Ship Design & Naval Architecture

Founded in 1570, Chatham Dockyard quickly became one of the most important naval yards for the repair and building of warships, maintaining a pre-e...

A highly illustrated history of the US Navy's nuclear submarine program, from the postwar years to the 2020 Columbia-class SSBNs. ...

The X- and XE-Class submarines were conceived during the Second World War: around 51ft (16m) long, they were designed to be towed by a mother subma...

The destroyers of the Akizuki Autumn Moon class were very different from the standard fleet type of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers inaugurated w...

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal N...

The perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet. Patrick O'Brien provides the forward to th...

Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British Town'' class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when th...

AWARDED THE ANDERSON MEDAL 2020'This splendid book will appeal to maritime historians, archaeologists, model-makers and nautical enthusiasts across...

Leith-Built Ships is a testimony to the skill of the men who built the ships and to the many men and women who may have sailed or served on them. T...

An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built before and during Wor...

Blitzkrieg, or Lightning War, was a new concept that Germany unleashed on a series of countries beginning with Poland on 1 September 1939, and cont...

Sub Culture explores the crucial role of the submarine in modern history, its contribution to scientific progress and maritime exploration, and how...