WWI Naval Bibliography

"Technology" - Papers (English)

  • --- Canada's Only Warship Loss in World War One in Starshell, volume VII, Number 2, Spring 1998.
    The loss of HMCS Galiano, published in the quarterly journal of the Naval Officers Association of Canada.
  • Alexander, Jeff Nikon and the Sponsorship of Japan's Optical Industry by the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1917-1945 in
    Gateway, Winter 2001 -- "An Academic History Journal on the Web"
    (an external link)
  • Allen, Francis J. Arkansas Class Monitors in
    Gray, Randal (editor) WARSHIP volume 8
    Conway Maritime Press, 1984.
  • Armstrong, Harry C. The Removal of the North Sea Mine Barrage, in
    Nautical Research Journal, Volume 30 # 3, September 1984.
    Quite a good summary on this major minesweeping effort, and information on the USS Pelican and her sisters.
  • Bacon, Admiral Sir R. RN Some Facts About Fisher and His Warships in Proceedings(journal of the United States Naval Institute), Vol 66 Number 445, March, 1940.
    Written in rebuttal to an article in the August 1939 issue of Proceedings, this piece provides some very useful background information and analysis of the ships which fought at Jutland.
  • Baker, A. D. Historic Fleets in
    Naval History, April 2000.
    A one-page look at the USS Isabel, which saw service in both world wars.
  • Baker, A. D. Historic Fleets in
    Naval History, February 2001.
    A one-page look at the USS Bridge, fleet supply ship built in 1916/1917.
  • Ball, Stuart R. The Life and Death of an Edwardian Flagship: A Case Study of H. M. S. Bulwark in
    The Mariner's Mirror, Volume 72 1986 Number 2.
    A nice little survey of the career of a classic British pre-dreadnought.
  • Barberis, Naval Constructor Louis A Comparision of the Cost of Dreadnoughts in England, Germany, France, Austria and the United States in
    Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume XXIV, February 1912.
    (translated by A. Conti). An important paper that explains how difficult it is to compare "apples and oranges."
  • Berchem, F. R. Our Ships in Starshell, the newsletter of the Naval Officers Assocation of Canada
    Beginning with the Autumn 1998 issue, Berchem has provided a one-page summary and line drawing of Canadian warships, beginning with HMCS Niobe.
  • Bilzer, Franz Ferdinand Versuchsgleitboot: The World's First Hovercraft in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 5
    Conway Maritime Press, 1981.
  • Bishop, Leigh Gold in an Emerald World in
    Wreck Diving Magazine, Issue 12, 2007.
    A look at the wreck of the liner Laurentic.
  • Bittinger, Lt-Cmdr Charles. USNR Naval Camouflage in Proceedings(journal of the United States Naval Institute), Vol 66 Number 452, October, 1940.
  • Bolotenko, George The Icebreaker Mikula Selianinovich (1916-1937): To Russia and Back in
    The Northern Mariner / le Marin du Nord (journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society) July, 2002.
  • Brady, Mark Port Edgar Destroyer Base, 1916-1928, in
    John Jordon (editor) Warship 2007
    Conway Maritime Press, 2007.
    A fascinating article that identifies a number of RN destroyers photographed on one particular day.
  • Briggs, Mark Innovation and the Mid-Victorian Royal Navy: The Case of the Whitehead Torpedo in
    The Mariner's Mirror, November 2002.
  • Brook Peter Armoured Cruiser versus Armoured Cruiser: Ulsan, 14 August 1904 Part One in
    Anthony Preston (editor) Warship 2000-2001
    Conway Maritime Press, 2000.
    A preview of Coronel (1914), the other time that armoured cruisers met in combat.
  • Brook, Peter Armstrong's Unbuilt Warships in
    McLean, David and Preston, Antony (editors) WARSHIP 1997-1998 (volume XXI)
    Conway Maritime Press, 1997.
  • Brook, Peter Armstrong Portfolio Number Four in
    Preston, Antony (editor), Warship 2001-2002
    Conway Maritime Press, 2001.
  • Brooks, John The Admiralty Fire Control Tables, in
    Preston, Antony (editor) Warship 2002-2003
    Conway Maritime Press, 2003.
    Although the focus is on the AFCT of the Second World War, there is a wealth of information on the Dreyer Tables of the Great War, and the inception of the AFCT design from lessons-learned.
  • Brooks, John Fire Control in British Dreadnoughts: A Technical History presented at
    Third Conference for New Researchers in Maritime History Portsmouth UK, 1995
    A brief look at the importance of technical history in general and an overview of the evolution of RN fire control.
