This title is the 26th volume containing the usual diverse range of major feature articles devoted to the design, development and service of the world's fighting ships.

The Anatomy of the Ship series provides documentation of individual ships and ship types, accompanied by line drawings with descriptive keys, technical details and a record of the ship's service history. The frigate Diana, built in 1793, is typical of many that fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

HMS Belfast was the largest British cruiser of the Second World War and saw distinguished service throughout the conflict, including playing a major part in the destruction of the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst. Today she is preserved as an historic monument on the River Thames in London.

John Winton records the history of the Royal Navy. Updated to include recent operations in the first and second Gulf wars.

The 27th volume of this annual maintains the well-established high standards of original research articles, interesting and unusual photographs and drawings, news, reviews and much else from the world of warship history.

This volume in 'Conway's Compass Series' integrates an original narrative with quotations from documents and eyewitnesses, and reproductions of contemporary illustrations or photographs to provide an authoritative account of the campaign, battle and denouement.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, remains one of the defining moments in naval history. The decisive nature of the engagement, the death of Nelson and the outpouring of national grief in the aftermath have inspired a wealth of literature on the battle and many narratives have retold this famous action.

The Takao class of Japanese heavy cruisers was approved in the 1927- 31 Programme, and the Takao was the first of four vessels launched between May 1930 and April 1931. These were genuinely aggressive ships, being fast, heavily armed with both guns and torpedos, and well-protected.

The Flower class corvette was one of the most famous and numerous of all escort vessels, and the corvette Agassiz is the most representative of the Canadian Flowers, which were thrown into the thick of the bitter Atlantic convoy battles of 1941-2. This is a superb description of the ship and her career.

This history of iron and steel warships is complented by illustrations, photographs and accurate standard-scale drawings for most classes.

Presents over 100 paintings and sketches by Geoff Hunt, known to readers across the world as the artist responsible for the covers of the Aubrey-Maturin novels.