Bernard Ireland was a British naval engineer, editor of Jane's and writer on naval matters.
[1] Ireland was educated at the Royal Dockyard School, Portsmouth, and the University of Southampton.
[citation needed] Ireland worked for the Defence Research Agency in ship research.
[citation needed] He wrote or coauthored 47 books,[citation needed] as well as contributing to journals and partworks on subjects related to ships and naval campaigns.
Ireland was married and had two children.