Jane's Fighting Ships

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Jane's Fighting Ships by Janes Information Services is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. Each edition describes and illustrates warships of different national naval and paramilitary forces, providing data on their characteristics. The first issue was illustrated with Jane's own ink sketches—photos began to appear with the third volume in 1900. The present title was adopted in 1905.

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It was originally published by Fred T. Jane in London in 1898 as Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships, in order to assist naval officers and the general public in playing naval wargames. [1] Its success eventually launched a number of military publications carrying the name "Jane's". It is a unit of Jane's Information Group, which is now owned by IHS. [2]

Ten early editions of Jane's (those of 1898, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931, 1939, 1944–45, and 1950–51) were reissued in facsimile reprints by Arco Publishing starting in 1969. All of these appeared in the oblong or "landscape" format that characterized the series until the 1956/57 edition, while from 1957/58 the present "portrait" layout was adopted, thus matching the sister Jane's publication on aircraft.

Beginning in the early 2000s, Jane's has also been published online, on CD and microfiche.

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References

  1. Caffrey, Matthew Jr. "Toward a History Based Doctrine for Wargaming". Aerospace Power Journal (Fall 2000). Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. "IHS Acquires Jane's Information Group". IHS Online Newsroom. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

Brooks, Richard. Fred T. Jane: An Eccentric Visionary. Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's Information Group, 1997.