Combat Fleets of the World

Flottes de combat is an almanac and a reference book of information of the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes, photographs, etc.[1] It is published in French and English. Its editions cover the warships used by national naval and paramilitary forces, and provide data on their characteristics.

Combat Fleets of the World
Diagrams of Abdel Kadir from the 1904 edition
Author(in French) Bernard Prézelin (in English) Eric Wertheim
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish / French
GenreMaritime almanac
PublisherÉditions maritimes & d’outre-mer, Ouest-France
Publication date
From 1897 every two years
Published in English
From 1977
Pages1620
ISBN978-1591149545 (in English)
ISBN 2737350212 (in French)

The original French edition was started by Commandant de Balincourt in 1897.[2] The current publisher is Éditions maritimes & d’outre-mer of Rennes, a subsidiary of Ouest-France. The English version, known as Combat Fleets of the World, has been published by Naval Institute Press in Annapolis (United States) since 1977. The latest English edition was the 16th edition in 2012. Both versions are published every two years.

Editors

French issue
Start dateEndName
18971928Commandant de Balincourt
19281943Commandant Vincent-Bréchignac
19431974Henri Le Masson
19741988Jean Labayle-Couhat
1988Commandant Bernard Prézelin

English issue
Start dateEndName
19772002A. D. Baker III
2002Eric Wertheim

Similar books
  • Jane's Fighting Ships (United Kingdom)
  • Brassey's Naval Annual (later Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook) : competing United Kingdom publication
  • Almanacco Navale (Italy)
  • Weyers Flottentaschenbuch (Germany)
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References
  2. 1914 edition scanned at gallica website


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