Angus Konstam

ANGUS KONSTAM is a widely published and respected military and naval historian, with numerous books to his credit. A former Royal Naval officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, he holds degrees from three universities, including a Masters degree from St. Andrews. Before that he studied Scottish Medieval history in Aberdeen University. He is the author of several major books, including Historical Atlas of the Medieval World, Historical Atlas of the Crusades, books about pirates, Renaissance ships and the Scottish soldier. He has given numerous public lectures in Britain, as well as in Europe and North America, and his work has been translated into several languages. He is frequently interviewed by the press in his capacity as a maritime historian, and has appeared live on both television and radio. He also made frequent appearances in television documentaries screened by the BBC and ITV, as well as the History and Discovery Channels.

Ebooks

Royal Navy Grand Fleet 1914–18: Britain’s last supreme naval fleet

South Atlantic 1982: The carrier campaign in the Falklands War

British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45

U-47 in Scapa Flow: The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak 1939

Gunboats of World War I

The Pirate Ship 1660–1730

Nile River Gunboats 1882–1918

Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline

British Destroyers 1939–45: Pre-war classes

British Ironclads 1860–75: HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet'

Sinking Force Z 1941: The day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the battleship

The Convoy: HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler's U-boats

British Light Cruisers 1939–45

Sink the Tirpitz 1942–44: The RAF and Fleet Air Arm duel with Germany's mighty battleship

British Heavy Cruisers 1939–45

Confederate Raider 1861–65

British Frigates and Escort Destroyers 1939–45

Warships in the Baltic Campaign 1918–20: The Royal Navy takes on the Bolsheviks

Russian Army of the Seven Years War (1)

Blackbeard’s Last Fight: Pirate Hunting in North Carolina 1718

Ship Spotter’s Guide

Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship: 7th–11th centuries

Sinking Force Z 1941: The day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the battleship

Taranto 1940: The Fleet Air Arm’s precursor to Pearl Harbor

Salerno 1943: The Allied Invasion of Italy

Naval Battle of Crete 1941: The Royal Navy at Breaking Point

British Lend-Lease Warships 1940–45: The Royal Navy's American-built destroyers and frigates

The British Sailor of the Second World War

Scapa Flow: The defences of Britain’s great fleet anchorage 1914–45

The Forts of Celtic Britain

Sumatra 1944–45: The British Pacific Fleet's oil campaign in the Dutch East Indies

The British Sailor of the Second World War

The Battle of North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943

British/Commonwealth Cruiser vs Italian Cruiser: The Mediterranean 1940–43

British Destroyers 1939–45: Wartime-built classes

German High Seas Fleet 1914–18: The Kaiser’s challenge to the Royal Navy

River Plate 1939: The sinking of the Graf Spee

Nile River Gunboats 1882–1918

Guilford Courthouse 1781: Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory

British Ironclads 1860–75: HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet'

British Battleship vs German Battleship: 1941–43

British Aircraft Carriers 1945–2010

European Ironclads 1860–75: The Gloire sparks the great ironclad arms race

Big Guns in the Atlantic: Germany’s battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939–41

British Escort Carriers 1941–45

The Great Expedition: Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main 1585–86

The Bismarck 1941: Hunting Germany’s greatest battleship

100 Greatest Battles

British Light Cruisers 1939–45

Pictish Warrior AD 297-841

North Cape 1943: The Sinking of the Scharnhorst

Warships in the War of the Pacific 1879–83: South America's ironclad naval campaign

Salerno 1943: The Allies invade southern Italy

British Escort Carriers 1941–45

Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline

Warships in the Spanish Civil War

British Destroyers 1939–45: Wartime-built classes

Russian Army of the Seven Years War (1)

Hunt the Bismarck: The pursuit of Germany's most famous battleship

British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire

Warships of the Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652–74

Sink the Tirpitz 1942–44: The RAF and Fleet Air Arm duel with Germany's mighty battleship

Warships in the Spanish Civil War

100 Greatest Battles

Confederate Raider 1861–65

Russian Army of the Seven Years War (2)

Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy’s revenge

The Forts of Celtic Britain

Borneo 1945: The Last Major Allied Campaign in the South-West Pacific

Super-Battleships of World War I: The lost battleships of the Washington Treaty

British Commando 1940–45

The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries

Strongholds of the Picts: The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

