Warship 2014

The 36th edition of this highly acclaimed annual maintains well-established standards of scholarship, research, news and reviews from the field of warship history. This edition features articles on a range of diverse subjects, including: a detailed technical description of the "Queen Elizabeth" (CVA-01); a review of the careers of Germany's "Braunschweig" and "Deutschland" classes; the development of the Italian aircraft carrier "Cavour"; the conception and characteristics of the armored cruisers of the IJN; an account of the escape of the "Jean Bart" from Saint-Nazaire; the career and loss of the submarine "Mariotte"; the origins and tortuous progress to completion of the IJN light carrier "Ryujo"; the history of Russia's turret frigates of the "Admiral Lazarev" and "Admiral Spiridov" classes and a examination of the post-war evolution of fire control in the Royal Navy.