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Combat Fleets of the World
Diagrams of AbdelKadar from the 1904 edition
AuthorTemplate:Fr Bernard Prézelin Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{lang-en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead. Eric Wertheim
LanguageEnglish / French
GenreAlmanac on navy
Publishereditionsouestfrance.fr
Publication date
From 1897 each two years
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
From 1988 and last in 2012
Pages1620
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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 ship's names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc[1] It is published in French and English. Its editions cover the warships used by the different national naval and paramilitary forces, and provide data on their characteristics.

The original French edition was started by Commanding officer de Balincourt in 1897[2]. The current publisher is editionsouestfrance.fr. The English version, known as Combat Fleet of the World, is published by Naval Institute Press in Annapolis (United States) since 1988. The latest edition was the 16th edition in 2012. Both versions are published every two years.


Writer

French issue

Start date End Name
1897 Commanding officer de Balincourt
1926 1943 Commanding officer Vincent-Bréchignac
1943 1974 Henri Le Masson
1974 1988 Jean Labayle-Couhat
1988 today Commanding officer Bernard Prézelin

English issue

Start date End Name
1988 today Eric Wertheim

References

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