Seaforth World Naval Review 2026

This highly regarded annual volume provides an authoritative summary of all the developments in the world’s navies and their ships in the previous twelve months. It combines regional surveys with major articles on important new warships, and looks at wider issues of significance to navies such as aviation and weaponry. The contributors, who come from around the globe, provide a balanced picture of naval developments, interpret their significance, and explain their context.
As well as its regular regional reviews, the 2026 volume focuses on two important fleets: the Russian Navy, and the Royal Navy. There are in-depth articles on three significant ships: the Indian aircraft carrier Vikrant, the Japanese Mogami class frigates and the Turkish Ada and Istanbul classes and their derivatives. The third regular section is devoted to reviews of important technological developments around the world. The naval aviation chapter focuses on the expansion of F35B operators and operations, while Norman Friedman discusses shipboard anti-submarine warfare. There is an extensive piece on the design and evolution of the U.S. Navy RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile. Now firmly established as the only annual naval overview of its type in the world, the Seaforth Naval Review is essential reading for professionals and enthusiasts alike. It takes the reader to the heart of contemporary naval affairs.

Conrad Waters, a barrister by training and a banker by profession, has had a lifelong interest in modern navies, about which he has written extensively. He edited the recent Navies in the 21st Century and has been the editor of the World Naval Review since its foundation in 2009. His expertise extends to historical subjects and Seaforth has published his major studies of British Town Class Cruisers and British Fiji Class Cruisers. Waters lives in the England.