Elizabeth’s Navy: Seventy Years of the Post-War Royal Navy
Paul Brown
Osprey Publishing, Kemp House, Chawley Park, Oxford OX2 9PH
ospreypublishing.com, 344- page hardback, £40.50 free
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During the 70 years spanned by the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Navy changed beyond all recognition. In 1952 the UK was still a global and maritime superpower with a large empire. It had the second largest navy, the largest shipbuilding industry and the largest merchant fleet in the world. The vast networks of seaborne
