by Bill Gunston, Illustrated by John W. Wood. (7 1/2 x 5 1/2"; 200 pages; full-page colour plates; 6 pages black-and-white ne drawings. Blandford Press - £ 2.75p).
A few weeks before reading this book I was out over Fort Dolphin - the British Submarine at Gosport where, in addition to looking over the Museum and lunching in the Officer's Mess, we went down into a submarine and were given a guided tour around it. Personally, I did not feel happy even in the knowledge that it was safe in dock and I am firmly of the opinion that anybody who goes to sea in one of these things - even in peacetime - deserves a medal!
Therefore, it was with some interest and not a little awe that I studied this book and so fascinating did I find it that to my surprise suddenly discovered it was tea-time and I had spent an entire Sunday afternoon reading through it! The illustrations are, as always with Blandford, excellent and I found the accompanying text to be highly readable and understandable even to a complete ignoramous like myself. As I have said, this is an interesting book even if. it is not yoursubject but if you battle with model ships or are interested in naval matters then it is a wonderful buy at a very reasonable price.
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