European Ironclads 1860–75: The Gloire sparks the great ironclad arms race

South Atlantic 1982: The carrier campaign in the Falklands War

British Battleships 1914–18 (2): The Super Dreadnoughts

Blackbeard’s Last Fight: Pirate Hunting in North Carolina 1718

Big Guns: Artillery on the Battlefield

Fair Oaks 1862: McClellan’s Peninsula campaign

American Privateers of the Revolutionary War

Commonwealth Cruisers 1939–45

Cape Matapan 1941: Cunningham’s Mediterranean Triumph

Spanish Galleon 1530–1690

Russian Army of the Seven Years War (2)

North Cape 1943: The Sinking of the Scharnhorst

British Battleships 1914–18 (1): The Early Dreadnoughts

Pictish Warrior AD 297-841

Warships of the Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652–74

The Pirate Ship 1660–1730

The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers

Royal Navy Home Fleet 1939–41: The last line of defence at Scapa Flow

Hunt the Bismarck: The pursuit of Germany's most famous battleship

American Civil War Fortifications (1): Coastal brick and stone forts

Sumatra 1944–45: The British Pacific Fleet's oil campaign in the Dutch East Indies

British Battleships 1914–18 (1): The Early Dreadnoughts

Tirpitz in Norway: X-craft midget submarines raid the fjords, Operation Source 1943

Pirates 1660–1730

Taranto 1940: The Fleet Air Arm’s precursor to Pearl Harbor

British Battleships 1890–1905: Victoria's steel battlefleet and the road to Dreadnought

British/Commonwealth Cruiser vs Italian Cruiser: The Mediterranean 1940–43

Ship Spotter’s Guide

British Battleships 1914–18 (2): The Super Dreadnoughts

Warships in the War of the Pacific 1879–83: South America's ironclad naval campaign

The Convoy: HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler's U-boats

British Commando 1940–45

U-47 in Scapa Flow: The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak 1939

Big Guns in the Atlantic: Germany’s battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939–41

The Bismarck 1941: Hunting Germany’s greatest battleship

Tirpitz in Norway: X-craft midget submarines raid the fjords, Operation Source 1943

Pirate: The Golden Age

The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries

Salerno 1943: The Allies invade southern Italy

Second Sirte 1942: The Desperate Battle to Relieve Malta

Barents Sea 1942: The Battle for Russia’s Arctic Lifeline

Yangtze River Gunboats 1900–49

River Plate 1939: The sinking of the Graf Spee

There Was a Soldier

British Frigates and Escort Destroyers 1939–45

British Battleships 1939–45 (1): Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign Classes

Confederate Blockade Runner 1861–65

British Battleship vs German Battleship: 1941–43

British Lend-Lease Warships 1940–45: The Royal Navy's American-built destroyers and frigates

The Pirate Menace: Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy

Gunboats of World War I

Warships in the Baltic Campaign 1918–20: The Royal Navy takes on the Bolsheviks

British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45

Commonwealth Cruisers 1939–45

Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy’s revenge

Cape Matapan 1941: Cunningham’s Mediterranean Triumph

British Battleships 1890–1905: Victoria's steel battlefleet and the road to Dreadnought

Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship: 7th–11th centuries

Union River Ironclad 1861–65

Convoy PQ-17 1942: Disaster in the Arctic

British Destroyers 1939–45: Pre-war classes

Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861–65

German High Seas Fleet 1914–18: The Kaiser’s challenge to the Royal Navy

British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire

Barents Sea 1942: The Battle for Russia’s Arctic Lifeline

Royal Navy Grand Fleet 1914–18: Britain’s last supreme naval fleet

Union River Ironclad 1861–65

The Great Expedition: Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main 1585–86

Yangtze River Gunboats 1900–49

Royal Navy Home Fleet 1939–41: The last line of defence at Scapa Flow

San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power

American Privateers of the Revolutionary War

The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers

Confederate Blockade Runner 1861–65

Naval Battle of Crete 1941: The Royal Navy at Breaking Point

Fair Oaks 1862: McClellan’s Peninsula campaign

British Heavy Cruisers 1939–45

The Pirate Menace: Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy

Spanish Galleon 1530–1690

Borneo 1945: The Last Major Allied Campaign in the South-West Pacific

British Aircraft Carriers 1945–2010