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Dictionary of Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships from 1905

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Dictionary of Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships from 1905. By Thomas A Adams MBE. Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, Caithness, 2025.            ...

The Secret Submarine

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The Secret Submarine. By Tom Lewis. Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2025. Reviewed by Walter Burroughs The official history of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) claims...

c/o Cunard House, 88 Leadenhall Street, London EC3

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c/o Cunard House, 88 Leadenhall Street, London EC3. By Bill Ferguson. Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, 2025. Reviewed by Tim Coyle The book takes its title from the...

Nimitz’s Newsman

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Nimitz’s Newsman; Waldo Drake and the Navy’s Censored War in the Pacific. By Hamilton Bean. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2024 Reviewed by Tim Coyle Waldo Drake was...

Intrepid’s Fighting Squadron 18

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Intrepid’s Fighting Squadron 18. By Mike Fink. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2024                                                                                 ISBN 978-1-68247-321-4. Reviewed by David Hobbs Mike Fink is a historian at the Intrepid...

Fairfield. A Shipyard Success Story

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Fairfield. A Shipyard Success Story 1834-2024. By Ian Johnston. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2024. ISBN 978-1-3990-8966-1 (Hardback).                ...

Aircraft of the Royal Navy Since 1908

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Aircraft of the Royal Navy Since 1908. By David Hobbs. Seaforth Publications, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 2024 Reviewed by Tim Coyle In 1962, a youthful David Hobbs saved...

Jellicoe: U-boat Threat in WWI

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Jellicoe’s War; The U-boat Threat in World War One and the Question of Convoy. By Nicholas Jellicoe. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 2024 Reviewed by Tim...

The British Hawkins Class Cruisers

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The British Hawkins Class Cruisers. An Odyssey Through Two World Wars. By Aidan Dodson. Seaforth Publishing, a Division of Pen & Sword Books Ltd,...

Mao’s Army Goes to Sea

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Mao's Army Goes to Sea, The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy. By Toshi YoshiharaGeorgetown University Press, 2023.  Reviewed by Brandon Tran This review...