Bernard Ireland was a British naval engineer, editor of
Jane's
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and writer on naval matters.
Life
Ireland was educated at the
Royal Dockyard
Royal Navy Dockyards (more usually termed Royal Dockyards) were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired and refitted. Until the mid-19th century the Royal Dockyards were the largest industrial ...
School,
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
, and the
University of Southampton
, mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour
, type = Public research university
, established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...
.
Ireland worked for the
Defence Research Agency
The Defence Research Agency (DRA) was an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) from April 1991 until April 1995. At the time, the DRA was Britain's largest science and technology organisation. In April 1995, the DRA was combined wi ...
in ship research. He wrote or coauthored 47 books, as well as contributing to
journals and
partworks
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on subjects related to ships and naval campaigns.
Ireland was married and had two children. He died on 8 February 2019.
Bibliography
*''Warships of the world: major classes.'' London:
Ian Allan, 1976.
*''Warships: from sail to the nuclear age.'' London:
Hamlyn, 1978.
*''The rise and fall of the aircraft carrier.'' London:
Marshall Cavendish
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, 1979.
*''Warships of the world: escort vessels.'' London: Ian Allan, 1979.
*''Warships of the world: submarines & fast attack craft.'' London: Ian Allan, 1980.
*''Cruisers.'' London: Hamlyn, 1981.
*''Navies of the West''. New York:
Hippocrene Books
Hippocrene Books is an independent US publishing press located at 171 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY 10016. Hippocrene specializes in foreign language study guides, international cookbooks, and Polish-interest publishing.
The foreign lang ...
, 1984.
*''Warship construction''. London: Ian Allan, 1987.
*''Sea power 2000.'' London:
Arms and Armour, 1990.
*''The War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943.'' London: Arms and Armour, 1993.
*''Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century.'' New York:
HarperCollins
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, 1996.
*''Warships of World War II.''
Glasgow
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: HarperCollins, 1996.
*''Jane's War at Sea, 1897-1997''. With
Eric Grove. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.
*''Jane's Naval History of WWII''. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
*''History of Ships.'' London: Hamlyn, 1999.
*''Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail.'' London:
Ted Smart, 2000.
*''War at Sea, 1914-1945.'' London:
Cassell, 2002.
*''The battle of the Atlantic.''
Barnsley:
Pen & Sword
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, 2003.
*''Válka ve Středomoří: 1940-1943.'' Prague: Naše vojsko, 2003.
*''The fall of Toulon: the last opportunity to defeat the French Revolution''. London:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1949), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books. It has been a division of the French-owned Orion Publishing Group since 1991.
History
George Weidenfeld a ...
, 2005.
*''The illustrated guide to aircraft carriers of the world.'' London: Hermes House, 2005.
*''Leyte Gulf 1944: the world's greatest sea battle.'' Oxford:
Osprey Publishing, 2006.
*''Aircraft Carriers of the World''. London: Anness, 2007.
*''Vliegdekschepen.'' With Gerjan van Oosten.
Utrecht
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: Veltman Uitgevers, 2007.
*''The world encyclopedia of cruisers''. London: Lorenz (Anness), 2008.
*''The world encyclopedia of destroyers and frigates.'' London: Lorenz (Anness), 2008.
References
External links
Royal Dockyard School, Portsmouth
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Year of birth missing
20th-century births
2019 deaths
Alumni of the University of Southampton
British military writers