Bernard Ireland

Bernard Ireland was a British naval engineer, editor of Jane's and writer on naval matters.

Life Ireland was educated at the Royal Dockyard School, Portsmouth, and the University of Southampton.

Ireland worked for the Defence Research Agency in ship research. He wrote or coauthored 47 books, as well as contributing to journals and partworks on subjects related to ships and naval campaigns.

Ireland was married and had two children. He died on 8 February 2019.