This latest volume maintains the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history. This edition features a range of diverse articles including the story of the devastating Typhoon that hit the Japanese ‘Fourth Fleet’ in the mid-1930s, the Semi-Dreadnoughts of Danton Class, an overview of the Ocean Patrol Vessel type, a medical history of two Jutland battlecruisers, and the self-destruction and salvage of the French Fleet at Toulon in 1942. Contributors include Philippe Caresse, Matthew Seligmann, Hans Lengerer, Conrad Waters, Jon Wise, Stephen McLaughlin, Enrico Cernushi and Vincent P. O’Hara.

The fourth edition of a new, full-colour annual focusing on all facets of ‘scratch-built’ model shipbuilding, as well as related articles on restoration, archaeology, historical research and marine art. Twenty articles describe, explain, inform and inspire, illustrated with modelmakers’ own photographs, archival plans, prints and artworks. The annual succeeds Model Shipwright, the quarterly journal which ran to 144 issues spanning 36 years. This edition will include new research and builds, plus additional sections including a Modeller’s Draught, Book News and an image gallery. Fully international in scope, Shipwright is an essential volume for any dedicated ship modeller or maritime enthusiast.