The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manuscript artefact in the care of the National Maritime Museum, so despite its value it is rarely seen by anyone besides the museum's curators, for whom it is a precious resource, used on an almost daily basis.

In collaboration with the Museum, Seaforth is undertaking the first publication of this monumental work in a superbly produced multi-volume edition that captures all the qualities of the original. Every page is reproduced at full size, making the extensive hand-written annotation readable, while the fine-line drawings retain all the colours that Perkins used to denote appearance differences and alterations.

Following the Museum's binding arrangement, the fourth volume of the series completes the coverage of all cruiser-type ships down to the Belfast class of 1939 begun in Volume III. This second part includes most of the smaller cruisers from about 1916 back to the Amazon class corvettes of 1865.

This is a publishing event of the utmost importance for every enthusiast and ship modeller, who for the first time will be able to own a copy of a unique and invaluable reference work.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction to the Richard Perkins Collection by Andrew Choong
• Publisher’s Note
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• LIGHT CRUISERS
  • Calliope class
  • Caroline class
  • Arethusa class
  • Adelaide
  • Birkenhead class
  • Birmingham class
  • Chatham class
  • Weymouth class
  • Bristol class
• SCOUT CRUISERS
  • Active class
  • Blanche class
  • Bellona class
  • Adventure class
  • Foresight class
  • Pathfinder class
  • Sentinel class
• PROTECTED CRUISERS
  • Amethyst class
  • Challenger class
  • Hermes class
  • Arrogant class
  • Pelorus class
  • Eclipse class
  • Astraea class
  • Apollo class
  • Mersey class
  • Pearl class
  • Medea class
  • Barham class
  • Barracouta class
  • Archer class
  • Scout class
  • Leander class
• DESPATCH VESSELS
  • Iris class
• CORVETTES AND IRON FRIGATES
  • Calypso class
  • Comus class
  • Satellite class
  • Emerald class
  • Amethyst class
  • Rover
  • Raleigh
  • Shah
  • Boadicea
  • Euryalus
  • Bacchante
  • Inconstant
  • Volage class
  • Eclipse class
  • Briton class
  • Amazon class