STEVE BUSH joined the Royal Navy in 1978 and saw several operational deployments to the Gulf, including the 1991 Gulf War. On leaving the navy in 2000 he joined Maritime Books, editing their in-house publications, while he took up the position of Editor of Warship World and Warship World Pictorial Review magazines in 2003. He is the author of a number of books including British Warships and Auxiliaries.