Combat Fleets of the World

Arranged by nation, listings include ship names, construction information, engineering characteristics, and armament specifications.

The information provided comes from open-source intelligence, as well as correspondence with a variety of knowledgeable sources.

Sister publications, Weyer's Flottentaschenbuch and Jane's Fighting Ships, are also consulted.

[2] 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.

[3] In the French edition, the listings begin with France, then other countries follow alphabetically.

Line drawings with side and overhead elevations were provided for visual identification.

This allowed for expanded coverage of individual ship classes, as well as additional, larger photographs and line drawings.

Les Flottes de Combat 1900
Les Flottes de Combat 1900, pages 436-437
Les Flottes de Combat 1929
English language edition from 1982. ISBN 0-87021-125-0
The 16th Edition ISBN 978-1-59114-954-5
Flottes de Combat 2004. ISBN 2-7373-33769-2