Monday, November 18, 2019

Jane's Fighting Ships



Jane’s Fighting Ships 
Publisher: Jane's by IHS Markit
ISBN: 9780710633194
Call #: REF 623.825 JANES 2019-2020

Jane’s Fighting Ships is an annually published reference book about all the world’s warships arranged by nation. It includes information on ship’s names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes, country inventories, overviews, and photographs. It was originally published by John Frederick Thomas Jane in London in 1898 as Jane’s All the World’s Fighting Ships, in order to assist naval officers and the general public in playing naval war games.

The first issue was illustrated with Jane’s own ink sketches photos (see right).

Find the current 2019-2020 issue in the 2nd floor reference section, with more early editions available in our Closed Stacks. Learn more about this book here.



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