I bit the bullet and bought a copy of Oscar Parkes' British Battleships 1860-1950 for $65. A lot of money, but I'm never going to find a copy of for less, or in as nice a condition as the one I found. Norman Friedman is coming out with a book on British battleships of the Victorian era next month, and I'd love to do a side-by-side comparison of both books.
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