British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identification Albums: Volume VI: Submarines, Gunboats, Gun Vessels and Sloops, 1860–1939

By Richard Perkins

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manuscript artefact in the care of the National Maritime Museum, so despite its value it is rarely seen by anyone besides the museum’s curators, for whom it is a precious resource, used on an almost daily basis.

In collaboration with the Museum, Seaforth is undertaking the first publication of this monumental work in a superbly produced multi-volume edition that captures all the qualities of the original. Every page is reproduced at full size, making the extensive hand-written annotation readable, while the fine-line drawings retain all the colours that Perkins used to denote appearance differences and alterations.

The sixth volume of the series covers all submarines up to 1939, torpedo gun vessels, the diverse types of gunboat (from masted gun vessels through coastal ‘flat-irons’ to river patrol craft), and sloops of various descriptions.

This is a publishing event of the utmost importance for every enthusiast and ship modeller, who for the first time will be able to own a copy of a unique and invaluable reference work.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pen and Sword
• Release date: Feb 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9781526711182

Richard Perkins

RICHARD PERKINS originally produced what he called his Historical Identification Book to help identify and date photos in his monumental collection, but its wider significance is highlighted in this edition by an Introduction by ANDREW CHOONG, Curator of Historic Photographs and Ships' Plans at the National Maritime Museum, for whom the albums are an indispensable reference.

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British Warship Recognition

Volume VI: Submarines, Gunboats, Gun Vessels and Sloops, 1860–1939

British Warship Recognition

The Perkins Identification Albums

Volume VI: Submarines, Gunboats, Gun Vessels and Sloops, 1860–1939

RICHARD PERKINS

Introduction by Andrew Choong

Frontispiece. Three photographs from the Perkins Collection illustrating the variety of ship types covered in this volume. From top, they are: the cruiser submarine X1 (1923) seen in March 1930; the newly completed sloop Espiegle (1900); and the river gunboat Ladybird (1915) entering Grand Harbour, Malta in 1921. (© National Maritime Museum N03559, N03809 and N04013 respectively)

Copyright © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 2018

This edition first published in Great Britain in 2018 by

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Published in association with Royal Museums Greenwich, the group name for the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Queen’s House and Cutty Sark

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ISBN 978 1 5267 1116 8 (Hardback)

ISBN 978 1 5267 1117 5 (Kindle)

ISBN 978 1 5267 1118 2 (ePub)

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Contents

Introduction to the Richard Perkins Collection by Andrew Choong

Publisher’s Note

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

THE PERKINS IDENTIFICATION ALBUMS – VOLUME VI: SUBMARINES, GUNBOATS, GUN VESSELS AND SLOOPS, 1860–1939

List of Ships included in this Volume*

SUBMARINES

Holland 1 to 5

A1 to 13

B1 to 11

C1 to 18

C19 to 38

D1 to 8

E class

Nautilus (N1)

Swordfish

S1 to 3

W1 to 4

F1 to