  • Brooks, John Percy Scott and the Director in
    McLean, David and Preston, John(editors) WARSHIP 1996
    Conway Maritime Press, 1996.
  • Brooks, John The Mast and Funnel Question: Fire-control positions in British Dreadnoughts in
    Roberts, John(editor) WARSHIP 1995
    Conway Maritime Press, 1995.
  • Brown, Lt-Cmdr C. R. USN The Saga of a Modern Sea Raider in Proceedings(journal of the United States Naval Institute), Vol 66 Number 444, February, 1940.
    The story of the German raider SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm.
  • Brown, D. K. Attack and Defence no 5: Prior to World War One in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 9
    Conway Maritime Press, 1985.
  • Brown, D. K. Early Aircraft Carrier Projects in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 9
    Conway Maritime Press, 1985.
  • Brown, D. K. Revolution Manqué: Technical Change in the Royal Navy at the end of the First World War in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1993
    Conway Maritime Press, 1993.
  • Brown, D. K. Some Thoughts on British Mines in the First World War in
    Preston, Antony (editor), Warship 2001-2002
    Conway Maritime Press, 2001.
    A very useful summary of an important topic.
  • Brown, D. K. The Design and Construction of the Battleship Dreadnought in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 4
    Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
  • Brown, D. K. The Russo-Japanese War. Technical Lessons as perceived by the Royal Navy in
    McLean, David and Preston, John(editors) WARSHIP 1996
    Conway Maritime Press, 1996.
    What RN observers saw during this conflict led directly to the design and tactics of WW1.
  • Brown, D K Steam Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2005
    Conway Maritime Press, 2005.
  • Budzbon, Przemyslaw and Lemachko, Boris V. The Salvage of HM S/M L55 by the Soviet Navy in
    Grant, Ian (editor) WARSHIP volume 12
    Conway Maritime Press, 1988.
  • Burt, R. A. Minotaur- Before the Battlecruiser in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 11
    Conway Maritime Press, 1987.
  • Burt, R. A. The Majestic Pre Dreadnought in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 7
    Conway Maritime Press, 1983.
  • Burt, R. A. The Powerful Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy in
    Grant, Ian (editor) WARSHIP volume 12
    Conway Maritime Press, 1988.
  • Burt, R. A. The Royal Sovereign Class of 1889 in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 4
    Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
  • Burt, R. A. The Royal Sovereign Class Battleships 1913-1948 in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 9
    Conway Maritime Press, 1985.
  • Buxton, Ian The 18inch Gun in British Monitors in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 3
    Conway Maritime Press, 1979.
  • Campbell, N. J. M. German Dreadnoughts and their Protection in
    Preston, Anthony (editor) WARSHIP volume 1
    Conway Maritime Press, 1977.
  • Campbell, N. J. M. British Naval Guns 1880-1945 (several parts) in
    Roberts, John et al (editor) WARSHIP volume 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Conway Maritime Press, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986.
  • Campbell, N. J. M. Washington's Cherrytrees: The Evolution of the British 1921-22 Capital Ships in
    Preston, Anthony (editor) WARSHIP volume 1
    Conway Maritime Press, 1977.
    Useful information on late-War capital ship design ideas.
  • Cernuschi Enrico and Vincent P O'Hara Search for a Flattop: the Italian Navy and the Aircraft Carrier 1907-2007, in
    John Jordon (editor) Warship 2007
    Conway Maritime Press, 2007.
  • Chesneau, Joananne Warship Pictorial: USS Texas in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 4
    Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
    Photos taken onboard the museum ship.
  • Chesneau, Roger Warships Wings No 8: Sopwith Pup in
    Gray, Randal (editor) WARSHIP volume 8
    Conway Maritime Press, 1984.
  • Cowpe, Alan The Royal Navy and the Whitehead Torpedo in
    Bryan Ranft (editor) Technical Change and British Naval Policy 1860-1939
    Hodder and Stoughton, 1977.
  • de Sarigny, Victor Warship Gallery in
    Preston, Antony (editor), Warship 2001-2002
    Conway Maritime Press, 2001.
    This edition of the annual has reproduced an unusual series of photographs, taken by de Sarigny (courtesy of his granddaughter), of RN warships in North Russia.
  • Dover, Steve Heading for the City in
    Diver, April 1999.
    The City of Winchester was one of the first British ships sunk during the war (San Wilfrido was mined on 3 August), captured by SMS Konigsberg, off Aden. This article describes an expedition to her wreck.
  • Dumas, Robert The French Dreadnoughts: the 23,500 ton Bretagne Class in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 10
    Conway Maritime Press, 1986.
