London: Conway Maritime Press, 2005. — 161 p. "Bismarck" (1939) was the sixth, and to date the last German ship named in honour of Otto von Bismarck, who is considered the founder of the German Empire. Born in 1815, he became Germany's first Chancellor in 1871, and remained in this position until 1890. The first "Bismarck" was a 3,300-ton flush-decked corvette launched on 25...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. — 336 p. — (Anatomy of the Ship). — ISBN: 978-1-4728-2888-0 Although it has been almost eight decades since her sinking, the German battleship Bismarck continues to fascinate new generations of history enthusiasts. Her history was short and violent, filled with glory, horror, tragedy and reversal of fortune, experienced by both adversaries: the...
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1996. — 128 p. This book is a tribute to "Lawhill", and also to Richard Cookson, a man with a passion and love of sailing ships, particularly the deep water square-riggers which still sailed the world's trade routes in the first half of the twentieth century. These vessels have now almost completely disappeared from the oceans, the few remaining...
Conway Maritime Press, 1991. - 127 p. The quest for a true underwater submarine capable of sustaining high speeds for long periods, which blossomed during the first decade of this century, was brought to a halt by the outbreak of World War I. Both Germany and Britain then chose to concentrate on diesel engines for surface and electricity for submerged propulsion. Although still...
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1988. - 120 p. The "Susan Constant" was one of the most important ships in world history. She was the lead ship of the three which founded the colony of Virginia in 1607, and thus established the first successful permanent English-speaking colony in the New World. Though the May flower is much better known, the Susan Constant made her...
Delius Klasing Verlag, 1995. — 136 p. German edition. "Endeavour", one of the most popular of all modelmaking subjects, is a fitting subject for this series. Originally the merchant ship Earl of Pembroke, she was converted by the Royal Navy to an exploration ship to carry Cook on his famous voyage.This revised edition comes complete with a large-scale fold-out plan.
New York: Naval Institute Press, 2005. - 130 p. This book belongs to the well known Anatome of the Ship series and is dedicated to the 44-Gun Frigate USS Constitution. It tells the reader abot the history of this frigate, gives valuable information of the vessel's design and technical specifications as well as detailed description of various parts including hull, figurehead,...
Conway Maritime Press, 2015. — 144 p. — (Anatomy of the Ship 4). The great warship the Mary Rose was built between 1509 and 1511 and served 34 years in Henry VIII's navy before catastrophically sinking in the Battle of the Solent on 19 July 1545. A fighting platform and sailing ship, she was the pride of the Tudor fleet. Yet her memory passed into undeserved oblivion – until...
Naval Institute Press, 2000. — 120 p. It is likely that there are few authors that would not welcome the opportune) of having their work republished in a revised edition. This is particularly valid for this volume on HMS Victory as work is almost constantly being performed on the ship to preserve her and to bring her as close as possible to her Trafalgar appearance. Much has...
London: Conway Maritime Press, 2010. - 128 p. The Pandora was a 24-gun Sixth Rate built at Deptford in 1779. The 20- and 24-gun classes were the smallest regularly commanded by a Post Captain and they were consequently known as post ships they were also the smallest frigate-built ships on the Navy List. The Pandora is best known for her voyage to Tahiti which was undertaken to...
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1995. — 192 p. Work on the "Yamato" project began with the development and modernisation of four selected shipyards — Kure, Nagasaki, Yokosuka and Sasebo — in which the future ships were to be built, because at that time none of the Japanese shipyards could undertake the building of such gigantic hulls. Yamato was built in Kure Kaigun Kosho which...
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1994. — 256 p. This volume contains a collection of over 700 drawings, illustrating and describing the largest and most powerful of Japan's heavy cruisers, Takao. These were aggressive ships, being fast, heavily armed with both guns and torpedoes, and well-protected, and saw much action in the Pacific War of 1941-45. The author's drawings cover...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. — 334 p. — (Anatomy of the Ship). — ISBN: 948-1-8448-6317-4. Equipped with the largest guns and heaviest armour and with the greatest displacement of any ship ever built, the Yamato proved to be a formidable opponent to the US Pacific Fleet in the Second World War. The book contains a full description of the design and construction of the battleship...
New York: Naval Institute Press, 1989. — 144 p. RMS "Queen Mary" is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, "Queen Mary" along with her running mate, the RMS "Queen Elizabeth", were built as part of Cunard's planned two-ship weekly express service between...
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1991. — 128 p. The distinguished career of the carrier "Victorious" extended from World War II to 1967. A major refit during the 1950's, saw her emerge as the Royal Navy's most advanced carrier in the world. The author's drawings show all the changes which she underwent during her long career, while the text focuses especially on her war service...
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1987. — 278 p. This publication belonging to the Anatomy of the Ship series, has been dedicated to the famous Battleship Warspite. It consists of three major parts - introduction, photographs, and drawings. The intro sheds some light on the ship design, construction, career summary, service history, hull structure and general arrangement,...
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1986. — 101 p. At 21 minutes to eight in the evening of 3 September 1939, the SS "Athenia", outward bound from Liverpool to Montreal with 1400 passengers, was struck by a torpedo. This was the first attack in the Second World War to be made by the German Navy, and the torpedo was fired by U30, a Type VII U-boat, commissioned in 1936. On 10 July...
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