What Ship? Where Bound?
What Ship, Where Bound? A History of Visual Signalling at Sea. By David Craddock. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2021. ISBN 978-1-5267-8482-7
Reviewed by David Hobbs
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Teddy. Roosevelt biography
Teddy. By Laurence Luckinbill. Illustrated by Eryck Tait. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2021.
Reviewed by Greg Swinden
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Ships of the Royal Navy
Ships of the Royal Navy. By J J Colledge, Ben Warlow & Steve Bush. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2020. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0
Reviewed by David Hobbs
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Obituary: Submarine Museum benefactor Gundula Holbrook
Australia’s submarine community has lost one of its most passionate champions with the passing of Mrs Gundula Holbrook at the grand age of 106,...
An Australian Nuclear Industry: Starting with submarines?
An Australian Nuclear Industry: Starting with submarines? Edited by Tom Frame. Published by Connor Court Publishing – www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au . ISBN 9781922449382. 2020.
Reviewed by Peter...
US Navy report promotes diversity and inclusion
The US Navy must capitalize on mentorship, advocacy and accountability to counter inequality and bias in the ranks, according to the initial report of...
Churchill’s pirates: the Royal Naval Patrol Service in WW II.
Churchill’s pirates: the Royal Naval Patrol Service in World War II. By Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Maritime, 2020.
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The British Carrier Strike Fleet After 1945
The British Carrier Strike Fleet After 1945. By David Hobbs. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2015 – re-issued 2020.
Reviewed by Jack McCaffrie
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The Russian Baltic Fleet in the Time of War and Revolution
The Russian Baltic Fleet in the Time of War and Revolution 1914-1918: The Recollections of Admiral S N Timirev. Translated by Stephen Ellis. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley,...
RAN officers set up history and strategy site
A small group of Royal Australian Navy officers has developed the Jeune École Pod & Pen with the aim of promoting discussion on naval strategy...