Filled with original research articles and timely news and reviews of the world of warship history, this 30th-anniversary volume of the acclaimed annual maintains the high standards readers have come to expect. This volume features articles on the Japanese navy carrier Hosho, the French prewar cruisers of the De Grasse-class, small battleship designs, and the Battle of Calabria. It also presents features on the armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, postwar submarine development in the Royal Navy, and the Russian destroyers of the 7/7U class. An assortment of rare and unusual photographs and diagrams accompany the text. A warship notes section includes information on a mysterious U-boat sinking, lost French naval archives, and the new Monitor and Merrimack museum, among other topics.