Warship 2026

The 2026 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual featuring original research on the history, development and service of the world's warships.

For nearly 50 years, Warship has been providing scholars and enthusiasts with new information on the history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, Warship combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery and much more, maintaining the impressive standards of scholarship and research with which the annual has become synonymous. Detailed and accurate information is the hallmark of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, data tables, and photographs, many previously unpublished.

This year's annual includes feature articles on the French 450-tonne destroyers of the early 20th century, the Soviet Novik-class destroyers, the Italian carrier Falco/Sparviero; a chronological account and assessment of Royal Navy carrier battle damage during World War II; a comparison of the US, British and Canadian escort naval construction programmes in the summer of 1942; and the next part of Warship's ground-breaking coverage of early German destroyers.

About the Editor

John Jordan is a former teacher of modern languages. He is the author of two major books on the Soviet Navy, and has coauthored a series of books for Seaforth Publishing on the French Navy, of which the most recent are French Battleships of World War One (2017) and French Armoured Cruisers 1887–1932 (2019) with Philippe Caresse. John is also the sole author of Warships After Washington, published by Seaforth in 2011; a sequel, Warships After London, was published in autumn 2020. John has been associated with Warship from its earliest beginnings and took over the editorship in 2004.

Table of Contents

• Feature Articles
• The Destroyers of the Novik Class Part I
• RN Carrier Battle Damage
• IJN Battleship Modernisation: Part II
• The 'Black Gang' Part II
• Emergency Escorts
• The French 450-Tonne Destroyers
• Royal Danish Navy 'Vig'-Class Inshore Minesweepers
• SMS Magdeburg and the German Code Books: Part 1
• RN Cadet Training Ships
• The Italian Carrier Falco/Sparviero
• Warship Notes
• Naval Books of the Year
• Warship Gallery