British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identific: Volume II: Armored Ships 1860-1895, Monitors and Aviation Ships (Volume 2) - Hardcover

Perkins, Estate Of Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848323867 ISBN 13: 9781848323865

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships ever undertaken. Because this unique, hand-drawn manuscript artifact is in the care of the National Maritime Museum, it has rarely been seen by anyone besides the museum's curators, who use the albums on a daily basis and regard them as a precious resource.

This monumental work, in collaboration with the Museum, is a superbly produced multi-volume edition that captures all the qualities of the original. Every page is reproduced at full-size, making the extensive hand-written annotation readable, while the fine-line drawings retain all the colors that Perkins used to denote appearance differences and alterations.

Following the Museum's binding arrangement, this second volume of the series covers armored ships from Warrior to the Royal Sovereigns (all later capital ships from the Majestic class onwards can be found in Volume I), as well as monitors, seaplane, and aircraft carriers.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Perkins was a leading light in the Naval Photograph Club, where he became the acknowledged expert on identifying and dating warship photos. What he called his "Historical Identification Book" was originally intended only to help with this work, but its wider significance is highlighted in this edition by Andrew Choong, Curator of Historic Photos for the National Maritime Museum.

Andrew Choong is Curator of Historic Photos at the National Maritime Museum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1848323867
• ISBN 13: 9781848323865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224