  • Dumas, Robert The French Dreadnoughts: the 23,500 ton Courbet Class in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 9
    Conway Maritime Press, 1985.
  • Easop, Tom Caught in Time in
    Dive Magazine (July 1999 issue)
    A few excellent black and white photos of the wrecks in Scapa Flow.
  • Fairbanks, Charles H., Jr. Choosing Among Technologies in the Anglo-German Naval Arms Competition, 1898-1915 in
    William B. Cogar (editor) Naval History: The Seventh Symposium of the U.S. Naval Academy
    Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1988 ISBN: 0842022996
    (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
  • Friedman, Norman USS NEVADA The 'All or Nothing' scheme of protection in
    Preston, Anthony (editor) WARSHIP volume 1
    Conway Maritime Press, 1977.
  • Gimblett, Richard "The Incarnation of Energy": Raymond Préfontaine, the Hydrographic Survey of Canada, and the Establishment of a Canadian Naval Militia in
    Glover, William (editor) Charting Northern Waters - Essays for the Centenary of the Canadian Hydrographic Service
    McGill-Queens University Press, 2004 (for the Canadian Nautical Research Society)
    Some useful background on the leadup to the creation of the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • Giorgerini, Giorgio The Cavour and Duilio Class Battleships in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 4
    Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
  • Goodall, Stanley The Ex-German Battleship Baden in
    Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1921
    (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
  • Gray, David R. Carrying Canadian Troops - The Story of RMS Olympic as a First World War Troopship, in
    Canadian Military History, Volume 11, Number 1, Winter 2002
    A detailed look at the important war work of one of Titanic's sisters - and the Olympic was a ship well known to the residents of "a Canadian East Coast Port".
  • Greger, René Fighting Motor Boats of the Russian Army: Eastern Europe 1915-20 in
    Grant, Ian (editor) WARSHIP volume 12
    Conway Maritime Press, 1988.
  • Greger, René Soviet MTB Design and Development 1919-1939 in
    Grant, Ian (editor) WARSHIP volume 12
    Conway Maritime Press, 1988.
  • Greger, René The Last Austro-Hungarian Destroyer Projects in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 6
    Conway Maritime Press, 1982.
  • Greger, René Was there a Serbian Navy? in
    Gray, Randal (editor) WARSHIP volume 8
    Conway Maritime Press, 1984.
  • Greger, René Who was Responsible for the Faults in the Tegetthoff Class? in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 4
    Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
  • Grove, Eric The SNR Annual Lecture, 2006: The Battleship is Dead; Long Live the Battleship. HMS Dreadnought and the Limits of Technological Innovation, in
    The Mariner's Mirror, November 2007.
  • Gusewelle, John K. Science and the Admiralty during World War I: The Case of the Board of Invention and Research in
    Jordan, Gerald (editor) Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century
    Croom Helm, 1977.
  • Hansen, Kenneth P. Kingsmill's Cruisers: The Cruiser Tradition in the Early Royal Canadian Navy in
    The Northern Mariner / le Marin du Nord (the journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society) January, 2003.
    A very interesting paper that shows that the RCN's interest in cruisers was, in fact, the right idea, and that the Halifax class that serve in Her Majesty's Canadian Fleet today are the modern equivalents.
  • Harding, Richard Learning From the War: The Development of British Amphibious Capability, 1919-29 in
    The Mariner's Mirror, May 2000 (Vol 86, Number 2).
  • Harris, Daniel Canadian Warship Construction 1917-19: The Great Lakes and Upper St Lawrence River Areas in
    The Mariner's Mirror, Volume 75, Number 2 - 1989.
  • Harris, Daniel Minelayer Clas Fleming An Early Gas Turbine Ship, in
    Preston, Antony (editor) Warship 2004
    Conway Maritime Press, 2004.
  • Harris, Daniel Swedish Steam Torpedo Boats in
    Anthony Preston (editor) Warship 2000-2001
    Conway Maritime Press, 2000.
  • Harris, Dan(iel) The Swedish Torpedo Cruisers in
    Preston, Antony (editor), Warship 2001-2002
    Conway Maritime Press, 2001.
  • Haynes, F. Naval Rangefinding Development 1890-1945
    a paper available from the Naval Historical Society of Australia.
  • Head, Brian The Hawkcraig Experiments, in
    Grant, Ian (editor) Warship, Volume 49 (never bound into an annual), January 1989
    An interesting look at the RN's hydrophone development.
  • Henneberry, AlSubmarine HMS L-26 in
    Wreck Diving Magazine, Issue 12, 2007.
