EDITORIAL 7

FEATURE ARTICLES

The Last Manila Galleon by David F Marley 9
The Armoured Cruiser USS Brooklyn
     by William C Emerson 19
British 'M' Class Destroyers of 1913-14
     by Keith McBride 34
The Father of the Flat-top? by R D Layman and
     Stephen McLaughlin 50
French Submarine Development between the Wars
     by John Jordan 59
Anti-aircraft Gunnery in the Imperial Japanese Navy
     by Jiro Itani, Hans Lengerer and Tomoko Rehm-Takahara 81
The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power
     by Robert C Mikesh 102
Japanese Oxygen Torpedoes and Fire Control Systems
     by Jiro Itani, Hans Lengerer and Tomoko Rehm-Takahara 121
The Leningrad Class at War by Pierre Hervieux 134
Romanian Minelaying Operations in the Second World War
     by Cristian Craciunoiu and Mark Axworthy 146
Swedish Tre Kronor Class Cruisers by Dan G Harris 160
Albacore —The Shape of the Future by Robert P Largess
     and Harvey S Horwitz 179