Royal Sovereign/KGV battleship books

[Joe Meredith]

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has the titles on the Royal Sovereign class (Peter C Smith) and King George V class (by V.E T arrant) and if so are they worth getting. I have recently bought the new edition of RA Burts 1919-1945 book and also Raven & Roberts British Battleships of World War II, both of which are thoroughly excellent. I imagine those two titles are the most comprehensive works, but I particularly like the two particular classes so would be interested in anything else about them, if they are good books.

Thanks
Joe

[Linz]

I have the latter; I got it before Burt's reissue. I wouldn't get rid of it now; not only has it more detailed operational history but the discription of the changes to each ship are different.

I'd recommend it.

[Joe Meredith]

Many thanks for the reply; I managed to get a reprint of the Sovereign book - it seems to be a general history rather than being too technical. I will look out for the KGV book, though.

[Redwhiteandblue]

Hi Joe,
Have you got the Alan Raven Ensign 1 KGV class book? very useful and good read regarding this subject i believe its out of print but can still be found for sale on the internet. Regards Alan

[peppe]

they are two polish book on royal oak and resolution (profile morskie - lot of drawings and renderings) and a russian book on the class R with lot of foto. more two russian books on KGV and two polish, one profile morkie on POW and one MSiO on the class.
you can find some on the net
http://profilemorskie.home.pl/Ships/54_RESOLUTION.htm
http://www.morkniga.ru/p203372.html
http://www.morkniga.ru/p4194.html
http://sklep.magnum-x.pl/product_info.p ... cts_id=321
http://profilemorskie.home.pl/Ships/49_ ... 0WALES.htm
ciao peppe

[Laurence Batchelor]

Hi Joe,

I am currently selling a copy of V.E. Tarrant's KGV book in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=114193

Kind Regards
LB