''Send a Gunboat: The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904'' by Antony Preston and John Major is a naval reference work on small warships of the Victorian

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

, first published in 1967. The second edition has a foreword by Professor

Andrew Lambert Andrew Lambert (born 31 December 1956) is a British naval historian, who since 2001 has been the Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, King's College London. Academic career After completing his doctoral resear ...

which concludes that the contemporary relevance of this book has never been stronger.Warships International Fleet Review, July 2007

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