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FM 30-51 December 29, 1941

War Department

Basic Field Manual

Military Intelligence

Identification of

British Naval Ships

(includes Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy,

Royal Indian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and New Zealand Navy)

251 page document describing 115 ships/classes

including 125 pictures, 55 silhouettes, and 106 line drawings

Sample opening picture page:

(these sample images are presented on the web at 75 dpi,

the actual images in the manual are presented at 600 dpi)

Sample description page:

Sample silhouette page:

Sample closing picture page:

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A510 includes the following ships/classes*:

Royal Navy

Battleships:

King George V Class

Nelson Class

Queen Elizabeth Class (1st 3 ships)

Queen Elizabeth Class (4th & 5th Ships)

Royal Sovereign Class

Battle Cruisers:

Renown Class

Aircraft Carriers:

Illustrious Class

Ark Royal

Furious

Eagle

Hermes

Cruisers:

Exeter

Dorsetshire Class

London Class

Kent Class

Fiji Class

Dido Class

Edinburgh Class

Southampton Class

Arethusa Class

Leander Class

Emerald

Enterprise

Hawkins Class

"D" Class

Capetown

Colombo

Cardiff

Ceres

Caledon Class

Antiaircraft Ships:

Coventry

Cairo Class

Mine Layers:

"Cruiser-Mine Layer" Type

Latonia Class

Destroyers:

Lightning Class

Japelin Class

Tribal Class

Intrepid Class

Hero Class

Greyhound Class

Inglefield

Admiralty Type Leaders

Eclipse Class

Fearless Class

Defender Class

Beagle Class

Achates Class

Codrington

"A" Type

Admiralty "Modified W" Class

Thornycroft "Modified W" Class

Thornycroft Leaders

Campbell Class

Admiralty "W" Class

Admiratly "V" Class

Thornycroft "V" Class

Admiralty "R" Class

Admiralty "S" Class

Ex-American "Flush Deck" Type

Hunt Class

Torpedo Boats:

Nos. 22, 24, 25

Nos. 101-103

Nos. 1-12, 14-19, 100

M.A.S.B. Nos 1-6

Submarines:

Triton Class

Porpoise Class

Severn Class

Regent Class

Parthian Class

Olympus Class

"L" Class

Oberon Class

Sealion Class

Ursula Class

"H" Class

Escort Vessels:

Wallace & Wolsey Types

Black Swan Class

Egret Class

Enchantress Class

Aberdeen Class

Grimsby Class

Hastings & Shoreham Classes

Flower Class

Patrol Vessels:

Guillemot Class

Kingfisher Class

P.C. 74

Minesweepers:

Bangor Class

Halcyon Class

Improved Hunt Class

M.M.S. Class

Training Ships:

Vindictive

Iron Duke

Monitors:

Erebus Class

Marshal Soult

Training Aircraft Carriers:

Albatross

Pegasus

Argus

Submarine Tenders:

Maidstone Class

Royal Australian Navy

Cruisers:

Australia Class

Perth Class

Adelaide

Destroyers:

"W" and "V" Types

Arunta Class

Stuart

Escort Vessels:

Yarra Class

Royal Indian Navy

Escort Vessels:

Cornwallis

Indus Class

Lawrence

Clive

Royal Canadian Navy

Destroyers:

Assiniboine

Ottawa Class

Skeena Class

St. Croix Class

Annapolis Class

New Zealand Navy

Cruisers:

Achilles Class

*Please note that the class names, ship names, and spelling presented here are those used in the original manual and may not represent currently accepted spelling or naming standards.

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