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| 1962 | COLLEDGE, J.J. & WARLOW, Ben. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. xviii, 396p. London; Chatham; Annapolis, NIP, 2006. ISBN: 186176281X. A fourth edition of the standard reference work. A fifth edition was published by Pen & Sword in 2021, ISBN: 9781526793270. |
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| 1963 | CRITCHLEY, Mike. The Royal Navy in Focus 1930–39. 110p., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, [1982]. ISBN: 0907771041. A series of captioned photographs in A–Z order by ship name, mainly from the immediate pre-war period and all from the collection of Messrs Wright and Logan of Portsmouth |
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| 1964 | CRITCHLEY, Mike. The Royal Navy in Focus 1940–49. 76p., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, [1984]. ISBN: 0907771114. A companion volume to the work on 1930–39. |
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| 1965 | ELLIOTT, Peter. Allied Escort Ships of World War II. 575p., illus., index. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1977. ISBN: 0356084019.
This profusely illustrated technical work is in fact restricted to the war built construction of British, Canadian and American yards. It is a comprehensive and very detailed account given class by class, full of information on over 4000 vessels. |
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| 1966 | GOODMAN, Sydney V. C. Baseport Devonport Warships: Part III, 1925 to 1950. 32p., illus. Plymouth: PDS, [1983].
Individual pictures with a brief note on all Devonport based ships. |
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| 1967 | GOSS, James. Portsmouth Built Warships 1497–1967. 111p., bibliog., illus., index. Emsworth: Mason, 1984.
An illustrated chronological list of the ships with leading details and potted biographies. |
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| 1968 | GROVES, Robert E. Book of Warships of the British Empire. 40p., illus. London: Rolls House, 1941. "An artist's impressions of the Great Fleet which guards the shores of the Empire," giving some details of the various classes. |
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| 1969 | KEMP, Paul. The Admiralty Regrets: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century. xii, 275p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 1999. ISBN: 0750915676. A chronological listing with details on each sinking varying from a sentence to a page of information. Really only covers major vessels. |
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| 1970 | LEGGETT, Eric. The Corfu Incident. [6], 183p., illus., index. London: Seeley Service, 1974. ISBN: 0854220755.
Although concerned with the mining of Saumarez and Volage in the Corfu Channel in 1946, this book also contains potted biographies of both these destroyers plus Mauritius and Leander. |
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| 1971 | LENTON, H. T. British Battleships and Aircraft Carriers (Navies of the Second World War). 160p., illus., index. London: Macdonald; New York: Doubleday, 1972. ISBN: 0356038696.
A small pocketbook recording technical details. |
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| 1972 | LENTON, H.T. British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. 766p., illus., index. London: Greenhill; Annapolis: NIP, 1998. ISBN: 1557500487.
The definitive listing of the 20,000 warships and auxiliary ships of all classes which served. A volume packed with pictures and facts on construction, fate, and war service, arranged by type and class. |
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| 1973 | LENTON, H. T. British Escort Ships (World War 2 Fact Files). 64p., illus. London: Macdonald & Jane's, 1974; New York: Arco, 1975. ISBN: 0356080625.
A listing with leading details and full illustrations of the sloops, corvettes and frigates of the RN and RCN which fought in WWII. |
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| 1974 | LENTON, H. T., & COLLEDGE, J. J. Warship Losses of World War II: British and Dominion Fleets. 64p., illus. London: Ian Allan, [1965].
An alphabetical list, by type, with brief details of the cause of loss. |
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| 1975 | LENTON, H. T., & COLLEDGE, J. J. Warships of World War II. 638p., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1964.
A technical guide to the ships of the Royal and Dominion Navies plus those ships transferred to other navies, giving leading details and fate. First published in eight parts. |
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| 1976 | McMURTRIE, F. E. Ships of the Royal Navy Including Forces of British Dominions Overseas. 227p., illus. London: Sampson Low, 1940.
Published early in 1940, this small handbook describes all the classes of ships in the Royal Navy before the war began to take its heaviest toll. Later editions appeared in 1941, 1942, and 1945. |
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| 1977 | RAVEN, Alan, & ROBERTS, John. British Warships of the Second World War: A Folio of Authentic Scale Plans. 1st Series. [27]p. (24 folding), illus. [Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press, 1972]. ISBN: 0851770215.
Detailed plans and brief notes on Rodney, Royal Oak, Warspite, Renown, Repulse, Ajax, London, Manchester, Sussex, Ariadne, Onslow, and Lance. |
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| 1978 | ROBERTS, John. British Warships of the Second World War. 160p., illus. London: Chatham; Annapolis: NIP, 2000. ISBN: 1861761317.
A representative selection of plans from the collections of the National Maritime Museum covering all types of vessel. |
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| 1979 | WARLOW, Ben. The Royal Navy in Focus in World War II – Part Two. 112p., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 2002. ISBN: 0907771904.
Full page photographs with extensive captions form a loving record of the ships of the RN. |
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| 1980 | WARLOW, Ben. Yesterday's Navy: A Selection of Royal Navy Ship Histories of World War Two. vi, 218p., illus. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 2009. ISBN: 1904459374.
These forty brief ship histories were originally published individually in Warship World under his pen name of Bill Johnson. They cover eight battleships and battlecruisers, one carrier, twenty-two cruisers, one cruiser-minelayer and eight destroyers. |
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| 1981 | WARLOW, Ben, & GOODMAN, Sydney. The Royal Navy in Focus in World War II. 112p., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 1994. ISBN: 0907771572.
The customary nostalgic record from an excellent selection of photographs. |
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