The difficulty of recommending an East India Company ship history

Is there a good book on East India Company warships and trading ships?

He cannot recommend one confidently: the work he knows firsthand is useful as a technical research source but too dry for a general reader.

There is no confident recommendation for a good book on East India Company warships and trading ships. One known work remains unread and therefore cannot be endorsed. The book that was read proved useful as a research reference, but it was exceptionally technical and dry. A specialist source that serves an author is different from an accessible survey suitable for a student or general reader.