Bernard Ireland was a British naval engineer, editor of

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and writer on naval matters.

Life

Ireland was educated at the

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School,

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, and the

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. Ireland worked for the

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in ship research. He wrote or coauthored 47 books, as well as contributing to

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and

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on subjects related to ships and naval campaigns. Ireland was married and had two children. He died on 8 February 2019.

Bibliography

*''Warships of the world: major classes.'' London: Ian Allan, 1976. *''Warships: from sail to the nuclear age.'' London: Hamlyn, 1978. *''The rise and fall of the aircraft carrier.'' London:

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, 1979. *''Warships of the world: escort vessels.'' London: Ian Allan, 1979. *''Warships of the world: submarines & fast attack craft.'' London: Ian Allan, 1980. *''Cruisers.'' London: Hamlyn, 1981. *''Navies of the West''. New York:

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, 1984. *''Warship construction''. London: Ian Allan, 1987. *''Sea power 2000.'' London:

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, 1990. *''The War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943.'' London: Arms and Armour, 1993. *''Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century.'' New York:

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, 1996. *''Warships of World War II.''

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: HarperCollins, 1996. *''Jane's War at Sea, 1897-1997''. With

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. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. *''Jane's Naval History of WWII''. New York: HarperCollins, 1998. *''History of Ships.'' London: Hamlyn, 1999. *''Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail.'' London: Ted Smart, 2000. *''War at Sea, 1914-1945.'' London: Cassell, 2002. *''The battle of the Atlantic.''

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, 2003. *''Válka ve Středomoří: 1940-1943.'' Prague: Naše vojsko, 2003. *''The fall of Toulon: the last opportunity to defeat the French Revolution''. London:

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, 2005. *''The illustrated guide to aircraft carriers of the world.'' London: Hermes House, 2005. *''Leyte Gulf 1944: the world's greatest sea battle.'' Oxford:

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, 2006. *''Aircraft Carriers of the World''. London: Anness, 2007. *''Vliegdekschepen.'' With Gerjan van Oosten.

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: Veltman Uitgevers, 2007. *''The world encyclopedia of cruisers''. London: Lorenz (Anness), 2008. *''The world encyclopedia of destroyers and frigates.'' London: Lorenz (Anness), 2008.

References

External links

Royal Dockyard School, Portsmouth
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ireland, Bernard Year of birth missing 20th-century births 2019 deaths Alumni of the University of Southampton British military writers