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3 unusual facts about Antony Preston


Gunboat

Preston, John Antony, Send a Gunboat! The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854-1904. Conway Maritime, London.

Matt Preston

Preston is the son of well respected British Naval historian/journalist Antony Preston and was educated in Sussex at Worth School and graduated from the University of Kent with a BA Hons in Politics and Government.

Medina-class gunboat

Their ungainly appearance led them to be described by the naval historian Antony Preston as "the most grotesque craft ever seen".



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