Derek Law's Bibliography

Category: Monitors

Name: Monitors
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Documents: 4

2258 BUXTON, Ian. Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. 216p., bibliog., illus., index. Tynemouth: World Ship Society/Trident Books, 1978; Annapolis: NIP, 1980. ISBN: 0905617061.

The first major study of British monitors is a definitive account which explores their political and military background, design philosophy, construction, operational performance, and ultimate fate. The four which served in WWII are fully covered. Reprinted in 1979 with minor amendments, a second revised edition was published in 2008 by Seaforth in the UK and the Naval Institute Press in the USA. ISBN: 1844157199.

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2259 KEMP, Paul J. British Monitors (ISO Pictorial Series, 5). 48p., illus. London: ISO-Galago, 1987. ISBN: 094678440X.

A photo essay covering the 42 monitors which have served with the Royal Navy.

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CROSSLEY, Jim. Monitors of the Royal Navy: How the Fleet Brought the Great Guns to Bear. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2013. ISBN: 1781590516.

Studies their history, design and effectiveness.

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KEMP, Paul J. Monitors of the Royal Navy. 73p., illus. London: ISO, 1997.

A largely pictorial view.

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