Over time, and through my associations with the towns of Chatham and Portsmouth, I developed a specialist interest in naval dockyards, but especially the important role they play within the economy of a country and the working conditions of those employed within the yards. Apart from my work on the naval yards of Chatham and Portsmouth together with the other British naval yards, I have also explored the supporting infrastructure of other major navies of the world, concentrating on the 18th century.
My Naval Dockyards and Naval Stores titles: Chatham Dockyard Story (1981) Royal Dockyards (David & Charles 1982) Royal Dockyards (Shire: 1984) Chatham Built Warships since 1860 (1986) Chatham Dockyard: The Rise and Fall of a Military Industrial Complex (2012). Portsmouth Dockyard Through Time (2017) Chatham Dockyard, 1815-1865: The Industrial Transformation (2020). London and the Georgian Navy (2013)
