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Just thought I'd let everyone know the latest edition of Warships No. 155 by the World Ship Society came yesterday.

It contains an excellent article by Dr. Ian Buxton on British Battleship Gun Mounting Construction in WW2.
It contained many excellent photos of KGV & Vanguard, amongst others underconstruction which I'd not seen before.

For those of you who are unfamilar with this journal it only costs about £13inc postage in the UK or £15 worldwide for an annual subscription which is 4 issues and it often contains many useful articles on all navies and for all periods but it is usually the Royal Navy predominantly.

For more info see here:-

http://www.worldshipsociety.org/links/warships.php

Hi, Laurence. Thank you for your notice

To give you information of whats inside this latest issue here is a list of articles spread over about 60 pages:-

1) British Battleship Gun Mounting Construction in WW2 by Dr Ian Buxton
2) Chrysler Tugs or Sea Mules by Dave Sowdon
3) 1918 Blockship Photographs by Brian Hargreaves
4) Royal Naval Victualling Yards and Depots in the UK 1945-1997 by Michael E. Dyson
5) A to Z of Royal Navy Submarines 1901-2001 Part 14
6) Dreadnought Speed Trials - A Personal View by Eur Ing David K Brown RCNC (ret)
7) Jutland Alterations & Additions
8.) Shipping Casualties of the Iran-Iraq War Part 7 by W. J. Harvey
9) USNS Swift - High Speed Vessel

Yes, its an excellent little publication although each issue can be a bit of a lottery if you have specific interests. I have every back issue relating to my interests (WWII corvettes and escorts in general) and that took quite a while to achieve, but occasionally past subscribers make their back issues available for sale and they are advertised on the end pages or back cover - well worth looking out for if you want to complete a set.

I've been trying to complete my collection for years.
I still need the following which never seem to come up for sale:-
Issues 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 142, 144, 147, 149.
Once I get the above I will have a complete collection.