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“Lambert was a drafter of no mean skill . . . his drawings are concise, clear, and invaluable to scratch builders and super-detailers. Very highly recommended!” —Nautical Research Journal

John Lambert was a renowned naval draftsman whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts. By the time of his death in 2016 he had produced over 850 sheets of drawings, many of which had never been published. Now they have become available in these remarkable collections, with expert commentary and captioning included.

The initial volumes concentrate on British naval weaponry used in the Second World War, thus completing the project Lambert was working on when he died. His interest was always focused on smaller warships and his weapons drawings tend to be of open mountings—the kind that present a real challenge to modelmakers—rather than enclosed turret guns, but he also produced drawings of torpedo tubes, underwater weapons, fire-control directors, and even some specific armament-related deck fittings. Following the earlier volumes on destroyer and escort armament, this one covers the multitude of weapons carried by Coastal Forces, many of which were improvised, ad hoc, or obsolescent, but eventually led to powerful purpose-designed weaponry. An appendix covering the main deck guns carried by British submarines of this era is included, along with an introductory essay by naval ordnance authority Norman Friedman and a selection of photos.

Reviews

This volume looks at the Coastal Forces, examining the boats themselves, a complex subject with a large number of visually similar boats performing different roles, and with variants of different lengths, and the weapons they carried, including the varied types of guns in use and the anti-submarine weapons and mines they carried…. The plans are clearly reproduced and contain masses of detail…. They will be of great value to the modeler. Lambert’s work deserved to be published, and this series of three books has done him proud. –Military History Encyclopaedia on the Web

For the fan of British small craft during this period, this book is a gold mine and a real necessity…. John Lambert was a drafter of no mean skill, and his drawings are concise, clear, and invaluable to scratch builders and super-detailers. Very highly recommended! –Nautical Research Journal 

John Lambert has long had a reputation as a draughtsman of historical (mainly WWII) warship and armament design, and these books are the first stage of collating the mainly unpublished drawings left after his death. While the titles refer to weapons, drawings (mainly profiles) of representative vessels they armed are grouped before the weapons themselves. Obviously, we are stuck with the drawings he actually made, but what impresses me is how many developments of a main type are shown. I have an awful lot still to learn from these three books and look forward to it!

NORMAN FRIEDMAN is arguably America’s most prominent naval analyst, and the author of more than thirty books covering a range of naval subjects, including _Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns & Gunnery_ and _Naval Weapons of World War One_.