Bernard Ireland Bernard Ireland is a British retired naval engineer , editor of Jane ' s and writer on naval matters . Ireland was educated at the Royal Dockyard School , Portsmouth and at the University of Southampton . He worked for the Royal Naval Scientific Service , in ship research . He has written nearly thirty books and contributed to journals and partworks on subjects related to ships and naval campaigns . Ireland is married and has two adult children . Bibliography . Details given are not necessarily for the latest editions . Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail ( ISBN 0 - 00 - 762906 - 0 ) Ted Smart , London , 2000 . < br > Jane ' s Battleships of the 20th Century ( Jane ' s ) ( ISBN 0 - 00 - 470997 - 7 ) Harper Collins , 1996 < br > Jane ' s War at Sea 1897 - 1997 : 100 Years of Jane ' s Fighting Ships ( with Eric Grove ) ( ISBN 0 - 00 - 472065 - 2 ) Harper Collins , London , 1996 < br > War at Sea 1914 - 1945 ( ISBN 0 - 304 - 35340 - X ) Cassell , London , 2002 < br > Fall of Toulon : The Last Opportunity to Defeat the French Revolution ( ISBN 0 - 297 - 84612 - 4 ) Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 < br > Leyte Gulf 1944 : The World ' s Greatest Sea Battle ( ISBN 1 - 84176 - 978 - 9 ) Osprey Publishing 2006 < br > Jane ' s Historic Military Aircraft Recognition Guide ( ISBN 0 - 00 - 472147 - 0 ) Harper reference , 1998 < br > History of Ships ( ISBN 0 - 600 - 59590 - 0 ) Hamlyn , 1999 < br > Jane ' s Naval History of WWII ( ISBN 0 - 00 - 472143 - 8 ) Harper Collins , 1998 < br > The War in the Mediterranean 1940 - 1943 ( ISBN 1 - 85409 - 070 - 4 ) Weidenfeld Military , 1993 < br > Collins Jane ' s Warships of World War II ( ISBN 0 - 00 - 470872 - 5 ) Harper Collins 1996 < br > Rise and Fall of the Aircraft Carrier ( ISBN 0 - 85685 - 711 - 4 ) Marshall Cavendish , 1979 < br > Cruisers ( ISBN 0 - 600 - 32127 - 4 ) Hamlyn , 1981 < br > The Illustrated Guide to Aircraft Carriers of the World , A History ( ISBN 1 - 84477 - 747 - 2 ) Hermes House , 2005 < br > Battle of the Atlantic ( ISBN 1 - 84415 - 001 - 1 ) Pen & Sword 2003 < br > Warships Of The World , Submarines & Fast Attack Craft ( ISBN 0 - 7110 - 0976 - 7 ) Ian Allan 1980 < br > Sea Power 2000 ( ISBN 0 - 85368 - 979 - 2 ) Arms and Armour , 1990 < br > Warships Of The World , Escort Vessels ( ISBN 0 - 7110 - 0896 - 5 ) Ian Allan Ltd , 1979 < br > Vliegdekschepen Veltman , Utrecht , 2007 < br > The World Encyclopedia of Cruisers : An illustrated history of the cruisers of the world ( ISBN 0 - 7548 - 1773 - 3 ) Lorenz Books , 2008 < br > Warships of the World - Major Classes ( ISBN 0 - 7110 - 0687 - 3 ) Ian Allan , 1976 < br > Warships : From sail to the nuclear age ( ISBN 0 - 600 - 39397 - 6 ) Hamlyn , 1978 < br > Aircraft Carriers : An Illustrated History of Aircraft Carriers < br > Aircraft Carrier < br > The World Encyclopedia of Destroyers and Frigates : An illustrated history of destroyers and frigates , from torpedo boat destroyers , corvettes and escort to the modern ships of the missile age . ( ISBN 0 - 7548 - 1867 - 5 ) Lorenz Books < br > Aircraft Carriers of the World : An Illustrated A - Z Guide to Over 150 Ships ( ISBN 1 - 84476 - 363 - 3 ) 2007 < br > Warship Construction ( ISBN 0 - 7110 - 1594 - 5 ) Ian Allan , 1987 < br > Navies Of The West ( ISBN 0 - 88254 - 977 - 4 ) 1984 Ian Allan < br > Válka ve Středomoří : 1940 - 1943