Combat Fleets of the World

Flottes de combat , translated as Combat Fleets of the World, is an almanac and a reference book of information of the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes, photographs, etc.[1] It is published in French and English. Its editions cover the warships used by national naval and paramilitary forces, and provide data on their characteristics.

Combat Fleets of the World

Diagrams of Abdel Kadir from the 1904 edition
Author	(in French) Bernard Prézelin (in English) Eric Wertheim
Country	France
Language	English / French
Genre	Maritime almanac
Publisher	Éditions maritimes & d’outre-mer, Ouest-France
Publication date	From 1897 every two years
Published in English	From 1977
Pages	1620
ISBN	978-1591149545 (in English) ISBN 2737350212 (in French)

The original French edition was started by Commandant de Balincourt in 1897.[2] The current publisher is Éditions maritimes & d’outre-mer of Rennes, a subsidiary of Ouest-France. The English version, known as Combat Fleets of the World, has been published by Naval Institute Press in Annapolis (United States) since 1977. The latest English edition was the 16th edition in 2012. Both versions are published every two years.