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Combat Fleets of the World

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Country
  
France

Genre
  
Maritime almanac

Originally published
  
1897

Page count
  
1,620

Language
  
English / French

Published in English
  
From 1977

Author
  
Eric Wertheim

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Publisher
  
Éditions maritimes & d’outre-mer, Ouest-France

Publication date
  
From 1897 every two years

Similar
  
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Flottes de combat is an almanac and a reference book of information of the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes, photographs, etc. It is published in French and English. Its editions cover the warships used by national naval and paramilitary forces, and provide data on their characteristics.

The original French edition was started by Commandant de Balincourt in 1897. The current publisher is Éditions maritimes & d’outre-mer of Rennes, a subsidiary of Ouest-France. The English version, known as Combat Fleets of the World, has been published by Naval Institute Press in Annapolis (United States) since 1977. The latest English edition was the 16th edition in 2012. Both versions are published every two years.

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