Back blogging ... with British Battleships!

After several days of enforced abstinence, I am back blogging!

Yesterday's post included a copy of R A Burt's recently published revised edition of BRITISH BATTLESHIPS 1889 – 1904 (published by Seaforth Publishing [ISBN 978 1 84832 173 1]). I already have the other two books in this series (BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR I and BRITISH BATTLESHIPS 1919 – 1945) and this completes the set.

This very well-illustrated book contains chapters of the following British Battleships:

• The Royal Sovereign-class (1889 Estimates)
• HMS Hood (1889 Estimates)
• HMS Centurion and HMS Barfleur (1890 Estimates)
• HMS Renown (1892 Estimates)
• The Majestic-class (1893 Estimates)
• The Canopus-class (1896/7 Estimates)
• The Formidable-class (1897 Estimates)
• The Bulwark-class (1898 Estimates)
• The Duncan-class (1898/9 Estimates)
• The Queen-class (1900 Estimates)
• The King Edward VII-class (1901/2/3 Estimates)
• HMS Swiftsure and HMS Triumph (Purchased from Chile)
• The Lord Nelson-class (1904/5 Estimates)

In its introduction the book also covers the development of the Battleship, and has sections about:

• The Devastation-class (Laid down 1869)
• HMS Dreadnought (Laid down 1870)
• HMS Temeraire (Laid down 1873)
• HMS Superb (Laid down 1873)
• HMS Alexandra (Laid down 1873)
• HMS Inflexible (Laid down 1874)
• HMS Neptune (Laid down 1874)
• The Ajax-class (Laid down 1876)
• The Colossus-class (Laid down 1879)
• HMS Collingwood (Laid down 1880)
• HMS Benbow (Laid down 1882)
• The Admiral-class (Laid down 1882/3)
• The Victoria-class (Laid down 1885)
• The Trafalgar-class (Laid down 1886)

This is a most welcome addition to my library of naval books, and I suspect that I shall be consulting it frequently.