The Royal Navy: A Complete Record Of A...: Ships Of

When the ship was in or out of active commission.

The record begins in the , tracing the Navy from its humble beginnings under Henry VIII—who built the fleet from just five ships to over 50 by his death—to the modern era. It catalogs legendary vessels like: Ships of the Royal Navy: A Complete Record of A...

For anyone who has ever spent a rainy afternoon lost in the tales of Admiral Nelson or wondered about the fate of a long-forgotten Tudor frigate, there is one name that stands above all others: . His seminal work, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present , is not just a book; it is a monumental "labour of love" that serves as the definitive census for over 500 years of British naval power. When the ship was in or out of active commission