  • Higham, Robin The Peripheral Weapon in Wartime: A Case Study in
    Jordan, Gerald (editor) Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century
    Croom Helm, 1977.
    A study of the development of the British naval airship.
  • Hobbs, David The First Pearl Harbor: the attack by British Torpedo Planes on the German High Seas Fleet Planned for 1918, in
    John Jordon (editor) Warship 2007
    Conway Maritime Press, 2007.
  • Hone, Thomas C. Jackie Fisher's Revenge, in
    United States Naval Institute Proceedings, February 2000.
    A sketchy look at Fisher's Dreadnought/battlecruiser revolution, pointing out the mistakes for the modern USN.
  • Hone, Trent The Evolution of Fleet Tactical Doctrine in the US Navy, 1922-1941 in
    The Journal of Military History, October 2003
    Based on lessons-learned from WW1...
  • Hope, Nick Euphoric on the Britannic in
    Diver January 1999
    An excellent description of the wreck of the famous hospital ship, including some great underwater photography.
  • Horsfall, M. K. Mystery Ships of World War I - HMS Hyderabad
    a paper available from the Naval Historical Society of Australia.
  • Itani, Jiro, Lengerer, Hans and Rehm-Takahara, Tomoko Japan's Proto-Battlecruisers: The Tsukuba and Kurama Classes in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1992
    Conway Maritime Press, 1992.
  • Jaskula, Andrzej M. Askold in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 7
    Conway Maritime Press, 1983.
    (translation)
  • Jones, Colin Australian Colonial Navies, 1855-1900 in
    Preston, Antony (editor), Warship 2001-2002
    Conway Maritime Press, 2001.
    "Almost ancestors" of the Royal Australian Navies.
  • Jones, Colin The Navy of Victoria in
    Anthony Preston (editor) Warship 2000-2001
    Conway Maritime Press, 2000.
    The beginnings of the Royal Australian Navy.
  • Jordan, John The Origins of the French 8,000-Tonne Curisers of 1922 in
    McLean, David and Preston, Antony (editors) WARSHIP 1997-1998 (volume XXI)
    Conway Maritime Press, 1997.
  • Kelly, Patrick J. Strategy, Tactics, and Turf Wars: Tirpitz and the Oberkommando der Marine, 1892-1895 in
    The Journal of Military History, October 2002.
    A re-examination of the development of Tirpitz's strategic and tactical thought in the 1890s. Well worth reading.
  • Kip, Frido G. The Japanese Experimental Light Cruiser Yubari in
    Preston, Anthony(editor) WARSHIP 1999-2000
    Conway Maritime Press, 1999.
    Contains useful information on Japanese light cruiser designs of the WW1 era.
  • Lambert, Nicholas A. Admiral Sir John Fisher and the Concept of Flotilla Defence, 1904-1909 in
    Journal of Military History, 59, October 1995.
  • Largess, Robert Airships at Sea in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 11
    Conway Maritime Press, 1987.
  • Lautenschlager, Karl A Majestic Revolution in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 7
    Conway Maritime Press, 1983.
    The Majestic class of Royal Navy pre-dreadnoughts.
  • Layman, R. D. Engadine at Jutland in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1990
    Conway Maritime Press, 1990.
  • Layman, R. D. Kite Balloons in the US Navy 1915-22 in
    McLean, David and Preston, Antony (editors) WARSHIP 1997-1998 (volume XXI)
    Conway Maritime Press, 1997.
  • Layman, R. D. Naval Kite Trials in
    Roberts, John(editor) WARSHIP 1994
    Conway Maritime Press, 1994.
  • Layman, R. D. Naval Warfare in a New Dimension 1914-1918 in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1989
    Conway Maritime Press, 1989.
  • Layman, R. D. and McLaughlin, Stephen Flights of Fancy: Unusual Shipboard Aircraft Launch and Recovery Systems in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1993
    Conway Maritime Press, 1993.
  • Layman, R. D. and McLaughlin, Stephen The Father of the Flat-top? in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1991
    Conway Maritime Press, 1991.
  • Layman, R. D. and McLaughlin, Stephen The Shipboard Balloon- the Beginnings of Naval Aeronautics in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1992
    Conway Maritime Press, 1992.
  • Levy, James Ready or Not? The Home Fleet at the Outset of World War II, in
    Naval War College Review, Autumn 1999.
    Although it deals with the Second World War, there is a useful comparision with the RN's ideas during WW2. It may be read online.
  • Lewis, Dr. E. R. The 14-inch Naval Railway Batteries in Naval History, Spring 1991
  • Liddiard, John The MAINE in Diver, March 1999.
