James Joseph Colledge (1908 – 26 April 1997)
was a British naval

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

, author of ''

Ships of the Royal Navy ''Ships of the Royal Navy'' is a naval history reference work by J. J. Colledge (1908–1997); it provides brief entries on all recorded ships in commission in the Royal Navy from the 15th century, giving location of constructions, date of la ...

'', the standard work on the fighting ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

from the 15th century to the 20th century. He also wrote ''Warships of World War II'' with Henry Trevor Lenton, listing Royal and Commonwealth warships.

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* 1908 births English naval historians 1997 deaths 20th-century English historians {{UK-historian-stub