Roberts, J. British Warships of the Second World War

This volume reproduces a representative selection of official plans depicting the main
types of warship with which the Royal Navy fought the Second World War. Carefully
chosen from the incomparable collection at the National Maritime Museum, these range
from battleships and fleet aircraft carriers, through cruisers, destroyers and submarines,
to examples of the vast array of specialist vessels built during the war.
Concentrating on as fitted drawings which show the warships as they first entered
service, this collection offers an unprecedented wealth of detail on the equipment and
fittings of some of the Royal Navys most famous ships. It also documents how their
appearance changed over time, since many of the plans include alterations and additions
made in different shades of ink and wash, and here printed in full colour for instant
understanding of the modifications. With an accompanying text and detailed individual
captions by one of the leading experts in the field, this book provides an insight into the
warship design process itself, and explains for the benefit of ship modellers