    A description of the wreck of the British merchant ship Maine (not the US battleship!) sunk by UC 17 in 1917.
  • Lyon, David The First Town Class 1908-31 in
    Preston, Anthony (editor) WARSHIP volume 1
    Conway Maritime Press, 1977.
  • Lyon, David Torpedo Warfare: A Successful Prediction in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 7
    Conway Maritime Press, 1983.
  • Lyon, Hugh The Relations Between the Admiralty and Private Industry in the Development of Warships in
    Bryan Ranft (editor) Technical Change and British Naval Policy 1860-1939
    Hodder and Stoughton, 1977.
  • Maber, John M. HMS Campania 1914-1918 in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 7
    Conway Maritime Press, 1983.
  • MacGregor, David The Use, Misuse, and Non-Use of History: The Royal Navy and the Operational Lessons of the First World War, in
    The Journal of Military History, October 1992.
  • Maurer, John H. Fuel and the Battle Fleet: Coal, Oil and American Naval Strategy, 1898 - 1925 in
    Naval War College Review, Vol 34, No 6 Seq 288, Nov/Dec 81 (pp 60 -73)
    (courtesy of Mark Tunnicliffe (m.tunnicliffe@SYMPATICO.CA))
  • McBride, Keith After the Dreadnought in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1992
    Conway Maritime Press, 1992.
  • McBride, Keith British 'M' Class Destroyers of 1913-14 in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1991
    Conway Maritime Press, 1991.
  • McBride, Keith HMS Pheasant- the Destroyer Which Vanished in
    McLean, David and Preston, Antony (editors) WARSHIP 1997-1998 (volume XXI)
    Conway Maritime Press, 1997.
  • McBride, Keith Lord Nelson and Agamemnon, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2005
    Conway Maritime Press, 2005.
  • McBride, Keith On the Brink of Armageddon: Capital Ship development on the eve of the First World War in
    Roberts, John(editor) WARSHIP 1995
    Conway Maritime Press, 1995.
  • McBride, Keith Opal and Narborough, January 1918 in
    a note in the The Mariner's Mirror, Volume 85 number 2, 1999.
  • McBride, Keith Super-Dreadnoughts: the Orionbattleship Family in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1993
    Conway Maritime Press, 1993.
  • McBride, Keith The Diadem Class Cruisers in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 11
    Conway Maritime Press, 1987.
  • McBride, Keith The First County Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy, Part I: The Monmouths in
    Grant, Ian (editor) WARSHIP volume 12
    Conway Maritime Press, 1988.
  • McBride, Keith The First County Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy, Part II: The Devonshires in
    Grant, Ian (editor) WARSHIP volume 12
    Conway Maritime Press, 1988.
  • McBride, Keith The First Flowers in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1989
    Conway Maritime Press, 1989.
  • McBride, Keith 'The Hatbox' HMS Argus in
    Roberts, John(editor) WARSHIP 1994
    Conway Maritime Press, 1994.
  • McBride, Keith The Weird Sisters in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1990
    Conway Maritime Press, 1990.
    The origins of the Royal Navy's large light cruisers Furious, Glorious and Courageous.
  • McBride, Keith 'The Wobbly Eight': King Edward VII Class Battleships, 1897-1922 in
    Preston, Antony (editor), Warship 2001-2002
    Conway Maritime Press, 2001.
  • McCallum, Iain The Riddle of the Shells: Part One - The Approach to War, 1882-1914, in
    Preston, Antony (editor) Warship 2002-2003
    Conway Maritime Press, 2003.
    (part 1 of a three-part series). This three-part article is essential reading on the development of British naval shells during WW1.
  • McCallum, Iain The Riddle of the Shells: Part Two - The Test of Battle, Heligoland to the Dardanelles, in
    Preston, Antony (editor) Warship 2004
    Conway Maritime Press, 2004.
    (part 2 of a three-part series).
  • McCallum, Iain The Riddle of the Shells: Part Three - Disappointment in the North Sea, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2005
    Conway Maritime Press, 2005.
    (part 3 of a three-part series).
  • McComb, David W. Indispensable in Every Operation, in
    Naval History, February 2006
    An overview of US destroyer evolution.
  • McDonald, Kendall Lights and the Falcon in Diver magazine, May 1999.
    Diving the wreck of the destroyer Falcon, lost in the North Sea in 1918.
  • McDonald, Kendall 'What a Whopper' in Diver magazine, February 1998.
    Diving the wreck of the liner Britannic, 120 metres down in the Aegean.
  • McDowall, Duncan HMCS Thiepval The Accidental Tourist... Destination in
    Canadian Military History, Volume 9 number 3 (Summer 2000).
