Use battle honours to find a naval story worth pursuing

David Thomas's Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy separates awarded campaign honours, actions without honours, single-ship and boat actions, Fleet Air Arm squadron honours, and Royal Marine awards. Battles appear in alphabetical order, so a reader can look up an action and find the participating ships. Short entries connect names and dates to operational accounts, including Hermione's recovery and the naval contribution at San Sebastián. The book also records actions for which no honour was awarded.