than an official account" collected by the chaplain. She worked from Murmansk to Malta and from the Bismarck hunt to D-Day. |
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| 2080 | WATTON, Ross. Battleship Warspite (Anatomy of the Ship). 120p., illus. London: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1986. ISBN: 0851774121.
Another of these good technical surveys. |
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| 2081 | BAILEY, Chris Howard. The Royal Naval Museum Book of the Battle of the Atlantic. The Corvettes and Their Crews: An Oral History. xxvii, 156p., bibliog., illus., index. Portsmouth: Royal Naval Museum; Annapolis: NIP, 1994. ISBN: 0905778189. The imaginative use of oral history is deployed to create a picture of what like was like on the Atlantic corvettes. Some sets of reminiscences are skilfully woven together. |
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