    A "Battle" Class RCN trawler that was the first Canadian warship to visit Soviet Russia and Japan; that assisted in the ill-fated "British Round the World Flight" of 1924 and that brought the remains of the aircraft home; and that now can be visitied at a depth of some 40 feet in the waters of British Columbia. Also see Galen Perras' Covert Canucks: Intelligence Gathering and the 1924 Voyage of HMCS Thiepval in the North Pacific Ocean.
  • McLaughlin Aboard Orel at Tsushima, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2005
    Conway Maritime Press, 2005.
    Strictly speaking, this action falls before the remit of this website, but the quality of the article, and the impact of Tsushima on warship design makes this article very suitable for inclusion.
  • McLaughlin, Steve From Riurik to Riurik: Russia's Armoured Cruisers in
    Preston, Anthony(editor) WARSHIP 1999-2000
    Conway Maritime Press, 1999.
  • McLaughlin, Steve The Baltic Dreadnoughts: the Sevastopol Class in
    Roberts, John(editor) WARSHIP 1994
    Conway Maritime Press, 1994.
  • McLaughlin, Stephen The Retvizan: An American Battleship for the Tsar in
    Anthony Preston (editor) Warship 2000-2001
    Conway Maritime Press, 2000.
  • McLaughlin, Steve The Underside of Warship Design: A preliminary History of Pumping and Drainage. Part I: The Pre-Dreadnought Era, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2005
    Conway Maritime Press, 2005.
  • McLaughlin, Steve The Underside of Warship Design: A preliminary History of Pumping and Drainage. Part 2: The Dreadnought Era, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2006
    Conway Maritime Press, 2006.
  • McNeil, Commodore Daniel Technology, History and the Revolution in Military Affairs in
    Canadian Military Journal, Winter 2000-2001
    A look at the Dreadnought revolution and how it compares with current changes in military technology. Note that this is available online, on the website of CMJ.
  • McOwat, Peter The King Edward and the Development of the Merchantile Marine Steam Turbine in
    The Mariner's Mirror, August 2002.
    An important article that looks at merchantile steam engineering.
  • Métivier, Pierre Les Empress du Pacifique // The Empresses of the Pacific in
    Maritime Magazine, Spring 1999.
    (courtesy of Gerry Yuskowski (yuskoge@total.net)) A very brief look at the ships of the Canadian Pacific Railway (the French text is a tad better than the English!).
  • Milanovich, Kathrin ChiyodaII: First 'Armoured Cruiser' of the Imperial Japanese Navy, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2006
    Conway Maritime Press, 2006.
  • Milanovich, Kathrin Naniwa and Takachiho: Elswick-built Protected Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, in
    Preston, Antony (editor) Warship 2004
    Conway Maritime Press, 2004.
  • Miller, Spencer Coaling Warships at Sea -- Recent Developments, in
    Transactions of the American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1904, pp. 177-200.
    (courtesy of Steve McLaughlin).
  • Millett, Allan R. Assault From the Sea: The development of Amphibious Warfare Between the Wars -
    the American, British and Japanese Experiences     in
    Murray, Williamson and Allan R. Millett (editors) Military Innovation in the Interwar Period
    Cambridge University Press, 1996.
  • Norbury-Williams, L. Ships with Steel Skirts in
    Gardiner, Robert(editor) WARSHIP 1989
    Conway Maritime Press, 1989.
    The first few sections describe the First World War experiments.
  • Ossowski, Waldemar, Tomasz Zabierek Baltic Wrecks: Torpedo Boat S50 "Ice Skate" in
    Wreck Diving Magazine, Issue 12, 2007.
  • Paist, Paul H. Henry Ford's Navy- The Eagle Boats in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 11
    Conway Maritime Press, 1987.
  • Perras, Galen Roger Covert Canucks: Intelligence Gathering and the 1924 Voyage of HMCS Thiepval in the North Pacific Ocean in
    The Journal of Strategic Studies, June 2005
    The RCN's attempt to gather intelligence on the United States and Imperial Japanese Navies while HMCS Thiepval supported the British around-the-world flight. Ties in nicely with the article HMCS Thiepval The Accidental Tourist by Duncan McDowall.
  • Payne, Alan Battlecruiser Kongo in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 5
    Conway Maritime Press, 1981.
  • Pearsall, Alan Arethusa Class Cruisers in
    Gray, Randal (editor) WARSHIP volume 8
    Conway Maritime Press, 1984.
  • Podsoblyaev, Evgenii F. The Russian Naval General Staff and the Evolution of Naval Policy, 1905-1914, in
    The Journal of Military History, January 2002.
