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The latest book reviews are now available. One is on the life of Cdr. D G H ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** […]

Ed. In a June 1946 article for the Commonwealth and Empire Review, Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer detailed the vital importance of anti-submarine warfare for the protection of Britain’s merchant shipping. An expanded version of the article was published in the NR [34/3, p. 243], with Admiral Dreyer taking to task the ‘bomber mafia’ who had favoured the strategic destruction of Germany over the imperative to protect Britain’s convoy lifelines. Admiral Dreyer’s article is republished here as part of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. A 20 minute read.

The latest book reviews are now available. One is of the latest edition of The Trafalgar Chronicles, the other, a fictional […]

The latest book reviews are now available. One is an account of HMS Fearless‘ deployment to, service in, and return from […]

The latest book reviews have been published. One looks at the history, development and employment of Royal Navy and Italian […]

The latest book review has been published. It reviews two books by David Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in […]

The latest book review has been published. It is a review essay covering three titles concerned with naval aviation in […]

The latest book reviews have been published, one detailing British warship losses from 1920 to 1982, the other, a reprint […]

The latest book reviews have been published, one on the discovery Shackleton’s Endurance, the other on cargo liners in the Second […]