British Navy Books

Haines, G: 1978 UK, hardcover with dust jacket, 144 pages. Cruiser at War by Gregory Haines describes the development, design and worldwide operations of the cruiser from its origins as the “eyes of the fleet” to its roles in the World...

Preston, A: 1987 UK, hardcover with dustjacket 224 pages with photo's and index. History of the Royal Navy in the 20th Century traces the evolution of the British fleet from 1900 through two world wars and the Cold War, combining...

Winser, J. de S.: 2002 World Ship Society UK, softcover 152 pages, with many photos. The book describes in detail the composition and operations of British assault and follow‑up fleets in ten major amphibious landings, including North...

Allaway, J: 1993 UK, softcover 107 pages, illustrated with many photo's. Over 200 Navy items. Jim Allaway presents a richly illustrated survey of Royal Navy operations and developments as reported in the British newspaper Navy News from...

Burt, R.A.: 1985 London, softcover 64 pages, with photos and history. a concise, photo-rich survey of every British destroyer class that served in all theatres of the Second World War, outlining their design, modifications and...

English, A: 1982 Osprey Publishing UK, softcover 40 pages, with photos. The composition, equipment, and operations of the British and Argentine naval forces during the 1982 Falklands War, with particular attention to major surface units,...

Voden, R. and A. Goodall: 1988 UK, softcover 54 pages. A volume published to commemorate the commissioning of HMS Cornwall in the presence of Her Royal Highness, The Princess of Wales at Falmouth. Colour and black and white...

Smith, O.M.: 1973 MacMillan London, softcover 31 pages, with photos, the armament, history etc.. HMS Belfast by O.M. Smith is a brief illustrated booklet describing the World War II light cruiser’s design, armament and service history,...

Carpenter, Captain Alfred: 1926 London, hardcover, 295 pages, with photos. The Blocking of Zeebrugge by Captain Alfred F.B. Carpenter is a first‑hand account of the Royal Navy’s daring but only partly successful raid of 22–23 April 1918...

Author unknown: 1943 London His Majesty's Stationary Office, softcover 64 pages. The role of the English minesweepers. English edition during WWII. Top of spine slightly torn, otherwise fine!. Royal Netherlands Navy Minesweeper Service.

Padfield, P: 1981 London, hardcover 246 pages. A social and operational history of the Royal Navy from the mid‑19th century to the First World War, tracing its transformation from wooden sailing ships to steel dreadnoughts, destroyers...

Coles, A and T. Briggs: 1985 Robert Hale UK, hardcover with dustjacket 269 pages, with photos. The Fate of Britain’s Mightiest Warship by Alan Coles and Ted Briggs recounts the design, career and dramatic loss of the battlecruiser HMS...

Eardley, Captain S. -Wilmot.R.N.: 1900 London, hardcover 329 pages. With a fleetlist and a index. Our Fleet To-day and Its Development During the Last Half-Century is a technical yet accessible survey of the evolution of the British...

Royal Navy: 2004 UK, softcover 121 pages, complete overview of the equipment, with beautiful full-colour photography, in very good condition.

Burt, R.A. and Trotter, W.P.: 1982 UK, softcover 96 pages. Photographs with subtext. Richly illustrated survey of the Royal Navy’s capital ships of World War I, combining photographs and concise text to document the design, appearance,...

Sturtivant, R: 1990 Arms and Armour, hardcover with dustjacket 224 pages, with photos. History. Also lists of the planes. Ray Sturtivant traces the development of British carrier aviation from the earliest deck landings to its mature...

Moore, Captain John E.: 1979 London, hardcover with dustjacket 136 pages, with photo's. Warships of the Royal Navy 1979 is an illustrated reference that describes every major Royal Navy warship class of the late 1970s, including...

Williams, Ray: 1989 UK, hardcover with dust jacket 170 pages. Air fleet of the UK. With an index and many photographs. Ray Williams surveys the development, service history, and operational use of all Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft...

HM Government Pavilion: 1924-25 British Empire Exhibtion, softcover 32 pages. Photobooklet of the Raid of Zeebrugge with 9 tipp-inn photos of the ships, damaged ships and the closure of the harbour in 1914. In very good condition

Admiralty Gunnery Branch: 1943 UK, hardcover, 26 pages + 17 coloured, folding-out plans of the construction and engineering of this Naval Gun. This wartime Admiralty handbook explains the construction, operation and maintenance of the...

Stille, M: 2020 Osprey UK, softcover, 80 pages, with photos, maps and illustrations. British Battleship vs Italian Battleship; The Mediterranean 1940–41 by Mark Stille examines the three occasions in 1940–1941 when British and Italian...

Boyle-Sommerville, C.M.G.: 1928 Blackwood UK, hardcover, 302 pages, illustrated. Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville was a Royal Navy officer and hydrographer whose professional work focused on surveying and charting sea areas. The book...

Welch, F: 2011 UK, hardcover with dust jacket, 239 pages, illustrated with with photo and map. Frances Welch recounts how, in April 1919, the British battleship HMS Marlborough evacuated surviving members of the Romanov family and their...

Prien, G: 1954 The Grays inn Press London, hardcover, 196 pages, illustrated. I Sank the Royal Oak by Günther Prien is the firsthand account of the daring raid in October 1939, where Prien and his U-47 crew penetrated the British naval...