Product Description

The definitive guide to the structure of the modern Royal Navy. Every class of ship, aircraft and vehicle is featured with brief background, complete specifications and an illustration. The guide also features future procurement plans, and a complete list of RN and RFA pennant numbers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #106318 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Essential AIB reading
For those of you out there preparing for your AIB (Admiralty Interview Board) this book is absolutly essential. All of the current fleet is included, along with the future ships of the RN. Everything to do with the RN fleet is included here with more detail than you could ever need. It contains more up to date, and detailed information than that found in the booklet given out by AFCO's. Still didn't get me in though...

Brilliant and essential reading for AIB
I gave this book a 5* but 9/10 is probably more accurate. It is a very good guide to the current/immediate future RN fleet. It is ideal for someone gearing up for AIB, however it is not 100% comprehensive due to it being 4/5 years old.

It does mention the CVF/Astutes but only mentions some of the squadrons that use certain aircraft etc. It also covers Apaches as in use by the RN, even though the RN has none (they are flown by the RAF).

It does give you all the info required (such as weapon and other systems detail) and also has wonderful profile pictures and photo shots to familiarise yourself with. However one must also learn the uses, locations and characteristics of each ship, and not just the specifications (which is pretty much what this book focuses on).

Showed it to my AFCO and they recommended it, and it is a wonderfully easy book to pick up as a beginner. But it shouldn't be used for 100% of the service knowledge research.

how to get in the royal navy
this book includes all the information you need to gain access into the royal navy it has info on the newwest ships in the navy and it also gives you all the detail and info needed to pass you AIB what else it covers almost everything and anything you need to know to get in... its fantastic and deserves a five star rating..