- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Conway Maritime Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (20 Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0851777910
- ISBN-13: 978-0851777917
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 20.9 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"- 'A first class collection... by world authorities which maintains the high standards of the Warship series.' Focus "There is something for everyone in these interesting volumes." Ships Monthly "As in previous years, the annual Warship is a naval reader's delight... Great reading." The Navy
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This text contains a diverse range of major feature articles devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's fighting ships. Features in this edition include: the last British Ironclads, attacks on hospital ships, Australia's Victorian navy, the Battle of Ulsan 1904, and German Type II submarines at war.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The usual collection of disparate articles united only by a common naval theme. A true description but one that does not do justice to this important series that is an annual treat for anyone interested in naval history or current affairs.
This year sees the end of an era as it includes the last work of the late David K. Brown.
This year sees the end of an era as it includes the last work of the late David K. Brown.
5 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This years Warship annual conitnues ever much as before. Not as good as the long awaited 1999-2000 edition (which will be hard to surpass) but of the usual high standard anyway. There is a notable 20th century bias to this years annual, among which the paper on U-Boats is of immediate interest. The Editors review of the years naval events is all inclusive once again, and his short piece on the Kursk tragedy is worthy of mention. The Notes section is rather good this year, covered many diverse aspects of our interest from wargaming to the internet to theme parks and to what the Naval Annual was doing 100 years ago.
Lets not have to wait so long for the 2001-2002 annual.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Great Articles
26 July 2005
Format:Hardcover
Warship is an annually produced compilation of articles on the design, development and service hostory of the world's combat ships. The 2005 issue is one of the most interesting volumes yet.
The first article is on the failure of British armor piercing big gun shells to pierce armor and then to fail to explode. It is surprising to me that such little details seemingly are ignored until a country goes to war, ships have sunk, and people have died. I was reminded of the failure of the American (and German) torpedoes to explode. After all the effort put into submarines, training the crew and sending them off to war, it appears that only one live test of a torpedo had been run and it had failed.
Another article is on the early steam powered torpedo boats built by the Royal Navy in the late 1800's. These definitely do not look like they would be good boats on which to serve. I had seen pictures of them before but the article goes into things like sea keeping, and life on board as well as more technical details on the ships.
The articles in this book are not short, averaging something over a dozen pages. Annual columns reviewing the navies of the world, a gallery of pictures and others take up about a quarter of the book.
As usual, this is a fascinating book. It brings up points of history that aren't seen very often. It's very very well written. Highly recommended to any interested person.
The first article is on the failure of British armor piercing big gun shells to pierce armor and then to fail to explode. It is surprising to me that such little details seemingly are ignored until a country goes to war, ships have sunk, and people have died. I was reminded of the failure of the American (and German) torpedoes to explode. After all the effort put into submarines, training the crew and sending them off to war, it appears that only one live test of a torpedo had been run and it had failed.
Another article is on the early steam powered torpedo boats built by the Royal Navy in the late 1800's. These definitely do not look like they would be good boats on which to serve. I had seen pictures of them before but the article goes into things like sea keeping, and life on board as well as more technical details on the ships.
The articles in this book are not short, averaging something over a dozen pages. Annual columns reviewing the navies of the world, a gallery of pictures and others take up about a quarter of the book.
As usual, this is a fascinating book. It brings up points of history that aren't seen very often. It's very very well written. Highly recommended to any interested person.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A very nice mix of articles for the naval enthusiast
2 Aug 2009
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Warship 2009 is the 31st volume in a series of naval annuals that goes back to 1977. The first 12 volumes were collections of 4 quarterly journals; Warship 1989 began the present hardcover annual format.
The 208 page volume is composed of 10 in depth articles, a notes section of shorter features, a navies in review describing naval developments of the past year, an "A & A" (additions and alterations) section with readers comments on previous articles, a section on book reviews, and a pictorial section.
All that is not excellent is very good indeed. The outstanding features to my mind are the articles which are usually an eclectic mix. For example, this year we have articles on supplying coal to the Victorian Navy and the John Brown shipyard during WWI. The outstanding article this year, in my humble opinion, was the one on the explosion aboard the Japanese battleship Mutsu in 1943.
One of the consistently outstanding features are the book reviews - 17 pages of 31 in depth reviews. Year after year I find books that I would never have heard of otherwise or books I wouldn't have been inclined to purchase otherwise.
One of the features I could easily do without is "World Navies in Review 2008." It's fine for what it is but for my tastes it's out of place in a book that is largely historical in focus.
Finally, there are eulogies to two recently deceased contributors, Daniel Harris and David K. Brown. Both will be missed.
The 208 page volume is composed of 10 in depth articles, a notes section of shorter features, a navies in review describing naval developments of the past year, an "A & A" (additions and alterations) section with readers comments on previous articles, a section on book reviews, and a pictorial section.
All that is not excellent is very good indeed. The outstanding features to my mind are the articles which are usually an eclectic mix. For example, this year we have articles on supplying coal to the Victorian Navy and the John Brown shipyard during WWI. The outstanding article this year, in my humble opinion, was the one on the explosion aboard the Japanese battleship Mutsu in 1943.
One of the consistently outstanding features are the book reviews - 17 pages of 31 in depth reviews. Year after year I find books that I would never have heard of otherwise or books I wouldn't have been inclined to purchase otherwise.
One of the features I could easily do without is "World Navies in Review 2008." It's fine for what it is but for my tastes it's out of place in a book that is largely historical in focus.
Finally, there are eulogies to two recently deceased contributors, Daniel Harris and David K. Brown. Both will be missed.
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