Contributors to the 2009 Annual:

John Jordan is a former teacher of languages and is the author of two major books on the postwar Soviet Navy. He has been associated with Warship since its earliest beginnings and in receent years has contributed a series of articles on the French Marine Nationale of the interwar and postwar periods. He took over the Editorship at the end of 2004.

Steve Dent is the deputy editor of Conway's Warship Annual, and is co-author of the War at Sea in Photographs 1939-1945.

Lt-Cdr Erminio Bagnasco (ret) is well-known as one of the foremost experts on the Italian Navy of the twentieth century. He is the auhor of many books and is also Editor of the respected monthly journal Storia Militaire.

David K.Brown spent the whole of his working life as a member of the Royal Corps of Constructors, retiring as Deputy Chief Naval Architect in 1988. He was the author of many published books and articles on warship design.

Enrico Cernuschi has written over 150 articles on maritime subjects and is co-author with Erminio Bagnasco of the definitive Le Navi da Guerra Italiane 1940-45.

Vincent O'Hara is the author of two recent books on sea warfare 1939-45 and has recently published Struggle For the Middle Sea with Conway, a study of the war in the Mediterranean.

Zvonimir Freivogel is a dental surgeon by profession. He brings similar precision to his scholarship, having written numerous articles on the navies and warships of Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia and Croatia for maritime and military periodicals. He is currently preparing a book on submarine operations in the Mediterranean during the First World War.

Ian Johnston has had a long interest in shipbuilding on the River Clyde. He has published two yard histories, that of William Beardmore's Naval Construction Works at Dalmuir and the world renowned John Brown yard at Clydebank. He was also the associate producer of the Channel 4 series The Battleships.

Colin Jones formerly worked in Australian government administration while maintaining a lively interest in other matters. He has written books on a number of subjects apart from the navy, including radio, trams and ferry boats.

Hans Lengerer is an acknowledged expert on the Imperial Japanese Navy, and has written a number of books on the subject, including the new Technical and Operational History and ...at War series. Herr Lengerer is a regular contributor to Warship.

Conrad Waters is a barrister by training but a banker by profession. He is the author of a number of articles on modern naval history and current naval affairs.

Mike Williams inherited his interest in naval matters from his late father who served in the Royal Navy for 23 years.

Bob Wilson is a retired seaman officer in the Royal Navy, with work published by the Navy Records Society. He is Editor of the NMM Cornwall's online journal, and former Vice Chairman of the South West Maritime History Society.

Jon Wise, who works part time in teacher training, has written a number of articles for naval publications. He has recently completed his second book, which is a photographic history and account of naval shipbuilding at Vickers, Barrow.

Vladimir Yakubov and Richard Worth are the authors of Raising the Red Banner (Spellmount, 2008) and are currently compiling an encyclopedic volume on Soviet warships in the Second World War. In addition to his writings, Yakubov is also an award-winning ship modeller.