Warship is a long-running yearly publication covering the design, development, and service history of combat ships. It is published by Conway Publishing

Conway Publishing

Conway Publishing, formerly known as Conway Maritime Press, is a division of Anova Books, a London-based independent publishing group.- History :Conway Maritime Press was founded independently in 1972...

 in the United Kingdom and the United States Naval Institute Press

United States Naval Institute

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 in North America.

History

Warship began as a quarterly magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

, which, according to Dreadnought Project, published "historical and technical essays of incredible value and merit to students of fighting ships". The first issue, edited by the late Antony Preston, was published in January 1977; featured articles included "Washington's Cherrytrees: The Evolution of the British 1921-22 Capital Ships", by N.J.M. Campbell, and "British Destroyer Appearance in World War II: Fleet Destroyers 1939-42", by Alan Raven. The journal became an annual in 1989, under the editorship of Robert Gardiner. Under this new format, Dreadnought Project notes, "it remains the "periodical" that deserves a space on your reference bookshelf long after it has been read the first time."

Current status

Since 2004, Warship is edited by John Jordan. Each annual issue comprises articles by retired naval officers, marine architects, and maritime experts spanning the globe. In 2003, Sea Power wrote "This first-class compendium of articles on the world’s warships has something of interest for virtually every reader". In 2009 Conway Publishing set up a website to support the magazine, featuring a gallery, a content index, articles from past editions, and ship plans.

Index of issues

A comprehensive index of past issues and their articles can be found in the online Warship archive.

Editorial history

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the magazine:

• John Jordan: Warship 2005-2010
• Antony Preston: Warship 1999-2004
• David McLean and Antony Preston: Warship 1996-1998
• John Roberts: Warship 1994-1995
• Robert Gardiner: Warship 1989-1993
• Ian Grant: Volume XII
• Andrew Lambert: Volumes IX-XI
• Randal Gray: Volume VIII
• John Roberts: Volumes III-VII
• Anthony Preston: Volumes I & II

Notable contributors

Notable contributors include:

• Andrew Lambert
  Andrew Lambert
  Andrew Lambert BA , MA, PhD, FRHistS is a British naval historian, who is currently Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Vincent P. O'Hara
  Vincent P. O'Hara
  Vincent P. O’Hara is a naval author and historian, residing in California.- Biography :Vincent O’Hara is an independent scholar with a degree in History from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the Naval Institute, the International Naval Research Organization, San Diego...