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Warship, Volume VI
312 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1982
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January 24, 2022
The sixth “volume” of Warship collects together the four quarterly editions of Warship issued in 1982 (nos 21, 22, 23 and 24) into a single volume, edited by John Roberts and with a wide range of authors and articles. The standard of research is very high, as to be expected from the journal, although it’s worth noting that in a small number of cases new developments since 1982 make the some of the information out of date.
The articles covered a wide range of topics, some highlights including (with the authors in brackets behind the topic):
- German Naval Radar to 1945 (Erwin Sieche)
- Attack and Defence parts 2 and 3 (David K Brown)
- Akagi and Kaga (Hans Lengerer)
- The ‘3-T’ Programme (Norman Friedman)
- The Bad Weather Flotilla – the Uragan Class (Przemyslaw Budzbon & Boris Lemachko)
- Amphibious Command Ships (Norman Polmar & John J Patrick)
- The Light Cruiser Nurnberg (M J Whitley)
Unsurprisingly, the quality of the writing and editing is also very high, with only a few minor editing slips. The book is well illustrated with diagrams and photographs, although the quality of image reproduction, while generally reasonable, is not as high as modern standards. As the volume is a combination of four shorter quarterly periodicals, the articles are broken up into smaller parts, and often (but not always) smaller, than articles from when the journal became an annual.
All up, like every other volume of this series, it’s a treasure-trove of interesting information on the history of warship design and use. It’s not a great book for someone wanting their first book on the topic, but I found it very interesting. While it’s a 5 star experience, it’s a bit closer to 4.5 stars due to the image reproduction and one or two things being a little dated.
The articles covered a wide range of topics, some highlights including (with the authors in brackets behind the topic):
- German Naval Radar to 1945 (Erwin Sieche)
- Attack and Defence parts 2 and 3 (David K Brown)
- Akagi and Kaga (Hans Lengerer)
- The ‘3-T’ Programme (Norman Friedman)
- The Bad Weather Flotilla – the Uragan Class (Przemyslaw Budzbon & Boris Lemachko)
- Amphibious Command Ships (Norman Polmar & John J Patrick)
- The Light Cruiser Nurnberg (M J Whitley)
Unsurprisingly, the quality of the writing and editing is also very high, with only a few minor editing slips. The book is well illustrated with diagrams and photographs, although the quality of image reproduction, while generally reasonable, is not as high as modern standards. As the volume is a combination of four shorter quarterly periodicals, the articles are broken up into smaller parts, and often (but not always) smaller, than articles from when the journal became an annual.
All up, like every other volume of this series, it’s a treasure-trove of interesting information on the history of warship design and use. It’s not a great book for someone wanting their first book on the topic, but I found it very interesting. While it’s a 5 star experience, it’s a bit closer to 4.5 stars due to the image reproduction and one or two things being a little dated.
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