A guide to aircraft carriers, from zeppelin and seaplane carriers to V/STOL and nuclear-powered carriers. It examines the evolution of the aircraft carrier, fro

This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently u

This title charts a century of destroyer, frigate and submarine development, starting with the earliest vessels, through the two World Wars and the Cold War, th

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