Peter C. Smith is one of the world's leading authors on all things maritime and is highly respected throughout the world. Born in North Elmham, Norfolk, in 1940 he was educated at Hamonds School, Swaffham. After living in London, Kent and Cambridge now resides in a north-Bedfordshire village with his wife and Annie the Black Labby.
AOS Naval Non Fiction |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| Sailors on the Rocks | Famous Royal Navy Shipwrecks | |
| Heritage of the Sea | Famous Preserved Ships Around the UK | |
| The Royal Marines | A Pictorial History 1664-1987 | |
Modern Era Naval Non Fiction |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| HMS Royal Sovereign and Her Sister Ships | The wartime history of the battleship | |
| Hold the Narrow Sea | Naval Warfare in the English Channel 1939-45 | |
| The Great Ships | British Battleships in World War II | |
| The Battle-Cruiser HMS Renown 1916-1948 | Detail coupled with eyewitness memoirs from former crew members | |
| Critical Conflict | The Royal Navy's Mediterranean Campaign in 1940 | |
| Pedestal | The Convoy That Saved Malta | |
| Fighting Flotilla | RN Laforey Class Destroyers in World War II | |
| Destroyer Leader | HMS Faulknor 1935-1946 | |
| Into the Minefields | British Destroyer Minelaying 1916-1960 | |
| Eagle's War | The War Diary of an Aircraft Carrier | |
| Midway, Dauntless Victory | Fresh Perspectives on America's Seminal Naval Victory of World War II | |
The author's official website is dive-bombers.co.uk