Warships in Focus

Michael Lennon’s earliest memories are of catching the Isle of Wight ferry from Old Portsmouth in the 1950s – passing HMS VERNON & HMS DOLPHIN, the mine-sweepers, submarines and torpedo boats moored alongside and seeing HMS FORMIDABLE laid up at anchor in the Solent.

In 1963 he was given his first camera and he hasn’t stopped taking photos of warships since.

This magnificent collection of crisp, black and white photographs captures all kinds of warships over a period of 50 years – Aircraft Carriers, including two ARK ROYALs, Destroyers, frigates, fast patrol craft, sweepers and submarines, including two A Class HMS ANDREW and HMS ASTUTE, as well as naval auxiliary vessels such tug boats, fleet tenders and ferries.

A cracking bargain – 178 ship pictures with captions putting the ship, the photograph and the background into context.