  • Prasky, Freidrich The VIRIBUS UNITIS Class in
    Preston, Anthony (editor) WARSHIP volume 2
    Conway Maritime Press, 1978.
  • Preston, Anthony The Original Whalecatcher Escorts in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 4
    Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
  • Pugh, P. G. Unyielding Air: Aerodynamic drag and Long Range Gunnery in
    Lambert, Andrew (editor) WARSHIP volume 10
    Conway Maritime Press, 1986.
  • Roberts, John HMS Cochrane in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 3
    Conway Maritime Press, 1979.
  • Roberts, John A. The Design and Construction of the Battlecruiser TIGER in
    Preston, Anthony (editor) WARSHIP volume 2
    Conway Maritime Press, 1978.
  • Roberts, John Von Der Tann in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 3
    Conway Maritime Press, 1979.
  • Robinson, Robb & Ian B. Hart Viola/Dias: The Working Life and Contexts of the Steam Trawler/Whaler and Sealer in
    The Mariner's Mirror, August 2003.
    Built in 1905, she still exists in a small harbour at South Georgia Island -- veteran of the Great War, and the Falkland's Conflict 70 years later!
  • Russel, Iain Rangefinders at Tsushima, in
    Grant, Ian (editor) Warship, Volume 49 (never bound into an annual), January 1989.
  • Ryan, Andy A Lost Liner Revisited in
    Dive, November 2000
    A look at the wreck of the liner Donegal, sunk 17 April 1917.
  • Sarty, Roger Incident on Lucknow Street: Defenders and the Defended in Halifax, 1915 in
    Canadian Military History, Volume 10 number 2 (Spring 2001).
    A look at the practices and installations of the harbour defences of Halifax Nova Scotia, and an unfortunate incident.
  • StA Malleson, Commander H The S Class Destroyers 1918-1945 in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 4
    Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
  • Schleihauf, William A Naval Bandersnatch, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2005
    Conway Maritime Press, 2005.
    A brief "note" describing a sketch design for a British destroyer armed with a 12-inch gun.
  • Schleihauf, William Disaster in Harbour: The Loss of HMS Vanguard in
    The Northern Mariner / le Marin du Nord (the quarterly journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society), July 2000.
    An examination of the loss of this battleship in 1917, which sheds light on the daily routines of the Royal Navy, as well as the way in which the RN managed its explosives stores.
  • Schleihauf, William "Necessary Stepping Stones..." The Transfer of Aurora, Patriot and Patrician to the Royal Canadian Navy after the First World War in
    Canadian Military History, Volume 9 number 3 (Summer 2000).
    A look at why these particular three were chosen, and an evaluation of them in regards to the needs of the nascent RCN.
  • Schleihauf, William Some Tidbits Relating to HMS Canada in
    Argonauta April 2007 (the quarterly newsletter of the Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • Schleihauf, WilliamThe Baden Trials, in
    John Jordon (editor) Warship 2007
    Conway Maritime Press, 2007.
    A look at the trials of the new RN shell against the former German battleship.
  • Smigielski, Adam The Imperial Russian Navy Cruiser Varyag in
    Roberts, John (editor) WARSHIP volume 3
    Conway Maritime Press, 1979.
  • Smith, Lieutenant-Commander Karl F. Ex-German Battleship OSTFRIESLAND in
    Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume XXXII, November, 1920.
    Much information on the engineering plant of the ship.
  • Sondhaus, Lawrence Strategy, Tactics and the Politics of Penury: The Austro-Hungarian Navy and the Jeune Ecole, in
    The Journal of Military History, October 1992.
    A very interesting paper on the KuK Kriegsmarine.
  • Spies, M.H. Liemba in Steamboat Bill, (Autumn 1968): 148-49.
    The story of the three German steamers and gunboat in operation on Lake Tanganyika during WW1.
    (courtesy of Lincoln P. Paine (lpaine1@maine.rr.com) )
  • Sturton, Ian Almirante Latorre, in
    Jordan, John (editor) Warship 2006
    Conway Maritime Press, 2006.
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro A Matter of Timing: The Royal Navy and the Tactics of Decisive Battle, 1912-1916 in
    The Journal of Military History, January 2003.
    A very important article explaining what might have been a secret system of tactics intendted to overwhelm the German fleet, had circumstances worked out according to plan. Very important to a modern understanding of Jutland.
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro British Capital Ship Design and Fire Control in the Dreadnought Era: Sir John Fisher, Arthur Hungerford Pollen, and the Battle Cruiser in Journal of Modern History, 51, June 1979.
