NOW OUT! ‘WARSHIPS IFR’s GUIDE TO THE ROYAL NAVY 2008’ |

WARSHIPS International Fleet Review’s popular ‘Guide to the Royal Navy’ has just been published in its fourth edition since 2003. The ‘Guide to the Royal Navy 2008’ is jam-packed with exciting material, including:
- Photographs of Royal Navy warships, aircraft and other units of the British fleet on operations and in training around the world.
- Revised ‘type biographies’ detailing the activities of carriers, submarines, frigates, destroyers, survey ships, amphibious assault ships, Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, patrol vessels and mine-hunters etc.
- Picture essay specials, including type biogs and stats for the new warships joining the fleet: Attack submarine Astute, air-warfare destroyer Daring and patrol ship Clyde.
- Analysis essays by experts in the naval arena on the condition of the Royal Navy as its enters 2008 and the many challenges that it faces around the world.

Pictured: First of a new generation, the Daring Class (Type 45) destroyer Daring, makes a high-speed turn during sea trials of the west coast of Scotland.
Photo: BAE Systems.