The 1946 volume restores the industrial advertising largely absent from the wartime annual. Images of HMS Laforey, HMS Anson, HMS Warspite, a Colossus-class light fleet carrier, and other vessels identify builders and engineering firms. Aviation advertisements feature the Seafang, Spiteful, Swordfish, Barracuda, Fulmar, Firefly, and Firebrand, alongside Fairey's claim that eight out of nine British naval aircraft were its types. That claim warrants caution because advertisements record industrial self-presentation even when they name real ships and aircraft.
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Postwar advertisements display naval industry and wartime aviation claims
The 1946 advertisements pair named ships, builders, machinery firms, and Fleet Air Arm aircraft with claims about wartime production and service.