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April 30, 2025

Review: Soviet Destroyers of World War II, Alexander Hill

Rating: 3 out of 5 Overall, this is a decent to good summary of the Soviet destroyers of the Second World War. The illustrations…

September 6, 2023

Review: City of Fortune, Roger Crowley

Rating: 3 out of 5 In truth, as much as one can take sides in history—an entirely pointless activity of course—I have never been…

October 19, 2021

Arvustus: Lennuki ja Wambola lugu, Mati Õun, Hanno Ojalo & Merike Jürjo

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Eesti Mereväe kunagised uhkused olid ‘Lennuk’ ja ‘Wambola’, kaks brittide poolt Punalaevastiku käest vallutatud laeva, mis kingiti vastsündinud vabariigile. Hr…

June 26, 2021

Arvustus: Kalev ja Lembit, Arto Oll

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Mulle meeldis härra Olli ülevaade Kalev-klassi allveelaevadest. Tegu on mahuka teosega, kuid autor üritab hoida end sirgjooneliselt teemas. Mõneti see…

March 28, 2021

Arvustus: Allveelaevad Kalev ja Lembit, Arto Oll

Hinnang: 3 / 5 Eesti Meremuuseumi poolt esitletav lühiülevaade Vabariigi-aegsetest allveelaevadest annab lugejale küll edasi põhilised faktid, kuid ei innusta lugejat. Samuti ei ole…

April 18, 2018

Review: Syracuse 415–413 BC, Nic Fields

Syracuse 415–413 BC: Destruction of the Athenian Imperial Fleet by Nic Fields My rating: 3 of 5 stars I really enjoyed the narrative here…

April 18, 2018

Review: The Peloponnesian War 431-404 BC, Philip de Souza

The Peloponnesian War 431–404 BC by Philip de Souza My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a pretty decent overview of the Peloponnesian…

January 31, 2018

‘s Lands Zeemagazijn / Het Scheepvaartmuseum

A construction of a Dutch architect, Daniël Stalpaert, this magnificent structure represents the glory of the Dutch Republic. This is the only suitable introduction that…

July 6, 2017

Review: Ancient Greek Warship: 500–322 BC, Nic Fields

Ancient Greek Warship: 500–322 BC by Nic Fields My rating: 2 of 5 stars While I find this a good introduction to Athenian ships,…

February 18, 2014

Seating Arrangements on Trieres

I read an interesting article earlier today (found here) on how our probable conclusions for triremes have been wrong. I found the article firstly…

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