I spotted this on the digital bookshelf, so have downloaded a copy to read on the ferry over to France at Xmas in a couple of weeks time. It covers the period from 1870 to today, so should have lots of useful and relevant stuff for my various naval projects, from steam and sail ironclads, to pre-dreadnoughts and onwards to the Second World War. I’ve been meaning to read up on this very subject for a while, so a slow boat to St Malo seems like the perfect time to do some overdue bookwork.