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro British Naval Administration and Policy in the Age of Fisher in Journal of Military History, vol. 54, no. 1(January 1990).
    (courtesy of Steve McLaughlin).
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro Sir John Fisher and the DREADNOUGHT: The Sources of Naval Mythology in Journal of Military History, 59, October 1995
    In effect, "why has the Dreadnought revolution been misinterpreted by historians".
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro 'The Best Laid Plans': The Development of British Battle-Fleet Tactics, 1919-1942 in The International History Review, xiv, 4, November 1992.
    Although most of this paper deals with the lead-in to the Second World War, there is useful information on the effects of WW1 on the development of tactics and RN gunnery fire control.
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro The Quest for Reach: the Development of Long-Range Gunnery in the Royal Navy, 1901-1912 in
    Chiabotti, Stephen D. (editor) Tooling for War - Military Transformation in the Industrial Age
    Imprint Publications, Chicago, 1996.
    Although hard to find, this paper is the summary of Royal Navy fire control in the pre-WW1 era, and an important source of information.
  • Tanke, DH, Hernes, NL and TE Guldberg The 1916 Sinking of the SS Mount Temple: Historical Perspectives on a Unique Aspect of Alberta's Paleontological Heritage in
    Canadian Palaeobiology // Paléobiologie Canadienne, #7, 2002
    A fascinating article that ties a victim of the German raider Moewe to dinosaur finds in the Alberta badlands. It may be read online, by clicking here.
  • Tennyson d'Eyncourt, Eustace Notes on Some Features of German Warship Construction in
    Transactions of the Institutiion of Naval Architects, 1921
    (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
  • Thornton, John Scapa's Magnificent Seven in Dive, October 2000.
    One diveboat skipper's look at the wrecks of Scapa Flow.
  • Till, Geoffrey Adopting the Aircraft Carrier: The British, American and Japanese Case Studies in
    Murray, Williamson and Allan R. Millett (editors) Military Innovation in the Interwar Period
    Cambridge University Press, 1996.
  • Till, Geoffrey Airpower and the Battleship in the 1920's in
    Bryan Ranft (editor) Technical Change and British Naval Policy 1860-1939
    Hodder and Stoughton, 1977.
  • Topliss, David and Chris Ware First Class Cruisers Part One in
    Anthony Preston (editor) Warship 2000-2001
    Conway Maritime Press, 2000.
    A look at the development of the RN's 'First Class' cruisers. A bit earlier than WW1, but useful background on the evolution of the cruiser type of warship.
  • Topliss, David and Chris Ware First Class Cruisers Part Two in
    Preston, Antony (editor), Warship 2001-2002
    Conway Maritime Press, 2001.
  • Towle, Philip The Evaluation of the Experience of the Russo-Japanese War in
    Bryan Ranft (editor) Technical Change and British Naval Policy 1860-1939
    Hodder and Stoughton, 1977.
  • Tunnicliffe, Mark Rainbow's Guns: What and When? in
    The Northern Mariner / le Marin du Nord, July 2006
    A look at the armament of HMCS Rainbow when in Canadian service.
  • Very, Lt. Edward The Development of Armor for Naval Use in
    Naval Institute Proceedings, July 1883
    (courtesy of Nathan Okun)"A huge and unique article".
  • Weir, Gary E. Surviving the Peace - The Advent of American Naval Oceanography, 1914-1924, in
    Naval War College Review, Autumn 1997.
    May be read online.
  • Westwood, J. N. The End of the Imperatritsa Mariia: Negligence or Sabotage? in
    Canadian Slavonic Papers, volume 21, number 1, March 1979.
    Convincing evidence that it was negligence.
  • White, W. H. Loss of HMS VICTORIA in
    Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, volume VI, Number 1 (February, 1894).
    White was the Assistant Controller and Director of Naval Construction for the RN at the time he wrote this paper- much interesting detail concerning one of the ancestors of the predreadnoughts.
  • Wildenberg, Thomas In Support of the Battle Line: Gunnery's Influence on the Development of Carrier Aviation in the U.S. Navy in,
    The Journal of Military History, July 2001
    Further evidence that the American admirals were keen to embrace airpower, and recognised its usefulness.
  • Wilson, Timothy Broken Wings: The Curtiss Aeroplane Company, K-Boats, and the Russian Navy, 1914-1916, in
    The Journal of Military History, October 2002.
  • Wyllie, Robin H. Maritime Provinces Steam Passenger Vessels -- SS Arichat in
    Argonauta (the quarterly newsletter of the Canadian Nautical Research Society), April 1994.
    A small tidbit that describes one of the drifters built in Canada during the Great War.

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