Bernard Ireland was a British naval engineer, editor of Jane's and writer on naval matters. Ireland was educated at the Royal Dockyard School, Portsmouth and at the University of Southampton. He worked for the Defence Research Agency, in ship research. He wrote and coauthored 47 books l.https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/312760.Bernard_Irelandand contributed to journals and partworks on subjects related to ships and naval campaigns. Ireland died on 8 February 2019 leaving a widow and two adult children.