Elizabeth's Navy - Seventy Years of the Postwar Royal Navy

With over 250 images, this is a highly illustrated history of the ships and operations of the Royal Navy during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. During the 70 years spanned by the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Navy has changed out of all recognition. Its status as a superpower navy with worldwide bases and operations has been eclipsed, but it remains a powerful force because of its potency if not its size. Maritime history author Paul Brown takes us through each decade in turn, outlining the key events and developments, and charting the changes to the size, structure and capabilities of the Navy. Fully illustrated with over 250 colour and black and white images, this book also provides a stunning visual record of the ships and operations that featured most prominently in each decade.>

List of contents

Introduction
1. The Big Navy: 1952-1959
2. Rebuilding the Navy: 1960-1969
3. Eastern Atlantic Focus: 1970-1979
4. The Falklands Decade: 1980-1989
5. Peace and War: 1990-1999
6. Millennium Retrenchment: 2000-2009
7. Broadening Horizons: 2010-2022
Appendix 1: Organisation of the Fleets, May 1952
Appendix 2: Fleet Organisation, 10 March 1964
Glossary
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Index

About the author

Dr Paul Brown is a maritime history author and speaker whose recent publications include Britain's Historic Ships (Conway), Historic Sail, Maritime Portsmouth, and Abandon Ship (Osprey). A member of the Society for Nautical Research and the Britannia Naval Research Association, and Secretary of the Naval Dockyards Society, he is also a consultant to National Historic Ships, the UK's authority on the preservation of historic ships and boats. He was previously a university lecturer and senior university manager, and has lectured at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Brown
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2023
• EAN: 9781472854971
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-5497-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History, maritime history, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Military vehicles, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Military & Naval Ships