Published in its original form 35 years ago, Send a Gunboat remains the standard reference on the remarkable story of the Victorian Royal Navy's fleet of small warships, which enforced the Pax Britannica around the world for half a century. Frequently acting without orders, and largely beyond the reach of Admiralty interference, their young commanding officers intervened to stamp out the slave trade and to stop local rulers from interfering with 'legitimate' trade. Now Conway offers a fully revised edition of this classic, incorporating new research, the lessons applicable to modern limited naval warfare, and above all the wealth of photographs and plans in the Conway Picture Library. The text is revised and, where necessary, expanded; the original structure is retained, with a complete listing of the gunboats, together with details of armament and fates.