CRIMA organized a book talk on Antony Preston's ‘The World's Worst Warships’ at LRC’s executive meeting room. The guest speaker was Ms Iqra Shahbaz, Research Assistant at CRIMA, Minhaj University Lahore. This book explores a series of naval design failures throughout history, examining why certain warships did not perform as expected. It begins with the unstable ironclad monitors of the American Civil War and the tragic capsizing of the turret ship His Majesty's Ship (HMS) Captain due to its flawed design. The book also covers the unconventional circular Russian ships, Vitse-Admiral Popov and Novgorod, which suffered from serious stability issues. The armored rams HMS Polyphemus and United state ship (USS) Katahdin were ineffective in real battles, while the Armored Cruiser Rurik was outclassed in combat. The Dynamite Cruiser USS Vesuvius struggled with its innovative but impractical pneumatic guns. British Powerful Class Protected Cruisers were too slow and outdated, and Japan’s Yamato Class Super Battleships were overwhelmed by air power. The Mogami Class Cruisers were hindered by design flaws and Treaty limitations, and the Fast Battleship HMS Hood was vulnerable to high-

angle shellfire. The book also discusses the ambitious but problematic K Class Submarines, and the impractical Anti-aircraft (AA) Class Submarines equipped with anti-aircraft guns, highlighting the lessons learned from these naval missteps. Prof Dr Sajid Mehmood Shahzad, Vice Chancellor MUL, in his closing remarks, briefly discussed Pakistan Navy's development from its inception to the present, highlighting the evolution of Pakistan’s naval capabilities. There was a detailed question-answer session at the end of the book talk.