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2019 Issues of Warship International

Volume 56 Issue 1 - March 2019

Feature Articles • A Contribution to the Pre-History of the Chinese-Japanese War of 1894-95: Introduction and Summary, by Hans Lengerer [Development of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the late 19th Century] • Siberia, by Michael Head [British Naval and Related Military Operations in Russia following the 1917 Revolution] • The Royal Netherlands Navy (SNLN) Ardjoena Class Torpedo Boats, by Jeroen Mohrmann ---------------------------------- Cover: The Chinese Type 054A [“Jianghai II” class] frigate Xiangtan, a unit of the East Sea Fleet, seen here arriving at Kiel, Germany, on 17 June 2016. This ship was the first PRC warship to take part in the annual Kiel Week naval gathering. Xiangtan departed Kiel on 23 June and proceeded to join the PRC 23rd Naval Escort Task Force deployed in the Gulf of Aden area. Twenty-eight ships of this class were operational in 2018 with two more building. The photograph courtesy of our member Mr. Leo van Ginderen.

Volume 56 Issue 2 - June 2019

Feature Articles • A Contribution to the Pre-History of the Chinese-Japanese War of 1894-95: The Taiwan Expedition—Impulse to the IJN’s First Expansion and Basis for the Formation of a Merchant Marine, by Hans Lengerer [Development of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the late 19th Century] • Terror and her Family, Part 3 Installment 1 [Description and Characteristics of LSV-1 to 6)], by the late Robert S. Egan ---------------------------------- Cover: A painting by Willy Stöwer, a German artist, illustrator, and author during the Imperial Period, who was said to have been Kaiser Wilhelm II’s favorite naval artist. Here is Stöwer’s “British battle cruiser under fire from a German cruiser”.

Volume 56 Issue 3 - September 2019

Feature Articles • Terror and her Family, Part 3 Installment 2 [Operational Careers of LSV-3 to 6], by the late Robert S. Egan ---------------------------------- Cover: This painting illustrates the British battleship HMS Barfleur in dry dock at Hong Kong in 1900. At this period of time the vessel was the flagship of the Rear Admiral, China Station. The Royal Navy classified this ship as a second-class battleship. Barfleur was laid down in 1890 at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Chatham, and scrapped in 1910. The regal-appearing building in the left background is the Port Captain’s house, part of the then newly-completed dockyard facilities. The artist who painted this picture was our member the late Mr. Ian H. Marshall, ARIAS. This rendition of this ship appears in his book British Capital Ships, 1873-1946, copyright by Mr. Marshall. A number of years ago Mr. Marshall gave Warship International permission to use copies of his paintings. [A biographical remembrance of Mr. Marshall appears in W. I. Vol.57 (2019) No.2: 91-92.]

Volume 56 Issue 4 - December 2019

Feature Articles • The Development of the German Navy 1864-1918: From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts, Part XA “Lost Ambitions” [Bayern Class and subsequent unbuilt designs], by Dirk Nottelmann ---------------------------------- Cover: An idealized image of German battleship Bayern in action against batteries at Cape Toffri, painted by Claus Bergen. While he is correct in depicting the forward trim due to the mine damage suffered previously, Bergen obviously missed the retrofitted after mast. Courtesy of Deutsches Schiffahrtseum Collection.

2018 Issues of Warship International

Volume 55 Issue 1 - March 2018

Feature Articles • A Steep Learning Curve: The Impact of Sonar Technology, Training, and Tactics on the Initial Years of U. S. Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War II, by Timothy R. Dring, CDR USNR (Ret.) • Torpedo Boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Part IV, by Hans Lengerer [Ships launched 1899-1904] • Water, Water, Everywhere…, by Greg Phillips [U. S. Navy water carriers and distilling ships of World War II] ---------------------------------- Cover: Irish Navy large patrol vessel LÉ Roisin. She is the lead ship of her class. She was built to a design that optimizes her patrol performance in Irish waters, considered to be some of the roughest in the world year around. Photograph taken 17 June 2006 at Malta, courtesy of our member Leo van Ginderen.

Volume 55 Issue 2 - June 2018

Feature Articles • Views of Pearl Harbor: Gallant Ladies of the Sea in Retirement [photographic article covering museum submarine Bowfin and U.S. Navy ships laid up inactive in Pearl Harbor], by Barry Gerard • Notes on U. S. Battleship Main Battery Pre-War Fire-Control Systems, 1910-1945, by Keith Allen • Why Did H. L. Hunley Sink? [Loss of the Confederate Navy submersible], by Thomas A. Crawford ---------------------------------- Cover: Russian “Grisha II” class corvette Irkutskiy Komsomolets at Baltysk on 31 July 2017. Courtesy our member Deryck Swetnam.

Volume 55 Issue 3 - September 2018

Feature Articles • First International Maritime Review—Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Singapore Navy, Changi Naval base—15 May 2017, by Jürg E. Kürsener [photographic article] • Spithead Cavalcade: Some Celebrated Portsmouth-Built Warships, 1850-1920, by Ian Sturton [presentation of scale line drawings of selected ships, with accompanying narrative] • A Weapon of the Utmost Simplicity: The Untold Story of the U. S. Navy’s First Torpedo Program, by Chuck Veit [The Hunt rocket torpedo of 1862-1874] ---------------------------------- Cover: The Japanese battleship Musashi on sea trials 1944. Image from webpage http://blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/archives/1433792.html. Colorized copy of original image.

Volume 55 Issue 4 - December 2018

Feature Articles • The Development of the German Navy 1864-1918: From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts, Part IX “Summit and Decline” [König Class battleships], by Dirk Nottelmann ---------------------------------- Cover: A lithographic reproduction of a painting by Hans Bohrdt showing Grösser Kurfürst in the thick of the fighting at Jutland. As a reminder of which vessel is exploding ahead, the red life ring afloat in the foreground bears the name Defence. D. Nottelmann Collection.

2020 Issues of Warship International

Volume 57 Issue 1 - March 2020

Feature Articles • The Development of the German Navy 1864-1918: From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts, Part XB [Foreign Acquisitions], by Dirk Nottelmann • Terror and her Family, Part 3 Installment 3 [Careers of Catskill (LSV-1) and Ozark (LSV-2) and Net Cargo Ship conversion Galilea (AKN-6)], by the late Robert S. Egan • BALTOPS 2019 [photo article] ---------------------------------- Cover: Canadian HMCS Harry deWolfe beginning her sea trials 23 November 2019, courtesy of our member Barry Gerrard.

Volume 57 Issue 2 - June 2020

Feature Articles • A Contribution to the Pre-History of the Chinese-Japanese War of 1894-95: The Kanghwha Affair and Treaty, by Hans Lengerer [Development of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the late 19th Century] • Through British Eyes: Constantinople Dockyard, the Ottoman Navy, and the Last Ironclads, 1876-1909, by Ian Sturton ---------------------------------- Cover: Launch of Hamidiyeh from the covered building slip, 4 January 1885. Next day, a missing rivet, omitted accidentally or because of a dockyard intrigue, caused her to slowly fill with water. The hole was plugged, and the ship docked as a precaution (image courtesy Turkish Naval Forces.)