The Naval Annual

The Naval Annual was a periodical that provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications.

They covered British and other nations' naval developments ranging from the latest ships to overall policy.

The first five or six Brassey volumes used a second printing colour (a light blue green) to highlight armored portions of naval vessels' hulls.

But unlike Jane's, the Brassey series was not designed for use in identifying ships at sea.

(For this 15-year period, the Annual covered naval and merchant shipping, plus occasional articles on maritime aviation.)