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

Royal Navy Guide 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.

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.

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.