The 36th edition of this highly acclaimed annual maintains well-established standards of scholarship, research, news and reviews from the field of warship history. This edition features articles on a range of diverse subjects, including: a detailed technical description of the Queen Elizabeth (CVA-01); a review of the careers of Germany's Braunschweig and Deutschland classes; the development of the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour; the conception and characteristics of the armored cruisers of the IJN; an account of the escape of the Jean Bart from Saint-Nazaire; the career and loss of the submarine Mariotte; the origins and tortuous progress to completion of the IJN light carrier Ryûjô; the history of Russia's turret frigates of the Admiral Lazarev and Admiral Spiridov classes and a examination of the post-war evolution of fire control in the Royal Navy.