Derek Law Bibliography

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BUXTON, Ian. Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. 216p., bibliog., illus., index. Tynemouth: World Ship Society/Trident Books, 1978; Annapolis: NIP, 1980. ISBN: 0905617061.

The first major study of British monitors is a definitive account which explores their political and military background, design philosophy, construction, operational performance, and ultimate fate. The four which served in WWII are fully covered. Reprinted in 1979 with minor amendments, a second revised edition was published in 2008 by Seaforth in the UK and the Naval Institute Press in the USA. ISBN: 1844157199.